On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:34:16 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
scrawled the following:

In article , Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:33:15 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
scrawled the following:

In article , Doug Miller
wrote:

Easily. Hell, I can manage that in my old truck -- 85 Dodge, 360 4bbl,
about
17mpg on the highway -- and most cars will do far better. At the rate I
paid
last time I filled up, $11.50 is 4.75 gallons, which will take my Saturn
SL2
considerably farther than 80 miles. Like more than *twice* that.

Of course, that disregards the value of my *time* to drive 80 miles...

I didn't ask "can you use less than $11.50 in gas to drive 80 miles?",
Doug.

I asked "Can you drive 80 miles for $11.50?"

Your answer appears to be "No."

The real ****er is that the other item he bought last week, for
example, cost $1.80 for the same size and weight but from a longer
distance. And the book from across the country cost $2.37, etc.

Some of us feel that exorbitant shipping fees are unfair. YMOV

Oh, I agree with that. I wanted to by the son a shirt from
ThinkGeek.com for his birthday but shipping from the US to Canada would
have doubled the price.

So I didn't buy it.

It's a very simple equation involving value received for money spent.

Ayup. Unfortunately, that works both ways between the US and CA. I
can no longer afford to buy Lee Valley tools, so I treasure those I
already have. The stainless transplant spade (sucker looks chromed!)
and the scraper set are real keepers, as are a dozen other items I
used to import from there. Sest lavvy.

(For those of you in Rio Linda, that last item is "C'est la vie" in
Merkin.")

--
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond
with them. -- Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams, 1774