Crazy idea due to high fuel costs
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Getting back to the subject of High Fuel Costs, I noticed here in Redding (Ca) that the gas at a cut rate station was priced at $3.95 / $4.05, and $4.15 per gallon.
Looks like the latest Middle Eastern disturbance has again provided the perfect excuse for the Oil Robber Barons to again up the ante in their part in the Rape of America.
Too bad some of our own worst enemies are those amongst us with such excessive greed that they're a major factor in the decline of this once great country.
Joe.
Looks like the latest Middle Eastern disturbance has again provided the perfect excuse for the Oil Robber Barons to again up the ante in their part in the Rape of America.
Too bad some of our own worst enemies are those amongst us with such excessive greed that they're a major factor in the decline of this once great country.
Joe.
mmitchell":1hm3eimx said:Don't see the savings in steak and micro beers? Maybe I'm missing somthing here.
Enjoy
Actually, it seems like a super trade off and is a minimal expense compared to his former cost of fuel to commute on a daily basis. Additionally, he is saving the wear and tear on his car and the expenditure of time. Which is the purpose of this "life style" change.
(The steak looks great, but due to the need for lifestyle eating habit changes, it is a rare consumption food for me now).
MilesandMiles
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I think this is so cool Everyone should "rough it" occasionally just to remind themselves how little they really need, and how much they take for granted.
Good food in YOUR tank instead of the car...seems like a move up to me
Everyone should "rough it" occasionally just to remind themselves how little they really need, and how much they take for granted. Good food in YOUR tank instead of the car...seems like a move up to me
We bought gas last night at $4.79 gal. (premium)... I understand that in LA it is over $5.00 gal. YEOW !
I will be riding the motorcycle much more these days... it has a sidecar.. (for the family)...
I look at those big white tanks in SEA3PO and need to check my bank credit line to fill them up...
But the sun is out...and it will be mid 70's today....
Joel
SEA3PO
I will be riding the motorcycle much more these days... it has a sidecar.. (for the family)...
I look at those big white tanks in SEA3PO and need to check my bank credit line to fill them up...
But the sun is out...and it will be mid 70's today....
Joel
SEA3PO
Well, totally got the privacy curtain thing figured out tonight. I bought two packs of blue cloth 18"x18" napkins at $3, two tension curtain rods for $2.50, and one pack of cafe clips for $2.97, and voila, curtains for Litl' Tug. I trimmed and velcroed a reflective automotive windshield sun shield and I have coverage over the front windows. It even looks good too!
Tonight is cold, into the thirties. The space heater is awesome, it is up to 64 degrees in the boat, only 2 degrees less than what I keep my house at, and the heater isn't going all the time.
Tried the bar/restaurant at the marina tonight. Still a little early in the season so I will reserve judgement. Lets just say it was quiet and the waitresses' conversation left something to be desired.
Got the question I have always dreamed of tonight from another liveaboard. He said, "Nice boat, man. Where ya' headed?" God do I wish I was on a voyage. I had to say I was just hanging out locally. But it is so time to get underway. I am traveling for work soon, to the Caribbean too. That should be nice, but I wish it was on the boat vs. an airplane.
I can't say thanks enough to all of you for your encouragement. I really feel like I am on an adventure even though I am still relatively "local." This is a dream come true in so many ways, living on my boat.
Tonight is cold, into the thirties. The space heater is awesome, it is up to 64 degrees in the boat, only 2 degrees less than what I keep my house at, and the heater isn't going all the time.
Tried the bar/restaurant at the marina tonight. Still a little early in the season so I will reserve judgement. Lets just say it was quiet and the waitresses' conversation left something to be desired.
Got the question I have always dreamed of tonight from another liveaboard. He said, "Nice boat, man. Where ya' headed?" God do I wish I was on a voyage. I had to say I was just hanging out locally. But it is so time to get underway. I am traveling for work soon, to the Caribbean too. That should be nice, but I wish it was on the boat vs. an airplane.
