We have a tendency to snicker, shrug or curse our fate every time we write about rising gas prices.

It just got a little more serious for the folks who made their living at Jevic Transportation.

The trucking firm in Delanco, N.J., closed its doors Monday.

Forever.

The company cited skyrocketing diesel fuel prices, as well as increased insurance costs and the general economic downturn as their reasons for going out of business.

Thus ends 27 years of business. And 1,500 people out of work. That includes 1,000 in Burlington County.

That gives a whole new meaning to gas pains.