Exercise for your wallet

$52.43!!!

That’s how much it cost me to fill up my SAAB convertible. (It’s “Born from Jets”, you know.)

 Well, as unique as that tag line is, my fuel costs make it seem as if I’m using rocket fuel instead of gasoline. And I’m never, ever going to travel at the speed of sound.

So much for having a vehicle that is considered to be an “economy car” as far as fuel costs go.

But, people have always said to look on the positive side of things. When one door closes, another one opens…it’s always brightest before the dawn…even the sun shines on a dog’s ass some days.

I just can’t help thinking more along the lines of…another day another hard earned dollar…LOST!!!

So, I tried to find a positive out of this negative. And the first place I looked was in my very own garage.  It was right there hanging on my wall.  It was collecting dirt and dust, just taking up space. And it has always been the ultimate form of transportation…my bicycle.

Over fifty bucks to fill up my car??? There has got to be a better way to spend my money wisely.

Then I started thinking of ways I can substitute spending all my money on fuel and allow my body to benefit too.

How many times have I driven to the corner newsstand for a newspaper?  How many times have I hopped in the car just to go for a ride and be outside?  How many times have I had the opportunity to walk, jog or bike to a destination and instead, I used my car.  It turned out that there were so many instances that I stopped counting.

With gas prices continually going up, and up, and up, and seeing that  Hillary, John McCain, or Barack Obama are not going to help the average American get out of this crisis, we owe it to ourselves to do our part.

If you have a bike of any kind, clean off the dust, inflate those tires and fill up your lungs with clean air. And then just ride!

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