Who's Sick of Talkin' 'bout the Mari Ban?
 

I am.

Well, I'm not sure I ever commented on it, so technically I was never talking about it myself. Although I did vote in a poll that I didn't care.

But yeah, it's probably time to move on.

How about the price of gas?! Damn! I was just in South Carolina, and it was only 2.75 there. It's over 3.00 in D.C. area.

Today I saw gas for 2.59! That's right! 2.59! Better fill up!

oh yeah? its $1.40 here. and thats for a litre. your price is by the gallon aint it?

Yeah, by the gallon.

I think someone shit on the coats!

WhatWhat, now?

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listen to the clips here. all of them if you have time

It is like 2.97 or 3 bucks here. I put the goats on the yard today. Gas is a great excuse to never mow again.

It is $3.49 a gallon for the cheap stuff here and around $3.99 for the premo.

Me too, let's talk about that. :cool:

man, gas is under a buck in Thailand, though I'll have to assume it's in litres...

Ahem .. it's over a pound a litre here, that's about $1.70 or so a litre, or $8 a gallon (US gallons are smaller than imperial ones, right?).
You just have to not think about it ...

Costs me $106 per week to fill my friggen car, I think I need to get a scooter!

It cost $98 to fill up my pickup , good thing it's a company truck and a company gas card !!!!

Now 96p-97p per litre here in UK

At $1.87/£1 that's $1.81 per litre

and at 3.79 litres per US Gallon

that's $6.87 per US Gallon

So to put 14 UK gallons/17.5 US Gallons into my car costs the equivalent today of $120!

Stop moaning!

Our prices seem to rise even when the dollar weakens - price was 92p per litre two months ago when there was $1.74/£1 (=$6.06 per US Gallon)

And I thought alll these oil companies ran sophisticated hedge funds anyway on both oil prices and foreign exchange to limit the impact of short-term market fluctuations.

The only ones to gain are 1). the oil companies who charge accordiing to what the market does and not according to how their own arrangements soften that effect, and 2). the governments who see their %age-based tax incomes rise as the gasoline prices rise at the pumps

To all my Aussie and UK friends--I humbly apologize for my country's incessant whining about high gas prices. American's just like to bitch; we're good at it, and, it passes the time.

To fill up in the UK or Oz sounds downright depressing. I wish they'd unleash that big stash sitting underneath Indonesia...of course, some people say the only way we'll find a new energy source is to be forced off oil.

there are plenty of new energy sources! governments just make too much off oil.
unless thats what you were talking about

Same here, two tanks....$104.00. It is a beast. I am glad my personal vehicle is small. Costs around 35-40 to fill it. I can go for quite a while on one tank around here.

yeah, Bush and Cheney are both oil men. They're loving this.
I'd like to see the corn/fuel stuff happen. An increase in the demand for corn would really help my state out! :) We can grow us some corn out here!

Hydrogen is the answer. Volitile and plentiful and the byproduct is inert. I don't understand the hold up.

Oil based economy... who runs the White House and Pentagon? Not the puppet in it, he does not matter.

Nope, we could run our cars on pixie dust and flea farts, the government would figure out how to make it pay.

Plentiful? Water is plentiful when you die of thirst in a lifeboat, too.
Hydrogen is plentiful but not in a form we can use. It has to be separated from something else, like oxygen in the case of water. Separating takes energy....lots and lots of energy. That's the holdup. :D

Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink ;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

Wet boards shrink? :right:

no no no.

its

water water everywhere
so lets all have a drink

Hold the water

and hold the broads ................ I mean boards. :blush:

fleas can't fart......

How d'ya think they jump so high?

Reminded me of an abridged version of the 'Mariner' - tried to find it - no luck yet. It was only three or four verses long. Can remember a few lines in case it inspires someone to comeup with the rest:


I tweaked a bleeding albatross
And shot him through the head
And when I saw what I had done
I wished that I was dead

What with that bird about me neck
And spirits in the water
I knew that thing that I had done
I really hadn't oughta

I ate my humble, wouldn't you

and so on...

:eyebrow: do you have anything to back this claim up? My dad has taken to blaming the dogs fleas and I would like some proof before I confront him about it :D

Blaming the dog's fleas? That's silly, the real culprit is the Buck Mice.:D

Puleeze Bruce, youre talking about a man who still tries to get me to fall for 'pull my finger, pull my finger!!'..Dad's, they never grow up. :D

A few intersting diagrams - note UK gasoline is now 97p/litre

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....and 2 more:

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Oops! - meant to post this one....

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I am. :rolleyes:

And don't you EVER, not EVER ask me for help with your English homework again, Bri.:mad:

No, I hold on to MY binky. Lost yours? :p

And mice can't burp - at least so I've heard.

Gotta' lanyard. Keep it handy. :cool:

Meh. You weren't much help anyway.

Aesop, "The fox and the grapes"

Mari, that analogy just doesn't work. I'm not 'sour grapes' because I asked you to help and you didn't. You DID help me, so, I did, metaphorically, 'eat the grapes'. I just found your help to be...well, not very helpful. It's not a matter of 'oh, I WANTED those grapes and couldn't get them; I'll bet they are sour anyway'--it's a matter of, "I ate those grapes. They weren't all that great."

See how that works?

No.

Sounds like you've sampled my cooking as well...

Reading this whole thread makes me wish we had a "herd" smiley.

That's not directed at any one in particular, just an observation about people.

Sigh....Keep it up Ladies, you're both still in the running. :rolleyes:

Oooooh! I love it! What do I have to do to win? I'll do anything except for calling Bruce a mean name! :D

Oh, yeah. MEOW!

I have already won this award. Too late for all you other biznatches!


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