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[ashlandsou]

My goodness, today was a fun day. The it that I referred to yesterday.. the feeling of impending busy-ness... it was back with a vengeance today. Granted, it didn't last all day, and it didn't even result in any big sales. But from 10-4 I was in constant demand. More often than not there were 2 or 3 people waiting to be helped. The department was

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[snowrabbit]

Ohhhh yea? Try driving 55. Ever since I drove from Fargo, North Dakota, to Portland a few months ago at 55 MPH, I've been sold on that speed. At one point during my trip, I got 70 (Seventy) miles to the gallon. Typically, my car gets anywhere from 30-40. Two days ago during my drive to Boise, I averaged 45. Sure, it adds lots of time to a trip, but the money I've saved has been worth it.

As for gas prices, anything is possible. My belief is that the economy will continue tanking through New Years because, mark my words, this will be the slowest holiday season in years. People are pulling back on everything and Christmas is the worst time of the year for consumers to do so. You can already see it happening with retailers pulling out the big deals /before/ Halloween. I don't think we'll know the bottom of this until after New Years. OPEC wants oil to be at $70-$80/barrel (Greedy pricks..), but I have a funny feeling it'll ground out around $50/barrel. At that price, we'll see gas at or below $1.75/gallon before new years in Oregon.

But then again, I'm probably going to be proven completely wrong in only a week.

[ashlandsou]

First, I remembered your Fargo 70 mpg story when (who was it?) told me their 63 mph story. So next week, I try 55. Might take a little longer to get to work, but if I can continue to push gas mileage further up, it's worth an experiment.

And I 100% agree with your economic commentary. Like it or not, we are a nation driven by the consumer. And as much as I have had happy cheerful comments the last couple days about "it" being present... I ultimately share in your pessimism. As long as the economy declines, oil and gas prices will decline, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if you are right about seeing $1.75/gallon in these parts.