POLELANE
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hand cranked whirlees
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eaglev
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every one suffers with these gas prices
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gas101CA
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man that stinks
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Don20
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After buying gas who has any money left for Carnival Fun.?? High gas price hurts everyone not just a few..
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awwwwww.
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scrounger
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And they don't pass on those extra costs?
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rusty_armor
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Interesting human story aspect to the high fuel prices, but not real informative. Everyone but insiders suffer from high commodity prices. But the alternative to commodity trading is control by the same people who gave us Social Security. They have to take it from you to give it back to you. Minus the cost of g'ment overhead.
I'll take my chances with the commodity brokers, thank you!
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copperhead8
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Doesn't bother me.
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AuburnTim
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Buy the kids a horse they can ride it around in the back yard and you can ride it to work. Kill two bird with one stone.
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MG_Sputnik
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Why don't I care about this?
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mfeldstein
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I hope they are able to adapt and get through this. Kids need carnivals.
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Gas_Buzzer
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I don't need this cheap entertainment.
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RochBear
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The Carni people are getting it from both ends. Higher fuel costs, and less people attending the fairs.
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Laser917
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And a lot of other stuff too
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r651981
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Increased fuel costs are reflected in virtually everything we buy or use. This presents a good opportunity to hone one's planning skills. Hopefully a culture of conservation will emerge.
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BoerneWatch
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Hard to believe that the cost of diesel affects that industry that much, but churches are cutting back on trips due to the cost of diesel to power the charter buses.
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acknot
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Like any other industry that has been through hard times, they must adapt.
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NavyEOD
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Life is tough.
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Pede
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The crises cut down on a lot of summer fun. More people are staying home to sped there vacation
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Gerund1
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If you observe that most of the smaller traveling carnivals are using old fuel guzzlers it is not much of a suprise they are finding costs rising.
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techque
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Carnies have always make their big bucks in the chance booths and the arcades. The rides have always been a loss leader.
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hwnguy
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I think it's a fast disappearing source of entertainment
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gladtobeamomof3
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Well I don't know about the other people on here, but here in Iowa, the traveling carnivals that we get at our local county fairs and local celebrations, were never that great to begin with. They had some pretty shady looking people, who were smoking, WHILE OPERATING the rides and were dressed in pretty dirty looking clothes. That combined with so-so rides, that looked rusted out and didn't look the safest was bad enough. But then to charge $2 PER RIDE for a minute or so ride?? No thanks! It didn't seem worth the money then and I cannot imagine with the gas prices going up, how much they might be charging now. I like the festivals and fairs for the food and the crafts and the kids games, but if I am going to pay for my kids to go on rides, I might as well drive to one of the closer amusement parks and pay for "quality" rides, that last longer and have cleanly dressed, non-smoking people running them.
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laddyboy62
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well we see enough freaks in our govt
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KopterDoctor
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That is not the only thing! Fuel effects everything!
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katkAL
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Will traveling carnivals go the way of drive-in movies?
We are losing some of our heritage, due to greed.
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Brockvillian
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That's too bad.
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SeerLV
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High fuel costs impact everything.
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eaglev
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Everyone suffers. Expendable funds, the fun of a carnival falls first.
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gasman50
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High energy prices effect all aspects of our lives
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Rose121
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Oh no.. Where am i going to get that deep fried snickers bar?
No dealth trap rides for the kiddies this year...
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justjosey
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Granted, rising diesel cost bite into everyone, and carnival people must make a living too...BUT...just like people who chose a career in driving truck, it is the career they chose. Carnivals are a "lux" commodity. How about food which is a necessity, among many other things...
If you bought it a truck brought it! How can a truck driver not raise his price to deliver a load when he has to pay almost $5 a gallon for diesel. He can not drive less miles, or car pool. That hike in delivery goes to EVERY CONSUMER not only someone who wants to take the kids out for an afternoon. And the hike in prices is not small. I just went to a big name store to buy a case of brand x, the cost was $9.59, Six months ago for the same case I paid $4.58. It's not only one thing it is everything.
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Dennis783
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gas prices hurt all business and individuals
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no1doc
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Such is life
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docwilly
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Gee, so imortant to our well being
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Roo08
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This will probably cut down on the time and money they spend on safety which is already atrocious. That is a problem.
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flatcoatfun
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Never go to them anyway...
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rjb34747
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No!!! Not the carnivals!!!!!
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tomok
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Yeah! Higher fuel prices are hurting everybody and the businesses too.
Just like that story on the school districts and their bus fuel expenses, a while back.
You either raise prices and people don't come OR stay closer to home and try to exist.
What to do, What to do.....
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DarthDadJr
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Just another example of the affects of higher costs for energy....
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ledoy
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everybody and every business is feeling the pain of high gas prices
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tbybee
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The cost of energy cuts a wide swath and effects almost everything.
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rbdesigns
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It's effecting everything, not just the carnivals.
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GasholeMI
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High prices are putting a strain on all industries (except oil related of course)
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thedennis64
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Fuel crisis cuts down on a lot more than carnival fun...
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fuel prices cuts down on everyones fun
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Jusy
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There's a big county fair going on right now. I haven't been so don't know how it compares to other years, but the tv news talked about how attendance was up. Last year was much hotter at the start of this county's fairs so that probably has something to do with it.
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tobasco
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Maybe they are going to the dentist this year.
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MajorSteve
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SO, if you drive to the county fair to watch the pig races, the pigs won't be there because of high diesel costs???? Perhaps the carnival crews are roasting the pigs and staying home. How in the world will I ever get sold a hot tub??
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I hope they use GASBUDDY.COM when they are on the road.
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