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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
One Gallon at a Time....


Did a story on gas prices today.....just in case you missed it they are very high. (what would people do without news?)
My angle was how you can save money by doing the small maintenance work to your car.....but the best part of my day was looking for an MOS (man on the street.....read this old blog and be kind to reporters).

Well I found one....and he was awesome.

I approached a guy who immediately said "you don't want to talk to me....I'm only getting a gallon.
Excuse me.....one gallon?

So of course I put a camera in his face and talked to him.
The man was from Rochester....which is an outlying town of Springfield. Since gas prices have gone over $3.00 he only puts one gallon in his truck...and drives it to and from Springfield three times a week for needed supplies.

I asked him: Well how many miles does that one gallon get you.
Him: Two trips.

Not exactly the answer I was looking for but it works. He says he hasn't been to the mall in two years (the mall is on the west side of town...Rochester is east of Springfield.)

To top it off he says he has been in two movies.....as an extra...both which have yet to come out in theatres. I asked him if they paid him........no......well did they feed you?........yes, but they made me go get the food.

Being an extra is a tough life.....and I assume living your life in a radius of one gallon of gas isn't too easy either.