Quote: "Why are Americans so angry about petrol prices?"

[twincamman]

4.50 CDN a bottle -for a Molsons or draft at the bars and restaurants here [but my friend in Treadington says ['I wouldn't wash my car in it] gas at 1.40 a liter, but I still measure things in the way Good Queen Victoria said they should be .My trendy friends who have accepted the Metric system tell me its about 5 .50 an imperial gallon -----ed

[JJDraper]

?1.56 a pint! Is there a 2 year time lag in this thread? I think a thread of 'Why are softy southerners so angry about beer prices' might be more appropriate...

Jeremy

[types26/36]

?1:56 a pint near me, same in all their pubs as far as I can tell. Top-quality, prize-winning stuff too.

No wonder all those overworked under paid footballers live in Cheshire .....double that and you might be lucky and get a pint round here

[twincamman]

when I was over there I was not impressed with the gastrointestinal effects of British beer on my person, no matter how hard I tried , and as for cost I just held out a handful of coins and asked if that was enough --invariably it wasn't . But Im sure the Publicans were honest and noble gentlemen --ed

[Spyder fan]

WELLLL over ere -MOST FOLKS DRIVE A FAIR DISTANCE TO WORK SO WHEN A FILL UP GOES FROM 40 DOLLARS TO 150 DOLLARS THAT MEANS LESS DISPOSABLE INCOME , TRUCKING COSTS INCREASE SO FOOD COSTs and commodity costs FOLLOW SUIT AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO PROSPER ARE THE STUPIDLY RICH Saudies and the speculators so my next car is going to be a Chevy Volt and piss on the Arab sates that hold us hostage with the oil that the Yanks developed for them . . Every one craps on the U.S. so as a Canadian neighbour of Scots descent I must point out the ex WW 2 enemies were rebuilt by the Yanks to high out put societies and everyone still bitches about the Yanks so buy a beer for the next Yank you see in a pub and say a thank you because if it wasn't for the U.S. you Brits would be speaking German now ==[ with the Scots no one could tell]===== The Afghans and other Arabian countries probably have a treat coming after their wars are over for their rebuild ------I wonder who won the bloody war some times --Detroit looks like Dresden after the bombing and Tokyo resembles Disney Land --any questions or parts not understood????-ed

God Bess America , .... I think?

Regards
Tommy.... son of Tommy, Lancaster Bomber Navigator 1943 - 1945. Flight Sergeant Gerald Thomas (Tommy) 68 Squadron Bomber Command wounded Nuremberg in 'The Big Chop' ...... Read all about it in the publication ' Bomber Group at War' page 100 to page 109 Ambush at Nuremberg.
History shows American entry to WW2 as a necessity rather than a supposed reluctant ' Oh well I suppose we ought to help out those . those Limeys'. If you hadn't it would be Sprakensi Deutsch on these forums Old Chap! whether you were in North or South Deutsche Americano.

The Germans were a formidible force let down by an unpalatable penchance for solving social problems by extermination. Mind you, petrol was cheap and their franchise in Italy made the trains run on time, it was a close run thing, but tea and scones were were low on the agenda which made us tommies rebel accordingly.

Love those Stars and Stripes by the way

[twincamman]

My old man volunteered and a was in from 39 to 45. He came back entirely f#$ked up and when he got drunk he used to cry about burying his friend in a blanket with a rock where the head should be and putting an arm and a leg in place and filling the rest with sand and clay so it resembled a body and told me to NEVER join any army . No pip pip stiff upper lip junk there, just plain grunt work and killing .- He would climb under the bed to avoid shells at night and did the occasional night patrol guard duty till he died in 1979. HE used to laugh and tell me anyone who called them D Day dodgers should have come through Italy with them ----and reticent or not the yanks came in ----ed

[elansprint71]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13338754

Can "netters" from other countries add more info on their pricing?

Cheers - Richard

Presumably not. Which is why this thread has gone to hell in a handcart...

[twincamman]

gas $1.40 per liter --beer good -ed

[1964 S1]

Hello elansprint71,

"Presumably not. Which is why this thread has gone to hell in a handcart..."
Welcome to hell, I find this one of those "most enjoyable" threads. However, I am STILL angry about petrol prices.

Also, Elanintheforest, what's a F 100 ?

Angry, Me ? Eric

[robertverhey]

Interesting thread, somewhat of a meandering discussion.

However, back onto petrol prices....I tend to align with elanintheforest on this one.

Petrol here in Sydney is around $1.45 a litre for standard, and up around the $1.65 for premium, Vortex, Ultimate, Viagraplus, whatever they call it.

My question...I read somewhere that it doesn't actually cost much more to produce premium than standard, and the price of the former is somewhat inflated. And with many cars now needing high octane fuels (including our old bangers), this has become a nice little earner for the oil companies. Anyone know more about this?

Robert

[Elanintheforest]

Well, Eric, here's my F100. Two tons of America's finest, with 6 litre V8 that will pull down trees and sips guzzoline at 8mpg and is plated to carry half a ton.

Now in its twelfth generation, the F series truck is the most popular vehicle to buy in the US, and from memory, 15,000,000 have been produced. Go on, admit it, you may have seen one or two in the last 50 years !! Just watch virtually any American film and there's an F series in it somewhere!

And the orange machine is my Peugeot pickup, which is plated for carrying 1.5 tons, and does 45mpg....so three times the load of the Ford for less than one fifth the fuel....or 15 times the carrying efficiency of the Ford. The designs are pretty much from the same era...the 70s.

Makes you think, eh?

Mark

[twincamman]

but will the little truck pull out a stump??--ed

[Elanintheforest]

Probably. 2.5 diesel 4 cylinder, so plenty of torque, but can't spin the wheels like the old V8 !!

[twincamman]

SOON everything will be powered by a Briggs and Stratton 5 hp lawn mower motor. Horse power is your friend!! - -ed

[JJDraper]

Trucks with pulling power...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hZD5EHQ8pI

Jeremy