Comments on: About those gas prices…

By: lrose

lrose — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:52:12 +0000

We live nine miles from a town and three miles from the nearest corner grocery. I have vision impairment and never drove. My husband got rid of his truck ten years ago! We do have a horse but use him for farm work and going five miles to the wood lot. The rest of the time I ride a bicycle to town or I get rides with neighbors or walk pulling a two wheeled cart to carry things. If I take a ride with neighbors I always give them money for gas. So I am helping them as well as me. My husband rides a moped with a carrier on the back. He hauls feed , one bag at a time from the local co-op. He also takes the mo-ped if he has to go to town. He seldom goes to town leaving me to take care of business. I go more than him and use a shuttle bus to travel away from our area. We no longer have a big bus line where we live in Nova Scotia. Once in the city 180 away I can travel by bus, plane or train if I wanted to visit the rest of the country. Not owning a vehicle can be inconvenient but one learns patience when you can’t jump in a car and go where you want.

By: chickadee

chickadee — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:44:57 +0000

About the gas prices, the horse solution sounds great , but what about the people who can’t have a horse where they live? We all need to do our part to save gas!

By: favorablydisposed

favorablydisposed — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:42:56 +0000

such is life

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:30:09 +0000

One thing about horses is when they die, it causes a big emotional turmoil.

By: favorablydisposed

favorablydisposed — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:57:05 +0000

well, maybe we’ll be moving there soon

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:54:08 +0000

favorablydisposed, they are in Wayne and Holmes county Ohio!

By: favorablydisposed

favorablydisposed — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:00:39 +0000

can’t we all go back to the days of getting around by horse?
Where did all the horses go?