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    You went down on me

    ... and then you came back up again. Then you went down again and I got all excited. Then you came back up again.

    I am obviously talking about petrol prices. Brent crude spot currently @ 123.69

    150 a litre anybody?
    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

    #2
    Interesting article in the Metro this morning stating that driving only costs slightly more than it did in the 70's. The figures behind that unbelievable truth showed that when you adjust for inflation, and take into account much better average MPG figures, driving an average of 12,000 miles worked out roughly the same.
    It's about time I changed this sig...

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      #3
      Originally posted by MrRobin View Post
      Interesting article in the Metro this morning stating that driving only costs slightly more than it did in the 70's. The figures behind that unbelievable truth showed that when you adjust for inflation, and take into account much better average MPG figures, driving an average of 12,000 miles worked out roughly the same.
      Tell that to the hauliers. They are getting taxed to extinction.

      Plus we do more miles now than we did in the 70s.
      Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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        #4
        Osbourne is a pussy.

        He could have slapped 20p a litre extra duty on in the name of AGW and reducing the deficit this last budget, pleasing the tree hugging lefties and the rating agencies in one fell swoop.

        What a lightweight.

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          #5
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          Osbourne is a pussy.

          He could have slapped 20p a litre extra duty on in the name of AGW and reducing the deficit this last budget, pleasing the tree hugging lefties and the rating agencies in one fell swoop.

          What a lightweight.
          thus bringing the country to a standstill as the haulier industry collapses, food prices soar as demand exceeds supply and the UK dips back into recession.

          Even a bonehead like me gets this.
          Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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            #6
            Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
            thus bringing the country to a standstill as the haulier industry collapses, food prices soar as demand exceeds supply and the UK dips back into recession.

            Even a bonehead like me gets this.
            What's mass starvation compared to a 0.1 deg c temp rise in 500 years time?

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              #7
              Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
              thus bringing the country to a standstill as the haulier industry collapses, food prices soar as demand exceeds supply and the UK dips back into recession.

              Even a bonehead like me gets this.
              But not sarcasm...
              "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "


              Thomas Jefferson

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                #8
                Originally posted by MrRobin View Post
                Interesting article in the Metro this morning stating that driving only costs slightly more than it did in the 70's. The figures behind that unbelievable truth showed that when you adjust for inflation, and take into account much better average MPG figures, driving an average of 12,000 miles worked out roughly the same.
                Erm yeah... But there was an oil crisis in the 70s!!
                "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "


                Thomas Jefferson

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Ruprect View Post
                  But not sarcasm...
                  Twas a double bluff.

                  Honest.
                  Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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