We own the property and the house, so no payments there. Ed's truck is paid off and mine, *sigh*, well, I am getting a 2004 the end of the year (same four-wheel problem for me, Ed's is a 4X4 with a posi-track rear end so it goes every where) so I will still be making payments on a vehicle as mine is a 2001 and I still owe a million payments! LOL Janni At 02:12 PM > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tr1ulium@bellsouth.net [mailto:tr1ulium@bellsouth.net] > > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:58 PM > > To: gardeners@globalgarden.com > > Subject: Re: Re: [gardeners] West Oz Weather > > > > Isn't the last payment so satisfying? Paid off my last car early, and > said I didn't want a car payment again. Just bought a Ford Escape this > week, so here come the payments again! Wouldn't have done it, but needed > the four-wheel drive to get up our steep gravel drive in the winter. Got > kinda tired of having to park at the bottom and walk up a quarter mile, > carrying groceries, etc. > > Probably won't drive it too much (unless I'm hauling stuff), in favor > of vehicle with better gas mileage. > > > > Elizabeth > > tiarella@bellsouth.net > > > > > > From: George Shirley <gshirl@bellsouth.net> > > > Date: 2003/03/13 Thu PM 02:11:50 EST > > > To: gardeners@globalgarden.com > > > Subject: Re: [gardeners] West Oz Weather > > > > > > $1.52 here at non-brand stations, up to $1.85 at national brand > > > stations. I'm glad my little Hyundai gets 32 miles per gallon. Just went > > > down and paid off the loan on it this morning, it looks even better now. > > > <VBG> > > > > > > George > > > > > > Jann wrote: > > > > > > > > We are still at 1.51 and going up. > > > > > > > > Janni > > > > > > > > At 09:31 AM 3/13/03 -0800, you wrote: > > > > > > > > >Hello, again, Marc, > > > > > > > > > >Luckily, we in Los Angeles, are not in the same boat with most of > > > > >California so far as electicity is concerned: LA has its own municipal > > > > >power plant. > > > > > > > > > >What I was referring to is the upward spiraling of oil and natural gas > > > > >costs involved in the production of electricity. Gasoline at my local > > > > >station, for regular unleaded, is now $2.07 per gallon. At that > rate, it > > > > >costs me $30.00 to fill up my Honda Accord every week! > > > > > > > > > >Ron > > >