my brother had a huge RV. We were all jealous. We would camp at bluegrass festivals and I would sleep in the front seat of my truck and think of him and his wife laid up in all that air conditioned/heated luxury, satellite television, all that. Then a few festivals later he pulls up in a small mini van. We all asked, wheres the big rig? He said "A fan belt cost 200 bucks. I found out I was gonna have to start taking out loans at the credit union to buy gas. I found out I can have a satellite tv and a nice comfortable bed in this little van."
I noticed in a horse magazine the other day, an ad for a new horsetrailer model, by sundowner I believe. A bumper pull with a tiny LQ package. I think in todays society we need to consider what we are doing to the planet even if we could afford such luxuries. Like the movie star Leonardo Di Caprio, George Clooney and others--- they could easily afford hummers and the gas bills that go with it, but they drive hybrids to be good stewards of the planet. I could not afford a big rig at all, but I like to think if I could, I would try and be as fuel saving as possible. I cant even afford a hybrid, but I drive a toyota yaris that gets avg 40 mpg. I could afford maybe a nicer car, but with less gas savings. and I commute long distances to work. my work tho, gives us a 4 day work week with longer hours so we can all save gas. Also just because you have the money for something... gosh we should use restraint for the planet! I see shows on tv like "Platinum weddings". 30 million dollars for a wedding. thats so obscene. so wrong to do in a world where people (and horses) are starving to death every day! Not knocking on Ravens big rig, but just my personal soap box. I work with huge wealthy land developers every day, its my profession. They dont give one rats a** about what they are doing to the earth. They only want to make a buck. I had the richest developer in town ask me once "why is that extra 55 bucks tacked on to my impact fees" and when I said "each hose bib is 55 dollars and you have one extra", he said "I will never put an extra hose bib on a house again. they can just run a hose out the bathroom window to water the lawn for all I care". and I was standing there thinking, oh yeah right buddy, like you aint passing the 55 bucks on to the price of the house. If there are any rich people out there reading this, please remember we all have a responsibility to take care of our planet... of each other, of the poor animals who did not ask to be born and live a suffering life. all the grass is burnt up and the planet weather is haywire. we need to quit relying on gas and big rigs etc. jmo! If it offends I'm sorry! Janice -- yipie tie yie yo -- yipie tie yie yo
