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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: LindyBill who wrote (257642)7/16/2008 1:04:47 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 793897
 
>>I hate this kind of thinking.<<

I hate it too. Cheap energy and rampant consumption was fun, but now we're in a totally different cycle...

Postcards From the Hedge: Faking a Vacation at Home
Cost-Conscious 'Staycationers' Simulate the Travel Experience;
A Tent in the Living Room

By MARY PILON
July 16, 2008; Page D1

Karen Ash is about to take a weeklong Japanese vacation. She'll buy postcards and souvenirs at a traditional Japanese market. She'll admire bonsai plants and view Japanese films. She'll eat ramen, ordering in Japanese.

And she'll never leave the Bronx.

Ms. Ash, a legal assistant who lives in that New York City borough, called off her plans to travel to Japan this summer. The ballooning cost of airfares, weak dollar-to-yen exchange rate and difficulty saving travel money while keeping pace with bills forced her to rethink her summer plans. So she's determined to have the ultimate "staycation," or vacation spent at home.

more: online.wsj.com
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