GL: Fuel costs affecting boating?

[Matt Mattson]

I believe in the 90's regulations were relaxed on the futures market  
traders, allowing them to trade on partial credits, which has led us  
to this point.  The traders are simply bidding the prices up in a  
gambling game on borrowed funds.  It will crash in time, just as the  
stocks did in the dot.com bubble.  Happy cruising!

MM

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On Apr 19, 2008, at 9:01 AM, Ron Rogers wrote:

> When one industry profits at the expense of all other industries in  
> our
> country, that situation cries out for regulation. Everything reaches  
> our
> hearth and table via truck and aircraft while industry receives and  
> ships
> bulk materials via rail. By-products of oil to include "socks" flood  
> the
> marketplace. The analysis of societal problems often begins with the
> question - who benefits? In this case, a disproportionally small  
> number of
> investors benefits.
>
> So yes, fuel costs will change the way in which I intend to use my  
> boat, but
> it will also affect the proportion of money going to food on the  
> table and
> circumscribe where I go in my car. Heck, it will even affect the  
> price of my
> dock lines. Further, it will affect *where* I intend to put my sock.
>
> And to think, I used to enjoy Kukla, Fran, and Ollie.
>
> Ron Rogers
> 1985 Willard 40FBS
> AIRBORNE
> Lying Washington, NC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ed" <ekcine at comcast.net>
> |
> | I do not appreciate the comment that the oil industry is  
> "stealing" the
> joy
> | of cruising. I'm getting tired of the excessive commentary on this  
> & the T
> & T list. I'm considering dropping out after 8+ years. Put a sock in  
> it.
>
> Ed Kukla
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