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  • J Jerry Hammond

    Why is is that any time we yanks mention the price of gas folks of other nations pop off that we're lucky because we are not getting raped as badly as they are. Hey, rape is rape, and its bad no matter the intensity of the act.

    “If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about.”-Alfred P. Sloan

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    phannon86
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    Very true, it's moreover the government doing the raping, not the actual cost. In the UK over half the cost is down to taxes. It sickens me that it costs nearly £50 to fill up my little 1.1 hatchback.

    He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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    • L Lost User

      here the tank reached 22 $ i think we will use bicycles if the prices of gas increases more than that

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      Baconbutty
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      At some point people will start moving jobs just to avoid the long commutes. This could well cause havoc as smaller towns will suddenly have an "influx" of people looking for a decreasing number of jobs, while the big cities will have jobs a-plenty but no-one being able to afford to get to them. Back to the Middle Ages when people rarely ventured out of their own village and a journey to "the big town" took all day on a horse/cart, except these days it'll be by bicycle.

      I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

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      • V Vikram A Punathambekar

        Diesel is costlier than petrol? :wtf:

        Cheers, Vikram.


        The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.

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        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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        Yep. In Europe they use ULSD (Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel). Its very clean and obviously it has a higher calorific (not food, energy) than normal Gasoline/Petrol. Its become the same here, only its not clean :(

        "Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon

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        • L leppie

          R9.22 a liter here in South Africa, that's about $1.20 a liter, and it just goes up every month :(

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          Lost User
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          here it increase 0.2 $ every week :sigh:

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            here it increase 0.2 $ every week :sigh:

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            dan sh
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            That is 10.4$ per year :sigh: OMG

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              At some point people will start moving jobs just to avoid the long commutes. This could well cause havoc as smaller towns will suddenly have an "influx" of people looking for a decreasing number of jobs, while the big cities will have jobs a-plenty but no-one being able to afford to get to them. Back to the Middle Ages when people rarely ventured out of their own village and a journey to "the big town" took all day on a horse/cart, except these days it'll be by bicycle.

              I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

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              Lost User
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              i guess we will all use icycle at the end

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              • O Oakman

                Well, I caught the discrepancy. Congrats. Did you run over to the hardware store and buy a few five-gallon jerry cans?

                Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                realJSOP
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                No, but I told everyone at work. :)

                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                • B Baconbutty

                  At some point people will start moving jobs just to avoid the long commutes. This could well cause havoc as smaller towns will suddenly have an "influx" of people looking for a decreasing number of jobs, while the big cities will have jobs a-plenty but no-one being able to afford to get to them. Back to the Middle Ages when people rarely ventured out of their own village and a journey to "the big town" took all day on a horse/cart, except these days it'll be by bicycle.

                  I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

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                  NormDroid
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                  Hence the reasons why cities like Manchester and building tons of apartments to house these non-communting workers, I reckon the goverment knew this fuel crisis was going to happen about 10 years ago.

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                    That is 10.4$ per year :sigh: OMG

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                    Lost User
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                    I guess that is why they called it the black gold

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                    • L leppie

                      R9.22 a liter here in South Africa, that's about $1.20 a liter, and it just goes up every month :(

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                      Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                      The government ups it every quarter. They're removing the subsidy on all hydro-carbons which will include Kerosene and Butane. By 2009 they'll start taxing it.

                      "Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon

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                      • R realJSOP

                        No, but I told everyone at work. :)

                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                        "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                        Oakman
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                        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                        No, but I told everyone at work

                        One of the things I have always admired about you is your selflessness and generosity. ;)

                        Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                          No, but I told everyone at work

                          One of the things I have always admired about you is your selflessness and generosity. ;)

                          Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                          realJSOP
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                          Yep, it's not immediately obvious that I care so much about my fellow man (and Indians).

