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Posted by: lovelytxwoman 1 year, 3 months ago

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Gas prices and complaints about them may be at record highs, but Americans don't appear to be letting that get in the way of their holiday travel plans. An estimated 38 million Americans, 1.7 percent more than last year, are expected to travel 50 miles or more this Memorial Day weekend, according to the AAA. About 83 percent of them will drive

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STONERS1 year, 3 months ago

The soaring prices have been a "serious hardship" for almost half of those polled in an Associated Press-Ipsos survey released Friday.

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mjesales1 year, 3 months ago

I know that I won't be driving any less this weekend because of gas. Lets say that it costs $1 more per gallon than normal and I would go 500 miles round trip and I get 25 miles per gallon on the highway for argument sake. That means that the trip would cost me an extra $20... $20 extra for a weekend trip shouldn't make a dent in most budgets - and I would guess that most who say that it does - are just using it for an excuse.
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