Pumping Our Life Away
If I hear one more blessed soul complain about the price of gas I'm going to....well, I'm probably going to do nothing, but if I did it would probably involve something without the use of fossil fuel. I guess I'm guilty as well.
Ok fine, gas prices are a nuisance. You got me there, but is it really that bad? I think I'd hear less complaining about the sun burning out, or a 30% drop in Vail Valley real estate prices. Well, I suppose that if real estate dropped that much there would be less complaining and more scenes of folks throwing themselves out of the third story window of their depreciated mountain home into the rioting streets. But honestly, does our "addiction to oil" (I heard that somewhere) really make us more irritable than a John Daly when he can't find a seat at the blackjack table? This is evidently the case.
For all you people that have pangs of agony every time you drive your suburban from your house in Eagle to your job in East Vail (is living closer to work an option?), I share the story of Dave Givens, an electrical engineer who drives a 7 hour round-trip from his home in Mariposa, CA to his job in San Jose. Mr. Givens won an award for "America's Longest Commute" given out by some organization that thinks awarding this kind of behavior may in some way be beneficial.
I have to ask: What is up with this dude?
Dave Givens claims that his family is happier in their ranch house in Mariposa while he spends 35 hours a week in his car. I think his kids are happier without a father and his wife is happier shagging the mailman.
I wonder if good 'ol Dave from Mariposa ever utters a little comment about the, shall we say, escalation of prices at the pump?
Maybe he's just happy the sun hasn't burned out.
Ok fine, gas prices are a nuisance. You got me there, but is it really that bad? I think I'd hear less complaining about the sun burning out, or a 30% drop in Vail Valley real estate prices. Well, I suppose that if real estate dropped that much there would be less complaining and more scenes of folks throwing themselves out of the third story window of their depreciated mountain home into the rioting streets. But honestly, does our "addiction to oil" (I heard that somewhere) really make us more irritable than a John Daly when he can't find a seat at the blackjack table? This is evidently the case.
For all you people that have pangs of agony every time you drive your suburban from your house in Eagle to your job in East Vail (is living closer to work an option?), I share the story of Dave Givens, an electrical engineer who drives a 7 hour round-trip from his home in Mariposa, CA to his job in San Jose. Mr. Givens won an award for "America's Longest Commute" given out by some organization that thinks awarding this kind of behavior may in some way be beneficial.
I have to ask: What is up with this dude?
Dave Givens claims that his family is happier in their ranch house in Mariposa while he spends 35 hours a week in his car. I think his kids are happier without a father and his wife is happier shagging the mailman.
I wonder if good 'ol Dave from Mariposa ever utters a little comment about the, shall we say, escalation of prices at the pump?
Maybe he's just happy the sun hasn't burned out.
posted by John Poole at 8:26 PM
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