Rick, At 10:35 PM 10/5/2005 +0000, you wrote: >This one is for all the techs who were in business during the 70's gas >crisis. My question is, how negatively did it affect your income? I'm >wondering what to expect in Jan.Feb.etc. with heating costs expected to >double, gasoline @$3 a gal. etc. > >Thanks, >Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano I wasn't in business yet when the Nixon oil embargo hit, but I was just getting going during the Carter odd-even gas rationing and >20% mortgage interest rate era... The odd-even made me more efficient in how I scheduled my tunings - clumping them in areas or making a "string of pearls" (circuit) to avoid any backtracking during the day. I also tried to hit heavily traveled roads during their "off-peak" hours. Four miles of City Line Avenue (Phila) at 5:15PM on a Friday could suck as much gas as 40 miles of "normal" driving - and take longer... As a college tech, I don't have that problem anymore, but I did just buy an little econobox car for those 98% of my private business calls where I know I won't be needing my pickup to haul things. The pickup will get used weekends to schlep chainsaws, etc. to get wood for my fireplace insert. Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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