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04-06-2008, 12:33 AM
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I just spent the most amount of money ever to fill my tank from empty to full: $41.59. Ouch...
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04-10-2008, 02:06 AM
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04-10-2008, 10:04 AM
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It's $3.80 per gallon here, and gas/diesel prices here tend to be among the lowest in the country.
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04-11-2008, 04:39 PM
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04-10-2008, 04:27 PM
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diesel $4.58 / gal this morning.
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04-11-2008, 09:58 AM
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04-10-2008, 04:52 PM
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http://www.see-search.com/business/f...iceseurope.htm
Pence per litre UK = 94.8 (approx $2) Pence per litre US = 38.2 It's out of date by 3 years, but shows the discrepancy.
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04-10-2008, 06:23 PM
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Brian, i find prices for food stuffs incomparable because of the different products and their popularity and because of the different way store structure their "sale' prices and special offers. But clothing, electronics and toys compare pretty much pound for dollar, which means that Brits are paying twice as much for goods. And at the moment they're paying about twice as much for gas, too. My MIL tells me it's about a quid a litre at the moment. which is about $2/liter. which is in the range of $7.50/US gallon. This is regular gas, not diesel.
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04-10-2008, 05:21 PM
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How's the price of daily goods compared to ours, my British friends?
Why is it that Europeans feel that just because THEY pay through the nose for fuel, the rest of the world should also? Diesel averages $4.02 nationwide as of last week. Brian
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04-10-2008, 05:31 PM
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Brian, I for one was answering a previous question.
NOT suggesting you should pay the same, esp as you don't have the tax based "free" healthcare & safety net we have re unemployment, incapacity or state pension.
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04-11-2008, 04:57 PM
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Sh*t. Tell me about it.
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04-11-2008, 05:37 PM
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It seems like here in St. Louis, there is a day or two delay when switching gas prices. We hit $112 a barrel on Wednesday and it shot up yesterday afternoon.
I was just reading a one-year forecast: $143/bbl...yikes! |
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04-13-2008, 02:00 AM
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Similarities continue between today and from the days of Nam. Today, bankruptcies among truckers have increased by a factor of three. What is happening to so many rigs confiscated by creditors? A profitable market for exporting rigs is growing. Back in the days created by Nam, that same market for exporting construction equipment (ie Caterpillar 988 payloaders) from America was also so profitable. When America goes into recession, a first thing to suddenly get exported is its machines.
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04-13-2008, 09:38 AM
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I think today IS Nam. No time has passed, no advances made, we are, indeed, still in Nam. The government just wants us to THINK it's 2008; it's really 1973. I'm only 9. I love David Cassidy and my deepest desire is to own a pink Princess phone like my friend, Diane.
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