Drive less, if possible. Walk more, if possible.
Tell your lazy vile spawn to walk or ride a bike. I betcha' that none of 'em are abducted on the way.
Belay that cross-country vacation. Ain't there some place within a hundred, perhaps a couple hundred miles where you can laze?
Coot thought of a money-making idea. Find a wide spot in the road and toss a portable sign out. Coot will air up yer' tires and give you 4 to 6 percent better mpg!!!!!
Tires already full, well, a free air pressure check. Thanks for stopping.
Charge $5 to fill low tires with the portable air pump!!!!
Coot would be wealthy, well, at least by Cootish standards.
Negated the idea, though, due to the lawsuit threat. Coot can't afford liability insurance, biz license, etc. Ain't like the old days when Cornelius Vanderbilt started off by rowing folks across the East River.
If enough bleating sheep change their life style a wee bit we could cut back consumption. May not reduce gas prices since it is NOT entirely a free-market at work. It is to some extent but factors other than supply/demand are present. Do your own research, Coot ain't gonna' spoon-feed ye lethargic pelagic bottom feeders schooling around this posting.
Get off my lawn!!!!!!
Hope the prices rise so that some of the kids cruising, their obnoxious BOOMING bass projectors infiltrating the shanty, are forced to park and talk for a few hours rather than annoying the peace-loving populace.
Get off my lawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buy those fuel efficient cars now, either new or used. Other old timers should recall back in the 1970s when gaz guzzlers went way down in price while econo-boxes soared in price.
Anybody wanna' buy an extremely well-maintained Chevy Silverado? Coot is too honest. Have to warn any buyer (other than a dealer) that GMC refuses to perform warranty work. But, the problems are not all that serious and will likely not affect the basic starting, stopping, etc. functions. It's mostly the very bad attitude of the dealers and GMC corporate that rankles Old Coot.
That Corolla looks better all the time!!!!
Tire air pressure. Smooth driving.
Oh, maybe the idiots in the Omaha Nebraska area will actually do something about their lame inane stop-light system. Having driven in locales where the lights were set-up to actually assist drivers, to see the weird set-up here is maddening. A four-lane major artery is stopped for 2-minutes as a side street, a very minor one, with NO cars waiting a turn to cross, has a green light. No sensors here to activate lights.
Here's a chance for them yappy wimmenfolk to revel in their yapping. Start combining shopping trips. Maybe have one female stay at home to watch younguns and send a grocery list with the yappers off to the store. Rotate the responsibilities. Promote yapping wimmen and reduce the one human unit per car scenario.
Lots of little things that could add up.... just like the words in this ever-growing post.
Get off my lawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let the gas prices rise. Once we hit $7 per gallon I expect to see some major life style alterations.
Local firms would likely benefit, less travelling to firms, vacation spots, etc. More of everything done locally. Might result in more local jobs.
Would be kinda' neat if an increasing number of folks could walk a short distance to work, negating the need to commute via car.
How about more telecommuting? Surely there are some firms that could allow more workers to work from home. Use the power of the Web!!!!
Mass transit is nice but it's expensive, not always convenient or even usable, depending where thine abode is located and costly.
Anybody been in a country where the jeepney-type transpo system is used? Get gas prices high enough and perhaps entreprenuers would use vans or whatever and provide a local and/or regional transportation system akin to a cab but, instead, hauls several folks at a time.
Hey!!!!!!! Let's stagger work hours. Try to reduce the gridlock of the typical rush hour. Much less idling time as vehicles inch along.
So many things that could be done in the private and public sectors.
If gas prices keep rising there may be many opportunities for the ambitious and creative to capitalize upon new needs.
Now, get off my lawn you young whippersnappers and turn doen that dern' music before Coot shakes a stick at ye!!!!
