"I'm gonna go fill up the boat....it's only $3.05 on the corner"

[hang a left]

We have been planning a boating trip for this weekend for some time now. Before you flame me...I feel guilty for going on a vacation when there is so much suffering. We gave money to the Red Cross, we don't know what else to do.

I never thought I would here the word "only" right before 3 dollars and something for gas.

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. You must not be in the Atlanta or Gulf Coast area

I'm hearing $5 there.

Buy a t-shirt if you don't know what else to do:

http://www.designforacause.com/ (Profits from this site go to the Red Cross)

[buddysmellgood]

2. If there is no shortage where you are, then boating, driving, burning gas

isn't going to hurt any more than it normally does.

[Spinzonner]

3. Looking for absolution ?

Was your donation for a dispensation ?

What good is feeling guilty if it's not going to alter your behavior ?

I think you may have come to the wrong place.

[flamin lib]

5. I was gonna post something, but good sense over rode me.

Don't want to be deleted . . .

[hang a left]

6. Your right.....what has gotten in to me?

I guess I should just tell my kids because people are dying in Iraq and in NO they shouldn't have the only 3 day vacation they have had in over a year. The fact that they emptied their piggy banks and gave all their allowance money they have saved to contribute to those "poor people" along with the $300 my husband and I donated. Maybe we could quit drinking water and eating food too. Then we could really empathize with these people.

[Spinzonner]

8. I didn't suggest that you shouldn't go ahead

I asked why you seemed to be asking for affirmation or permission or whatever from an internet discussion board.

Even so, when you interpreted some other implication into the response, you became defensive because it didn't match your desires.

What exactly do you want ?

[liberal N proud]

4. We had a couple of trips planned this fall, one this weekend

Last night we made the decision to cancel those plans.
I don't need to go to the Ford Museum and I don't need to make a trip RIGHT NOW!
This is a crisis and we all need to cut back and conserve where we can.

I would fill the boat, but only to have the gas in a tank that I could siphon later if necessary

[matcom]

7. you CAN'T do anything else - enjoy your trip

and you people can flame me too. i'm off to Florida tomorrow. yeah, i'll continue to grieve for these people and will be watching a LOT of the coverage.

planned this trip for months. NOT driving, flying. (PAID FOR MONTHS AGO. otherwise we wouldn't be able to afford it this weekend)

i, too, gave a LARGE (for us) donation last night. there isn't anything else we can do. they aren't letting people IN to the cities affected to help. frankly, more people isn't what they need.

don't chastize people for going about their plans. sitting on a message board all weekend doesn't help either. :eyes:

peace.

[RummyTheDummy]

9. I'm not going to flame but.....

You have to ask yourself am I really helping the problem? I'm not saying you shouldn't go, but you'll most likely live if you don't.