I can't say thanks enough to all of you for your encouragement. I really feel like I am on an adventure even though I am still relatively "local." This is a dream come true in so many ways, living on my boat.
MilesandMiles
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Just looked over your live aboard album...looking good What are you reading there? I noticed being out on the boat promotes sinking deeply into a book. So cool, so cool
What are you reading there? I noticed being out on the boat promotes sinking deeply into a book. So cool, so cool 
Well, over a week and still going! So far I have figured out how to cook tons of meals with the little toaster oven and with my propane stove. Stew, veggies, ramen noodles, chili, toasted ham and cheese. Eggs do well on the hot plate part.
Sleep is no issue though I sway at my desk in the morning
I still feel like I am on the boat until about 9:30 am. I love the walk to the marina vs. the 40 mile drive. That is a big pluse.
Today met up with Osprey in the Elizabeth River. Not sure the Navy guys on picket duty were real thrilled with us hanging out in their area, but they let us be. We moved out of their way quickly and I am sure they we much happier.
I cruised up into the Hague in Norfolk, right up to the Chrysler Museum. That was fun too. Tomorrow is St Paddy day, I am pretty sure there will be a "gathering" at the marina and the waterfront. Looking forward to that.
I am really looking forward to the Carolina Loop trip in June, give me a chance to show off a liveaboard 16. Lots of intl travel between now and then though, give me a break from the boat in a nice hotel 8) on the beach!
Sleep is no issue though I sway at my desk in the morning
I still feel like I am on the boat until about 9:30 am. I love the walk to the marina vs. the 40 mile drive. That is a big pluse.Today met up with Osprey in the Elizabeth River. Not sure the Navy guys on picket duty were real thrilled with us hanging out in their area, but they let us be. We moved out of their way quickly and I am sure they we much happier.
I cruised up into the Hague in Norfolk, right up to the Chrysler Museum. That was fun too. Tomorrow is St Paddy day, I am pretty sure there will be a "gathering" at the marina and the waterfront. Looking forward to that.
I am really looking forward to the Carolina Loop trip in June, give me a chance to show off a liveaboard 16. Lots of intl travel between now and then though, give me a break from the boat in a nice hotel 8) on the beach!
Levitation
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You are the tip of the spear in what is going to be a sea change in the USA living standards...
Lots of folks are going to have to become creative with rising fuel prices making our lifestyle of jumping in the car for any little whim now too expensive to do... I have patients who drive 60-80 miles one way every day for work... They are going to have to start living in cheap motels during the week, or car pooling, or bite the bullet and sell their house at a loss and move...
Change even happened to me yesterday... In the afternoon my son said he wanted some hinges for the Wood Duck nests we maintain around our pond... (I built them with screw on lids) Normally, I would have simply run into town and brought the hinges back... A quick mental calculation that I was going to spend $4 in diesel to buy $2.50 worth of hinges made me tell him the hinges would have to wait until I go to town today on business... A small thing, but real... While I can afford to blow a gallon of diesel on a whim maybe I will be wishing I had some of those wasted dollars back someday (at 5 or 6 or 7 dollars a gallon)... So even financially stable folks like me are responding to the rising cost of living... And this is just the beginning...
You are a smart man to foresee the problem and move preemptively to control the situation... Probably a reflection of your military training...
cheers,
Lots of folks are going to have to become creative with rising fuel prices making our lifestyle of jumping in the car for any little whim now too expensive to do... I have patients who drive 60-80 miles one way every day for work... They are going to have to start living in cheap motels during the week, or car pooling, or bite the bullet and sell their house at a loss and move...
Change even happened to me yesterday... In the afternoon my son said he wanted some hinges for the Wood Duck nests we maintain around our pond... (I built them with screw on lids) Normally, I would have simply run into town and brought the hinges back... A quick mental calculation that I was going to spend $4 in diesel to buy $2.50 worth of hinges made me tell him the hinges would have to wait until I go to town today on business... A small thing, but real... While I can afford to blow a gallon of diesel on a whim maybe I will be wishing I had some of those wasted dollars back someday (at 5 or 6 or 7 dollars a gallon)... So even financially stable folks like me are responding to the rising cost of living... And this is just the beginning...
