Have gas prices forced you to limit your driving or change your habits?Byline: YOUR TURN The Register-Guard Diane DIANE Diversified Information and Assistance Network (Tennessee Valley Authority) DIANE Direct Information Access Network for Europe DIANE Digital Integrated Attack and Navigation Equipment Smethwick, 38, receptionist: Yes. I have family in Florence and our trips to visit them have changed dramatically. ... We used to go there one or two times a month. Now we'll go every month or every other month. Louie Laforteza, 32, coffeehouse owner: I'd like to say yes, but really I just drive smarter. I have to go where I need to go, but I pay more attention now. ... I plan my routes and I'm more efficient. Wendy Munnaly, 53, hairstylist: It doesn't really affect me because I live six blocks away from work. If I have to drive, I'm not really using enough gas to notice the prices much. Tami TAMI Cardiology A series of clinical trials–Thrombolysis & Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction designed to examine the role of angioplasty, urokinase, heparin, and prostacyclin in managing acute MI. See Acute myocardial infarction, tPA, Urokinase. Cf TIMI. Smith, 40, restaurant manager: I live in Leeburg and have to drive about 23 miles one way to work. My car gets fairly good gas mileage Noun 1. gas mileage - the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned fuel consumption rate, gasoline mileage, mileage ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) , but I'm still spending close to $8 a day. ... We don't have the option to move closer to work. Fred Heins, 35, auto salesman: Yes and no. I live in Blue River, so I have to commute TO COMMUTE. To substitute one punishment in the place of another. For example, if a man be sentenced to be hung, the executive may, in some states, commute his punishment to that of imprisonment. here to try to make a buck Buck after murder of his master, leads wolf pack. [Am. Lit.: The Call of the Wild] See : Dogs Buck clever and temerarious dog perseveres in the Klondike. [Am. Lit.: Call of the Wild] See : Resourcefulness . ... Our shopping has changed though. Now, I'll go grocery shopping on my way home from work. ... Sarah Schrader, 21, retail clerk: I share a car with my family, but it does limit the amount of driving we all do. ... I think it's a good thing that people limit their driving. |
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