Comments on: Risking Death To Save Money? Day 2

By: Gailete

Gailete — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:47:59 +0000

I think it is sweet that you are sending the post cards to those girls. They will always remembering the joy of snail mail that many kids will never have.

By: jeffrey

jeffrey — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:16:49 +0000

I’m sure my car would be on the side of the road in pieces if I had tried driving that slow…

By: Darrell

Darrell — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:10:27 +0000

Sure, driving 55MPH saves over driving 75MPH, but for most cars, the ideal speed for max fuel economy is 40-50MPH (see http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-economy/question477.htm).

By: Kyle | Rather-Be-Shopping.com

Kyle | Rather-Be-Shopping.com — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:20:47 +0000

Wow, the petrified forest looks amazing. If I drove 55 on our local highway I would no doubt be rear-ended within minutes or have a line of huge trucks lined up behind me. LOL

By: J.R.

J.R. — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:27:39 +0000

You might also have had legal issues with going 55 on the highways depending on your state’s minimum speed of highways. In my state 55 is the slowest that you can legaly drive on the highway and as most car’s speedometers are set to read a couple of mph’s higher then you are going, if you think you are going 55 then you are going 52-53 and could be pulled over and ticketed.

By: creditcardfree

creditcardfree — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:42:54 +0000

Just reminds me why I don’t like fast traffic!!

By: jeffrey

jeffrey — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:28:07 +0000

It looks like I will have to spend some money to make sure the postcards get there when that happens.

By: jeffrey

jeffrey — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:15:33 +0000

You’re absolutely correct. If I did not have any revenue coming in from the blog, then I wouldn’t be able to deduct the $30 as a business expense and it would be considered a hobby (and thus that money would have been considered a personal expense). Yes, the blog makes money. Since it does, I get reimbursed for expenses it takes to run the blog up to the point it generates revenue.

By: Grayson @ Debt Roundup

Grayson @ Debt Roundup — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:59:31 +0000

no matter which lane you are in, there is always going to be someone upset that you are slowing them down. I would be upset if you were in any of the other lanes, but I let people go as slow as they want in the slow lane, that is why it is called a slow lane!

By: Fe2o3ez

Fe2o3ez — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:34:50 +0000

If I were in your sister’s shoes, I might balk at the non-inclusion of the $30 for gas. Strictly speaking, if you will be counting the gas as a business expense, then you should have revenue associated with it (otherwise it is just a hobby expense, from a tax perspective). So, are you counting the revenue from your blog against the amount of minimum wage money you are pulling in? Do you get reimbursed for the expenses? How do you get paid with this National Parks blog deal? I’m curious.