You are a smart man to foresee the problem and move preemptively to control the situation... Probably a reflection of your military training...
cheers,
We put on fuel on Wild Blue and paid $3.39... on the water. This is one of the few places where the fuel price is the same as on land. It has gone up $.50 per gallon in the past two months. The boats around here are mostly bay skimmers or center consoles - I don't see that folks will be moving onto their boats here. And if the number of boats we see out and about is any indication, the fuel prices haven't driven people off the water. No doubt, the "cost per fish" has gone up.
Regarding Denny-o's post, I do think we're going to see some very fundamental changes in lifestyle due to economic changes, but I don't think that people will be abandoning their homes. DoryLvr's experience is FUN - that's what makes it work for him. The marina facilities and work nearby provide many of the amenities that make it livable. The fact that he has an interesting job, a home to go back to, a truck to drive, a nifty boat, and the means to stay at a nice marina is the difference between adventure and ordeal. I don't think we'd all be saying the same encouraging things if he posted, "I'm out of a job, can't afford my house, the 4 of us are going to move onto my 16' boat, and live anchored somewhere close to the soup kitchen."
How many of us here have spent the night on the boat while it's parked in the driveway? It's the equivalence of "camping" in the backyard when you were a kid... it's fun, an adventure.
I've always considered our boats and RVs to be "escape pods." That escape might be a getaway from the working world, or it might be a back-up place to stay if circumstances force us away from our homes. DoryLvr has options, and that's what makes this work.
As long as it's fun.
Best wishes,
Jim B.
Regarding Denny-o's post, I do think we're going to see some very fundamental changes in lifestyle due to economic changes, but I don't think that people will be abandoning their homes. DoryLvr's experience is FUN - that's what makes it work for him. The marina facilities and work nearby provide many of the amenities that make it livable. The fact that he has an interesting job, a home to go back to, a truck to drive, a nifty boat, and the means to stay at a nice marina is the difference between adventure and ordeal. I don't think we'd all be saying the same encouraging things if he posted, "I'm out of a job, can't afford my house, the 4 of us are going to move onto my 16' boat, and live anchored somewhere close to the soup kitchen."
How many of us here have spent the night on the boat while it's parked in the driveway? It's the equivalence of "camping" in the backyard when you were a kid... it's fun, an adventure.
I've always considered our boats and RVs to be "escape pods." That escape might be a getaway from the working world, or it might be a back-up place to stay if circumstances force us away from our homes. DoryLvr has options, and that's what makes this work.
As long as it's fun.
Best wishes,
Jim B.
Captains Cat
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Levitation":1xaekxqk said:
Right on Dr D! I keep a list on my Droid-X of things I need to buy/do and whenever I have to go somewhere, I see what I can take off the list by getting things while I'm out. Now going back to buying fuel at the cheapest station while out too. I'm lucky to get 5% back on a Visa card for pay at the pump purchases. Gas locally here (cheapest), 3.37 at an offbrand station.
Charlie, I do it the "old fashioned way" a paper list versus a droid list and then I number the items in the list as to the order of occurence so as to make the most direct sequential route to save fuel and time. On the way back to the station just now, I topped up the fuel tank on one of our fire engines and it cost $106.00 for 25 gallons of diesel. The sad part of this is we not only pay more for our fuel now in our personal vehicles, but we have to support the increase in costs to operate our public safety vehicles.
It certainly was nice to know that on Monday when I cruised Sea Shift on the water for 6 continuous hours, I only went through 7.469 gallons of fuel for a total of $27.25. (That was with both 50 HP Johnson's operating albeit a slow speed most of the time).
It certainly was nice to know that on Monday when I cruised Sea Shift on the water for 6 continuous hours, I only went through 7.469 gallons of fuel for a total of $27.25. (That was with both 50 HP Johnson's operating albeit a slow speed most of the time).