One woman said her husband now comes home from work only on weekends, the rising price of gas making it all but impossible for him to afford a daily commute between his home in East Moriches and his job in Maspeth, Queens. Some readers are riding bicycles to and from work. Other readers have said that, in response to the current gas price crisis on Long Island, they are driving less — and, walking more. Others have taken to riding the train. But at least one reader, Fran Magadan, of Lindenhurst, said she can barely afford to work anymore — the cost of filling her car with gas is too much. ‘This is ridiculous,’ Magadan, who works for an air-freight company in Jamaica, wrote Monday. ‘I drive 250 miles a week to get to work. It doesn’t pay to go to work. I will apply for unemployment, because I can’t afford to go to work anymore. Not everybody in this country makes [a six-figure salary].’ Which, it seems to most Long Island drivers these days, is the kind of salary you need to fill your car’s gas tank. After all, the average price […]