[Towertalk] First day at Dayton - Attendance continues to slide

[KI9A@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/18/02 9:36:20 AM Central Daylight Time, 
k9zm@frontiernet.net writes:


We need the motel/tourism industry to throw some weight around in congress
to get gasoline prices stable at 99 cents per gallon if you want to see
attendance figures go up. 


What? I got my driver's license in Feb 1980. I paid $1.05 for a gallon of reg 
unleaded at the kickapoo station in Rothschild, WI.  Gas at a buck and a half 
a gallon today, 22 years later, is a great deal!

I have noticed a LARGE decrease in attendence at local car "swap meets". 5-10 
years ago, they had lots of neat parts, & lots of folks. Today, well, not 
nearly as much. I tend to look at EBAY & others as taking a BIG chunk out of 
hamfests & such. It isn't gas at a $1.50/gal. Or terrorists. 

If you can't afford gas at a 1.50, you most likely can't afford it at a buck. 
Say Dayton is 300 miles one way (600 round trip). Your car gets 20 mpg ( most 
are better these days!). It costs you about $30 in gas at $1.00/gallon, & 
about $45 at a $1.50. WILL 15 BUCKS (or less, if your car gets better than 20 
mpg!) REALLY KEEP YOU FROM GOING???

73-Chuck KI9A


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