[AT] Fwd: Want cheaper gas to keep the old iron running? Sorry, I forgot the attachment (see below)

Richard Fink Sr nancydick at pennswoods.net
Fri May 18 17:10:25 PDT 2007 

I agree George my 23 year old has just over 92,000 on it. Guess i 
need to stay home from tractor and engine shows more.
R Fink



At 04:33 PM 5/18/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Ron,
>
>One problem is that we can't have it both ways.  We'll never know where the
>price of gas would be if we all continued to drive DeSotos.  Do you want to
>guess?  The market place will sort it all out when we finally get the
>message and drive less.  Our other option, if we really believe the oil
>companies are making obscene profits, is to sell the farm and buy oil
>company stock with the proceeds so we can reap our fair share.
>
>I plan to cut back where I can since my 9 year old set of wheels is already
>up to nearly 31K.  Shame on me!
>
>George
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> > bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of RonMyers at wildblue.net
> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 3:25 PM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Fwd: Want cheaper gas to keep the old iron running?
> > Sorry, I forgot the attachment (see below)
> >
> > A while back they said if we bought cars that get better milage we could
> > save on fuel so we did and now we drive around in these little toys with
> > one arm out one side the other out and back to steer the darn thing out
> > head bent over because the roof ain't high enough for us guys 6 ft. and
> > over and don't even talk about where you put your feet.
> > Well we did all this and gues what the gas prices went though the ceiling.
> > Hey I'm no expert but I don't se where we can do anything about it.
> > Ron
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---------------
> > > Well, I figured on a little flack....but we gotta start somewhere!
> > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 09:21 AM 05/18/2007, you wrote:
> > >>Boy-o-Boy John this really sounds like a good idea. I'm with you all the
> > >>way on it! However, I've checked my 401K plan and a good amount of it is
> > >>invested in EXXON/MOBIL. Can you please tell me what effect this will
> > >> have
> > >>on my 401K? Thanks!
> > >>          Dave
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>At 08:44 PM 5/17/2007, you wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > >Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:41:42 -0700
> > >> > >To: ATIS
> > >> > >From: John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com>
> > >> > >Subject: Want cheaper gas to keep the old iron running?
> > >> > >
> > >> > >My wife just got this message from a friend.  Seems like a simple
> > >> > >plan that just might work.  Take a look, but don't send it on to the
> > >> > >to the ATIS list!    John W.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > >    Gas prices
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU
> > >> HOW
> > >> > > >WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive.  It came from one
> > >> of
> > >> > > >his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton.  If you are
> > >> tired
> > >> > > >of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this
> > >> > > >summer, take time to read this please. Phillip Hollsworth offered
> > >> > > >this good idea. This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas
> > >> on
> > >> > > >a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
> > >> It's
> > >> > > >worth your consideration.  Join the resistance!!!!
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer
> > >> > > >and it might go higher!!  Want gasoline prices to come down?
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >We need to take some intelligent, united action.  The oil
> > companies
> > >> > > >just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to
> > >> "hurt"
> > >> > > >ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience
> > >> to
> > >> > > >us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this
> > >> idea,
> > >> > > >has come up with a plan that can Really work.  Please read on and
> > >> > > >join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at
> > >> > > >about $1.50 is super cheap.  Me too!  It is currently $2.79 for
> > >> > > >regular unleaded in my town.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned
> > us
> > >> > > >to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 -
> > >> $1.75,
> > >> > > >we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS
> > control
> > >> > > >the marketplace..not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up
> > >> > > >more each day, we consumers need to take act! ion.
> > >> > > >The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if
> > >> we
> > >> > > >hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas!  And,
> > we
> > >> > > >can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >How?  Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying
> > gas.
> > >> > > >But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to
> > >> > > >force a price war.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY
> > >> > > >gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON
> > >> > > >and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined
> > >> to
> > >> > > >reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other
> > >> companies
> > >> > > >will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach
> > >> > > >literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers.  It's really
> > >> simple
> > >> > > >to do!  Now, don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and
> > >> > > >I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >I am sending this note to 30 people.  If each of us send it to at
> > >> > > >least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ..  and those 300 send it to at
> > >> least
> > >> > > >ten more (300 x
> > >> > > >10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth
> > >> > > >group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION
> > consumers.
> > >> > > >If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends
> > >> > > >each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >If it goes one level further, you guessed it.....  THREE HUNDRED
> > >> > > >MILLION PEOPLE!!!
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people.  That's all!
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >(If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you
> > >> > > >have to do is send this to 10 people....  Well, let's face it, you
> > >> > > >just aren't a mathematician.  But I am .  so trust me on this
> > one.)
> > >> :-)
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >How long would all that take?  If each of us sends this e-mail out
> > >> to
> > >> > > >ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people
> > >> > > >could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did
> > >> you!
> > >> > > >Acting together we can make a difference.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.  I
> > suggest
> > >> > > >that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO
> > >> THE
> > >> > > >$1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.  THIS CAN REALLY WORK
> > >> > > >
> > >> >
> > >> >
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