http://sbp.teledyn.com/node/553 Comments for "SBP Ride Board: Need a Ride?" en http://sbp.teledyn.com/node/553 <p><i>A round-trip from Sauble Beach to Wiarton now costs nearly $6 in gasoline alone, and that's at today's price, it could be less tomorrow, but it could well be a lot more as the winter rolls on.</i></p> <p>Commuting costs have <u><em>doubled</em></u> in just a few months and there's no sign of relief; many <span class="caps">SBP'</span>ers commute daily to jobs in Port Elgin and Owen Sound, not to mention regular and occasional work, shopping and doctors trips in and around the <span class="caps">SBP</span> ...</p> <p><strong>maybe we should start thinking about car-pools?</strong></p> <p>We're all in this together, and it's all up to us. If we stick together, help each other, just being neighbourly, we can weather it out I'm sure.</p> <p>Nobody is going to show up here with a fancy cell-phone secure <em>hail a ride</em> system like they do down in <span class="caps">NYC, </span>and it's <em>way</em> too far to realistically bike-commute <em>anywhere</em> around here, but that doesn't mean we're stuck moving half a ton of steel just to ferry ourselves to and from work every day! </p> <p>There are other ways to get about ...</p> <p><strong><span class="caps">NEED</span> A <span class="caps">RIDE</span>? <span class="caps">GOT</span> AN <span class="caps">EXTRA SEAT</span>? <span class="caps">POST</span> IT <span class="caps">HERE</span>!</strong></p> <p>No guarantees, no promises, but if you don't ask, or you don't offer, you'll never know. This ride-board is just a place to meet -- it's all up to you how you use it. You work the deals out among yourselves, and if you want to talk it over with someone offering or asking a ride, don't forget about the free <i>Private Members Message Service</i> here at <span class="caps">SBP</span>!</p> http://sbp.teledyn.com/node/553#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:09:57 -0400 garym 553 at http://sbp.teledyn.com