---- susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think it's the high price of EVERYTHING that's
> making people give up their horses. My second job is
> no longer for luxuries, it's for bills and fuel.
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I think you are right Susan. It's not just gas and weather conditions that
have people scrambling and selling their horses. I notice my grocery bills
creeping up too, even though I ALWAYS shop the loss leaders and try to plan our
meals so that I don't impulse buy. And fertilizer is doubled from last year
as well according to my hay guy. It's everything: inflation, loss of
wages or jobs, the rising cost of crude oil, etc. etc.
Our state has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation and my
husband was jobless for 6 months last year. He has two journeyman's cards
with over 20 years of experience in his trade (tool and die and pattern making)
and he now works (happily) at our local hardware store. The saving grace is
his job is 5 miles from home, they schedule him around MY crazy schedule and he
likes it. I can relate fully to what you are saying and I think it's very
true.
> Bruce and I are contemplating buying Scooters to go
> back and forth to work. At $2500 apiece and 96mpg, I
> think they will pay for themselves with in a year!<
That's so funny -- I mentioned the SAME thing to Tim the other day, but we
decided being in Michigan, they might be a *little* cold part of the year. : )
-- Renee M.
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> Susan in NV
> read my blog to see why I ride my horse in pink:
> http://desertduty.blogspot.com/
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