Carpooling
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A couple of weeks ago, I saw a piece on the local news about CarpoolWorld.com. It's just what you think - a free service that matches people who want to carpool. You can state if you want to be a driver, a rider or doesn't matter. I joined up, just to see. No matches for my times and locations. Good concept though. It's a subject I'd been thinking about for a while, wondering how could I find someone to carpool with.
The irony is that Steve works just around the corner from me but he works waaaay more hours than I want to so we rarely carpool. I wouldn't even mind going in an hour or so early like he does, but he also works about 1-1/2 hours later than I do and I just can't/won't do that.
Then a couple of days later I received an email from a woman who seemed to be a perfect match in all criteria. She gave me her phone number and asked me to call her. I replied with a plan I thought might work for us: I drive Monday & Tuesday, she drives Wednesday and Thursday and we don't carpool Friday. That way we share the expense and don't have to exchange funds. I need a day of not carpooling so I can do errands on the way home. I also do the company banking on Fridays so I need a car.
I emailed her my idea and promised to call her that night, which I did - left her voice mail. That was a week ago and she hasn't returned my call. Just as well. I wonder if she got cold feet too? There's something a little unsettling to me about giving up my independence, even for 2 good causes - the Earth and my bank account. But I would have done it with an open mind. It either would have worked for us or it wouldn't and we'd have stopped. While I was willing to give it a chance, I'm not trying to find another carpooler. Guess I'll leave it up to the universe - and carpoolworld.com - to see if someone else comes my way.
On a related note, as I was balancing my accounts last weekend I decided to see how much I've been spending on gas. January through July 2008 - I spent an average of $27/week for gas. That's not bad at all, all things considered. If I had not thought about it, I would have guessed off the top of my head closer to $40. But if I did think about it, I would realize I gas up about every 10 days or so and I think my personal best for a tank of gas in my little Saturn is $42. (Okay, I'm in accounting dammit, a stickler for accuracy - had to look it up. My all time high is $44.13.) Of course that $27 is an average over 7 months.
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A couple of weeks ago, I saw a piece on the local news about CarpoolWorld.com. It's just what you think - a free service that matches people who want to carpool. You can state if you want to be a driver, a rider or doesn't matter. I joined up, just to see. No matches for my times and locations. Good concept though. It's a subject I'd been thinking about for a while, wondering how could I find someone to carpool with.The irony is that Steve works just around the corner from me but he works waaaay more hours than I want to so we rarely carpool. I wouldn't even mind going in an hour or so early like he does, but he also works about 1-1/2 hours later than I do and I just can't/won't do that.
Then a couple of days later I received an email from a woman who seemed to be a perfect match in all criteria. She gave me her phone number and asked me to call her. I replied with a plan I thought might work for us: I drive Monday & Tuesday, she drives Wednesday and Thursday and we don't carpool Friday. That way we share the expense and don't have to exchange funds. I need a day of not carpooling so I can do errands on the way home. I also do the company banking on Fridays so I need a car.
I emailed her my idea and promised to call her that night, which I did - left her voice mail. That was a week ago and she hasn't returned my call. Just as well. I wonder if she got cold feet too? There's something a little unsettling to me about giving up my independence, even for 2 good causes - the Earth and my bank account. But I would have done it with an open mind. It either would have worked for us or it wouldn't and we'd have stopped. While I was willing to give it a chance, I'm not trying to find another carpooler. Guess I'll leave it up to the universe - and carpoolworld.com - to see if someone else comes my way.
On a related note, as I was balancing my accounts last weekend I decided to see how much I've been spending on gas. January through July 2008 - I spent an average of $27/week for gas. That's not bad at all, all things considered. If I had not thought about it, I would have guessed off the top of my head closer to $40. But if I did think about it, I would realize I gas up about every 10 days or so and I think my personal best for a tank of gas in my little Saturn is $42. (Okay, I'm in accounting dammit, a stickler for accuracy - had to look it up. My all time high is $44.13.) Of course that $27 is an average over 7 months.
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posted by Stefani at 6:04 AM
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My MIL totaled her Prius in a fender bender - with an SUV! - a few weeks back and she's using my FIL's old van for the three months it will take for her Prius order to come in!
I love that blue solar fabric so much - and, much thanks to your inspiration, I signed up for my first craft fair...the entry cost was $50 - low for this area...so I'm hoping I at least make that back. It's an upscale area where I think my pricier items will sell well. Here's hoping! (It's not till the first week in October though)
Most of our gas goes to MOW and doctor's for me. That's disgusting, appointment's that is. Wonder how much could be done on the phone instead of in office?
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