Gas Prices = Apprehension for Next Season?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by snoseek

are you kidding me


I have 18 years of experience form the other side as being a child. I'm conciously trying to do the opposite of what my parents did. They both worked their ass off and could have been less owned by their jobs. They were spenders.

I have 28 years experience being a child..My parents still spend major dinero on me and my sister..taking us out to dinner..family trips...and my Mom even buys me clothes sometimes..lol..but my parents are rich so they can afford it..

[mlctvt]

Originally Posted by OldsnowboarderME

What has increased over the years is the tax burden and the expenses that didn't even exist back then ..

Almost everyone now has cell phones $40-100/month, Cable or Sat TV $50-100/month, high speed Internet $25-50 /month, computers and other stuff "that we just can't live without" even though we did just fine without them 20-30 years ago.
Even things like curbside garbage pickup $35-40/ month; When I was a kid everyone in the neighborhood either burned their trash or took it to the dump on Saturday morning.
I think I'm the only one in my neighborhood who still mows their own lawn.

[2knees]

Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

..but my parents are rich so they can afford it..

Death is recession proof.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by 2knees

Death is recession proof.

A big reason my Dad bought a local monument company 20 years ago..

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I agree with mlctvt..people have so much more now..cell phones, cable/satallite TV..internet..3 car garages..even us die-hard skiers mostly have a quiver when back in the day..one pair of skis was fine..Americans are super-consumers..imagine if we all cut our budgets by 10 percent and socked that money away for the future..lol..that would be very un American like, My Dad was saying the other day that him and most of his friends are going to need at least a few million to retire..and in a few decades..a few million will be nothing..

[2knees]

Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

A big reason my Dad bought a local monument company 20 years ago..

no matter the economy, people gonna kick it. and what are you gonna do, leave dear ole dad in your meat freezer cause you cant afford a funeral? I would assume the headstones you sell may be of the less expensive variety but they still gotta shell out the coin.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by 2knees

no matter the economy, people gonna kick it. and what are you gonna do, leave dear ole dad in your meat freezer cause you cant afford a funeral? I would assume the headstones you sell may be of the less expensive variety but they still gotta shell out the coin.

For sure..even people who get cremated usually get at least a small marker...and we still sell lots of ornate involved monuments with sculpture work, custom ethcings and even the occasional Mauseleum....a 22 person mauseleum we just quoted was $250k+..we probably won't get the order but still..that's more than most houses in the town I live in..

80k a year is chump change for a family in a major northeast metro area..50k a year is good money for a single in a small town..but what about the majority of the US making under 40k a year..the fact of whether they go on ski trips or not isn't an issue..it's all about the basics....or living really cheap and sacrificing for skiing like Snoseek. When I was a skibum I got by on under 20k a year..but I had lots of roommates and eating lunch at Subway was a luxury,,,I miss all the deep powder but not being broke..

[Moe Ghoul]

Need Little - Want Less - Love More. Make smart choices if yer feeling squeezed by inflation. Start saying No, I can do without that.

[mlctvt]

Originally Posted by Moe Ghoul

Start saying No, I can do without that.

+1 , this is the best way to "be green"

[mattchuck2]

First of all, I think 50k is a pretty good salary, I make around that, and I know a lot of people who make less and are doing just fine (and yes, I have a wife and a mortgage).

Second of all, yes, the government should put more money into renewable resources. But there is something that is slightly getting in the way of that spending: