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To: Moominoid who wrote (69896)7/9/2008 12:11:16 AM
From: Snowshoe  Respond to of 74559
 
My local bike shop has been having a run on new tires because of the high gasoline prices. Lots of people are taking the "knobbies" off their mountain bikes and putting on smooth street tires so they can save gas by biking to work.

The local economy is holding up well here because we profit from high energy prices, but I just cringe when I see all the problems facing the USA...

- housing/mortgage/credit collapse
- soaring fuel/food prices
- job losses
- investment losses
- falling dollar