tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2230194775469554297.post629904285126745219..comments2016-07-11T17:19:09.819+08:00Comments on short poems on money - in haiku form: high cost of fuelscatterhaikuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978051807278008339noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2230194775469554297.post-84329408042871035192008-08-14T13:04:00.000+08:002008-08-14T13:04:00.000+08:00since i no longerdrive, have more time on my hands...since i no longer<BR/>drive, have more time on my hands<BR/>so i drink more beer<BR/><BR/>thanks for the comment, dave. :)scatterhaikuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978051807278008339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2230194775469554297.post-11478245957086017612008-08-14T09:25:00.000+08:002008-08-14T09:25:00.000+08:00From Beer haiku Daily:http://www.beerhaikudaily.co...From Beer haiku Daily:<BR/><BR/>http://www.beerhaikudaily.com/2008/05/27/high-gas-prices/<BR/><BR/>I can’t afford to<BR/>buy both gas and beer. So I<BR/>have to stop driving.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238833010152586165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2230194775469554297.post-77140424028134542102008-08-11T19:17:00.000+08:002008-08-11T19:17:00.000+08:00it's cool that you don't have a car. i read somewh...it's cool that you don't have a car. i read somewhere that many young persons in japan no longer factor the cost of a car in their future spending plans, preferring to rely on mass transit.<BR/><BR/>over here in asia, fuel price increases are making a significant dent on people's incomes. unfortunately, the public transport infrastructure in my country is rather weak, and coupled with fears of crime, those who can afford to purchase a vehicle, usually do.<BR/><BR/>biking is difficult, not only because of the long distances, but because of the aforementioned crime, as well as heavy pollution.<BR/><BR/>as for me, i still try to walk when i can. :) am hoping to eventually get a bike for short trips. and maybe in the future, i'll get myself a really small car. :) (no hybrids here yet, except for one prius i once came across)scatterhaikuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978051807278008339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2230194775469554297.post-31794668129294287192008-08-11T18:55:00.000+08:002008-08-11T18:55:00.000+08:00come to Europe...afterwards you`ll think that your...come to Europe...<BR/>afterwards you`ll think that your fuel isn`t expensive at all...<BR/><BR/>I have a driver`s license but since more than eighteen years I have no car (and I don`t want a car)...<BR/><BR/>but I`m lucky, I have feet!<BR/><BR/>sometimes I`m passenger in my husband`s car (but not often), sometimes I use a train, a plane...but it`s too expensive to do this often (and to go by plane, to go by car ruins the climate...)<BR/><BR/>even many young people here have no car, a flat and a car are too expensive...and they are always afraid that they will have no job in the futurehaiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01004167617562345120noreply@blogger.com