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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:45 PM Original message |
In Britain we are having a little taste of the future. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. My dear billyskank... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Hi Peggy |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hey Billy! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Hi redwitch |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hey billyskank -- |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Hi |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. True..Petrol costs twice as much but you get a whole lot more. |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hi Billy... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. We're fucked. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't think that gas costs double ANY MORE |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The CNN site shows the Brits paying $ 5.79 - it is abt $ 4.59 |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. This site shows Germany and the UK paying more than double the US rate |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. My local station sells unleaded for £1.18 a litre. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Yes I am realizing that CNN might have made a mistake |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Actually it's worse than double |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. It's like £1.16/ liter, so 3.78*1.16 £4.38 = about $8.76/US gallon |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No-one will believe it though. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I buy it. I walk by a tesco gas station each day and see Ford fiestas running up... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. A Ferrari went past me on the motorway this evening |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:16 PM Original message |
yeah. I'm doing some work. Get a vacation from July 20th-30th. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Was it Jeremy Clarkson in the Ferrari? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Couldn't see, it was dark |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. He drives a Lambo, and if it were he in the Ferrari... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. "It's BRILLIANT!" |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. Bark. AAAAUUUGHHHH!! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I believe it. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Thanks. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
69. I believe it. How do you manage?! |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hey billyskank, thanks for sharing this. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Yes, the food prices are going up as well. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Tesco value sausages were on sale for 16p rather than the normal 54p/454g Let the good times roll! |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. oooh, value sausage |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. want some value 4.2% abv. cider. it's 94p for 2 liters. And then there are value pasties 32p each. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Bless the blue and white stripes. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Why is beer so fucking expensive here? I'd buy tesco value lager and bitter, but at 2% there's no.. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. 2%? That's lower than Bud |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That's lower than bud light! Get the cider, it's stronger and costs the same. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. British lager drinkers have no discrimination. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I don't know. Since getting wasted is the national pastime |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. The Germans share that national past-time and they make sure that getting wasted from store bought.. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You can always rely on the Germans to do things right. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. How the hell did they lose the war? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Maybe it is a recent phenomenon |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
78. I read somewhere that meat is cheap right now because the price of feed is so high |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. Thank you for sharing this |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. London is unusual |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. Hi billy! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Hi! |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. Hi |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Hi |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. i miss you |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. I miss you too. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I'll recruit a pal to marry you for green card hijinks! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Bwahahaha |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I'm sure of it... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. It is good to see you too. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. Americans are extremely self-centered. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Everybody is. I'm sorry |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. You have every right to be peevish, it's America's fault for allowing this to happen. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
53. I wish I lived in a country where people could and would strike with the reasonable expectation that |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I suppose we should wait to see how it ends first. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Maybe, but in the States we do nothing and get nothing. Even if things don't work out |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
77. . . . |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
56. Gas? Truckers? Freeway? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. If I say petrol, lorries or motorway people will make fun of me. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Yes, well, they're just a lot of gits, then, aren't they? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. Pillocks, the lot of them. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
58. Hi Billy |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Hey you. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
62. I noticed slower drivers on the road this weekend, too |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
79. They keep getting in my way. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yes, people in Britain pay more for gasoline. However, |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
66. I really think people are going to change a lot of their habits |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #66 |
82. Hiya sky |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
67. Heard about that on NPR. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #67 |
83. Nothing to see here, move along please. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Heh, I guess if fuel never again arrives in Britian, |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
68. I was wondering how things were going with the strike. Thanks for the insight |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
71. as someone who has lived in England and America |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
73. Hi billy! Great to see you again! |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
74. I love those truckers almost as much as I love you! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #74 |
84. The truckers must never find out. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. I'll shout it from the rooftops!!!!!!! |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
75. More than double??? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
76. makes me glad that I don't drive |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
80. I have seen a number of gas stations go out of business here |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
81. In Burton |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
85. You are correct about the future. OUR situation, though = larger distances to drive to get |
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