about the gas situation...what can we do???

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Rick, Yeah I was a cable splicer for 23 years and I loved most of it. The last few years were a drag mostly because of bosses like I mentioned before. They got down to putting all task into what they called labor units. If you didn't produce enough units you were in deep DoDo. I relieved as supervisor for a time but decided that wasn't for me. They expected their management to kiss a little and that didn't set too good with me. I think the job in the trouble office was the best job I ever had. We dispatched trouble on the whole west coast from Hillsbrough county to the Everglades. I would have stayed several more years but they offered a deal I couldn't turn down. Little did I know the economy would go hay wire. We were union all the time I worked there. I joined 6 months after I started. I went to work for FPL in 1965 for $1.90 an hour. I thought that was all the money in the world.
I worked for a tree service doing maintance in outdoor phone booths for $1.50 before that. How things have changed. In 1960 I worked for a Amoco station for $.90 an hour and rode a motorcycle that got 100 mpg, paid $.19 per gallon. We had gas wars at times and gas got down to 10 to 12 cents a gallon. I put about 2 gallons a week in my Harley. I guess we didn't know how good we had it. Wayne Morris must be your friend. That was a awesome show. Wayne was on a rail. If you talk to him see if he wants a video of that night.I was working at CCMP that night. His sportsman car is pretty neat. IT really ran good. No body there had any thing for him. In his Late Model either.
I like Wayne, I was glad to see him have a good night. Some times his luck ain't the best. I have seen so many lapped cars take him out. Not nessarily on purpose, but they tryed to race with him and just got in the way.

[broofjoe57]

Hi Carol, Here are a few things that we all can do. 1. regulate and adjust our own driving habits. 2. when you stop for gas only purchase a few gallons at a time. 3. only purchase from American companies, let the foreign companies drowned in their product. 4. Write to or e-mail to or call every person that you know and tell them what you are doing and ask them to participate. 5.Now here is the one thing that will make a difference if we will do it and stay unified in our cause. Plan and simple, contact by letter, e-mail or phone directly to all of your representatives,local,state and federal government as well as the candidates that are running in the upcoming election and inform them that if they dont come together with a solution and a game plan we are going to vote them out of office. I believe that it is time for us to take our country back from big buisness and the good old boys and girls that have been sticking it to us for way to long. I am sure that there are some who read this and will disagree,all I can say to you is this is still America and I will defend the right that you have as an American to disagree with my views. By the way for those of you that will have the courage, energy and fortitude to call your representation an immediate solution for our truckers is to have the government freeze the price of diesel for commercial use at $2.25 per gallon. Then require transportation companies to reduce rates to reflect lower fuel prices. Third roll back prices to reflect lower shipping costs. I know this sounds like alot of work but if we dont unite and start today then our way of life will be gone soon. Of coure we can do nothing like in the seventies but if that is the road you choose this time around I suggest you pick up the Koran become a MUslim and learn to speak Spanish. Peace to all who read!