Hubby's family, who is over in Greece, talks of gas costing about $10-$12/gal.
Count your blessings, folks!
Yes, it's bad - it could be a lot worse.
In the meantime, we're looking into secondary heat for the house this winter. I hear the Barnstead school district is looking at about $4.35 for their pre-buy oil price. School's are generally $0.50 less than joe-schmo's price for pre-buy. Although the co-op (Our Town) hasn't announced their pre-buy agreements yet, I feel it's going to be breathtaking - and not in the good sense of the term.
It's a lot easier to manage money towards oil (gas or heating) when you aren't having to manage BOTH at once. I think the really impact of this will be seen in the winter when people are paying for gas and heating oil at the same time. I think that's when we'll see tourism take a plunge. I'd like to think that things will be a bit better by then... (the glass - or rather, the oil tank - is half full, don't cha know?)