                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                          • R realJSOP

                            I just paid $2.82/gallon for 89 octane. Someone - somewhere - fat fingered the wrong price into the system at a local Valero station. 92 Octane = $3.83/gallon 89 Octane = $2.82/gallon 87 Octane = $3.69/gallon (my typical purchase)

                            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                            "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                            FyreWyrm
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                            Valero is terrible gas. I ran it for a year in my truck and stopped because it clogged two injectors and left carbon deposits on the spark plugs that caused two of my coils to burn out. A couple of thousand dollars in parts and labor later and I was told by Ford to NEVER use Valero gas. So I switched back to the more expensive Exxon and haven't had any problems in the four years since.

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                            • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                              Diesel is costlier than petrol? :wtf:

                              Cheers, Vikram.


                              The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.

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                              David Crow
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                              Two summers ago, diesel was almost a dollar cheaper than gasoline. I had to keep an extra eye on my tractor for fear of someone taking it!

                              "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                              "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                                Valero is terrible gas. I ran it for a year in my truck and stopped because it clogged two injectors and left carbon deposits on the spark plugs that caused two of my coils to burn out. A couple of thousand dollars in parts and labor later and I was told by Ford to NEVER use Valero gas. So I switched back to the more expensive Exxon and haven't had any problems in the four years since.

                                "How come you can't taste your tongue?" - Jon Arbuckle

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                                dan sh
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                                FyreWyrm wrote:

                                it clogged two injectors and left carbon deposits on the spark plugs that caused two of my coils to burn out

                                Are you sure they sell gas?:confused:

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                                  Yep, it's not immediately obvious that I care so much about my fellow man (and Indians).

                                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                  -----
                                  "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                  leppie
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                                  John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                  fellow man (and Indians).

                                  Translated, naive and native Americans :)

                                  xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                                  IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 3 out now

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                                    Valero is terrible gas. I ran it for a year in my truck and stopped because it clogged two injectors and left carbon deposits on the spark plugs that caused two of my coils to burn out. A couple of thousand dollars in parts and labor later and I was told by Ford to NEVER use Valero gas. So I switched back to the more expensive Exxon and haven't had any problems in the four years since.

                                    "How come you can't taste your tongue?" - Jon Arbuckle

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                                    Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                                    FyreWyrm wrote:

                                    it clogged two injectors and left carbon deposits on the spark plugs that caused two of my coils to burn out

                                    sounds more like liquefied coal and sawdust :laugh:

                                    "Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon

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                                      FyreWyrm wrote:

                                      it clogged two injectors and left carbon deposits on the spark plugs that caused two of my coils to burn out

                                      sounds more like liquefied coal and sawdust :laugh:

                                      "Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon

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                                      FyreWyrm
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                                      I think there was still some dinosaur blood mixed in with it.

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                                      • F FyreWyrm

                                        Valero is terrible gas. I ran it for a year in my truck and stopped because it clogged two injectors and left carbon deposits on the spark plugs that caused two of my coils to burn out. A couple of thousand dollars in parts and labor later and I was told by Ford to NEVER use Valero gas. So I switched back to the more expensive Exxon and haven't had any problems in the four years since.

                                        "How come you can't taste your tongue?" - Jon Arbuckle

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                                        hlmechanic
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                                        Or you can just drive a Chevrolet and not have that problem! :-D

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                                        • B Baconbutty

                                          At some point people will start moving jobs just to avoid the long commutes. This could well cause havoc as smaller towns will suddenly have an "influx" of people looking for a decreasing number of jobs, while the big cities will have jobs a-plenty but no-one being able to afford to get to them. Back to the Middle Ages when people rarely ventured out of their own village and a journey to "the big town" took all day on a horse/cart, except these days it'll be by bicycle.

                                          I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

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                                          Pierre Leclercq
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                                          Baconbutty wrote:

                                          all day on a horse/cart

                                          horses are cool but still very expensive. I'd suggest a good pair of shoes... :)

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