Anyone that lives in Gwinnett County has seen, heard or has had to deal with the recent gas shortage we have experienced over the past four weeks and I am tired of it. Since this all started I have reassured my wife that there will be gas and that there is no need to fill up our gas tank whenever we see a station that actually has gas.
Well, maybe I was wrong. Yesterday I needed to drive to a meet with a client who is going to be selling their home and I left my office with a little more than 70 miles in the tank. I figured I would l find somewhere to fill up and have no issues. Well, I was wrong. All the way down to the appt. which is about 45 miles from my office there were no gas stations pumping anything but air out of the tanks.
Get the math issue above (70 miles in the tank, 45 miles one way = 0 gas).
As I was searching for a gas station that had gas I got to thinking about the last time we as a Country had a situation like this. Back in 1973, and living in Fairfield Connecticut, we had a similar issue. Gas prices shot up from $.38.5 to $.55.1 cents per gallon. I remember this vividly because my friends and I would buy as many morning newspapers as we could and walk up and down the line of cars waiting for gas and sell our newspapers.
The following excerpt is taken from our friends at Wikipedia:
Thankfully, my gas gauge was kind to me and I pulled into my home with 4 miles left in the tank. This morning, the gas station up the street did have gas and my wife called me to let me know about it. After putting in 15 gallons at $3.97 each I was miffed. What is going on that a year or so ago we were paying around $2.50 per gallon and now we are paying $4.00 and having to “search” for gas.
I do not know who to blame or why but I do know I am tired of this and ready for a change.
In my business (Real Estate), I travel constantly in my car and paying the amount we have to is not making me very happy.
Maybe I need to fix my bike that is collecting dust in the garage. Here’s an idea. I will buy three or four bikes and take my clients on a bike ride to show them local properties. I can get a child seat or two and attach it to the back of one or two of the bikes so if my clients have small children we can just strap them in.
I will need to buy a few mike helmets to go along with the bikes so if someone falls or gets hit by a car they have a chance of survival. Wait a minute, I will also need to get one of those fancy bike jerseys and some tight pants so I can be more aerodynamic. What else do I need. That is at least a $1000 investment. Wonder if I can write that off on my business tax return?
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