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Submitted by Linsey Knerl on April 22, 2008 - 12:48.

Suck it up -- kind of.  You have to suck up the price of gas  (that can't be changed.) But I do think that most people are making adjustments, and for that they should commend themselves.  If you owned a lemonade stand and the price of lemons suddenly rose to an astronomical price, you couldn't just stop selling lemonade.  But you could try to save in other ways, (change your recipe, lock in pre-prices on lemons, raise your prices slightly, lower your portions a little...) We all adjust to rising gas.  I'm not blaming gas companies or complaining about it, just pointing out that it HAS been affecting our purchasing decisions and day-to-day operations for YEARS now, and the media has failed to recognize that.

Thanks for your comments! 

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