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Save a buck, ride a horse


Or something like that! The only problem I see might have been the mess he left behind! Literally!!


 


Gas Prices Drive Man to Commute by Horse
By Associated Press

MINOT, N.D. - Jim Jundt was so determined to rein in his spending on gasoline that he got out of bed early and rode his 14-year-old quarterhorse mare to work.


Jundt lives 15 miles south of Minot and works as a mechanic at Goodyear Tire & Auto Service in the city.


He said he and his co-workers had been talking about rising fuel prices, and he joked that he would ride his horse to work if gasoline ever hit $3 a gallon.


His co-workers laughed, but when the price at the pump soared to $3.20 last week, Jundt headed for the barn.


He said he was only five minutes late riding his mare, Patty, to work.


While he worked, Patty waited patiently, eating hay out of the back of a truck.



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The number of bicyclists and mopeds I saw on my way to and from work on friday was astounding! No horses tho!

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      a friend just stopped by , we have gas back in the Hood !!


    its at 1 station with a mile long line , luckily i can go another


  220 miles before i run out



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Are you having to ration in your area Dave?


There was a rumor about that here last week, but it was just a rumor. We are not running out of gas, just $$$$!



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   1st there has to be something to ration lol ,  last week the area base commanders


    put a 20 dollar limit on sales and no boats or gas cans .(on post only ) thats


   what irks me , were short and people are filling their boats up !  un- gd dmn real .



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I have thought this for a long time...Americans are too self centered.  It seems every disaster, when you expect people to pull together...it gets harder and harder.  We have fallen a long way from the World War II generation.

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Yeah we want freedom and democracy, but if something bad happens we look to the government for too much and we are not always ready to help others!

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The "Federal Government"  had taken on the mythical figure of magic cure all.  They arent.  We all are the government.  We are a  Republic.  But we all just assume the Government is a they.

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I could not agree more. This disaster has shown how we really do point the finger too much and place the blame on others for everything. Now they are digging up the race card. I hate to turn the tv on anymore.

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They had to rebuild roads to get to those people....that doesnt happen over night....the response considering the magnatude of things was phenomenal I think.

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   I too am guilty of pointing the finger to early , after getting all the facts , the truth


  is it coulda been worse, a lot worse.  as for the race card , all the victims werent


  black , nor were all the people doing all they could to help .  what this country needs


  is a politician who isnt so PC correct that he'll come right out and say it .



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They seem to be out there right now not being PC, but being assinine!

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       theres a difference ?



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Dave, you ever think of running...you always cut right through the BS

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