[OT] [PW] [Long] America Bashing

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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Sherry wrote:

Which may welll explain some snide comments when an American goes into
an
international newsgroup (not this one) to complain about the price of
gas
going up and how much it will now cost his/her hum-vee to run.


Some Americans really love their gas-hogs. My DH does no matter how much
I nag.
I have never had a car that wasn't economical. Since this is an oil &
gas
state, our gas is cheaper than average.

Huh? California was "an oil & gas state", too, last time I looked. How
come we're paying as much as $2.75 a gallon, some places?


LOL! I wish ours cost that! 79.5 pence a *litre* I have to pay. Isn't
that around 8 dollars or so a gallon?

Tweed
(they stopped telling us how much a gallon was, quite a while ago in case
we went went crazy about it. We are so gullible it doesn't seem so bad
priced in litres :-( )

what would make most in Europe insane would be to learn just how far many of
us drive daily to work. A 150 mile round trip commute isn't unheard of.

Jo

"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
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in article , Christina Websell at
wrote on 12/31/04 8:03 PM:


"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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Sherry wrote:

Which may welll explain some snide comments when an American goes
into
an
international newsgroup (not this one) to complain about the price of
gas
going up and how much it will now cost his/her hum-vee to run.


Some Americans really love their gas-hogs. My DH does no matter how
much
I nag.
I have never had a car that wasn't economical. Since this is an oil &
gas
state, our gas is cheaper than average.

Huh? California was "an oil & gas state", too, last time I looked. How
come we're paying as much as $2.75 a gallon, some places?


LOL! I wish ours cost that! 79.5 pence a *litre* I have to pay. Isn't
that around 8 dollars or so a gallon?

Tweed
(they stopped telling us how much a gallon was, quite a while ago in
case
we went went crazy about it. We are so gullible it doesn't seem so bad
priced in litres :-( )


Wow. Why is it so much more expensive?

Dunno. The government taxes it a lot. That's why we all try to have small
cars..

Tweed

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:40:28 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:



Sherry wrote:

Which may welll explain some snide comments when an American goes into an
international newsgroup (not this one) to complain about the price of gas
going up and how much it will now cost his/her hum-vee to run.


Some Americans really love their gas-hogs. My DH does no matter how much I nag.
I have never had a car that wasn't economical. Since this is an oil & gas
state, our gas is cheaper than average.

Huh? California was "an oil & gas state", too, last time I
looked. How come we're paying as much as $2.75 a gallon,
some places?

I seem to remember, from my last trip out there a couple years ago,
that part of the explanation was limited number of refineries. Also,
wouldn't be at all surprised if part of the cause is State taxes.
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Christina Websell wrote:

LOL! I wish ours cost that! 79.5 pence a *litre* I have to pay.
Isn't that around 8 dollars or so a gallon?

Tweed
(they stopped telling us how much a gallon was, quite a while ago in
case we went went crazy about it. We are so gullible it doesn't seem
so bad priced in litres :-( )

It gets complicated to compare, the US gallon is 3.785412 litres, less
than an imperial gallon (4.546092 litres). So at today's exchange rate
79.5 pence per litre would be $5.765 per US gallon. Which is still
expensive by american standards.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

On 31 Dec 2004 19:34:28 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote:

Which may welll explain some snide comments when an American goes into an
international newsgroup (not this one) to complain about the price of gas
going up and how much it will now cost his/her hum-vee to run.

Some Americans really love their gas-hogs. My DH does no matter how much I nag.
I have never had a car that wasn't economical. Since this is an oil & gas
state, our gas is cheaper than average. Still though, it seems wasteful on one
hand, but on the other hand, if he is in an accident I want him to be driving
something sturdy.

Sherry

I can relate to that Sherry. I feel fairly secure driving down the
highway in my '59 Chevy Apache. It's like a little tank. A bit of a
gas hog, but I suppose that is partly due to the sheer weight of the
thing.

-bonbon

On 01 Jan 2005 01:35:47 GMT, itty (Sherry ) yodeled:

Speaking of which, I am still kind of stunned about Jerry Orbach.


I was pretty stunned when I heard on the news that he went to the
bridge. It won't seem right without him. I loved his character Lenny
Briscoe; he was mind candy and Chris Noth was eye candy.

Pam S.

Me, too. I got to chat briefly with him when I was in New York as a tourist.
They were filming part of the episode at the Labor Board building there. He was
very nice.

Sherry


They film exteriors all over the city. You never know where they're
going to turn up.



Theresa
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:07:57 -0500, Howard Berkowitz
yodeled:

In article et,
Tanada wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:29:47 GMT, Tanada
yodeled:


Since there are
almost ten years between the birth of my first and the birth of my
third
(and last) member of the Sesame Street gang. I know I've watched this
show longer than any other (except for Law & Order)


Speaking of which, I am still kind of stunned about Jerry Orbach.


I was pretty stunned when I heard on the news that he went to the
bridge. It won't seem right without him. I loved his character Lenny
Briscoe; he was mind candy and Chris Noth was eye candy.

Quite an obituary and tribute in the Washington Post -- turns out that
in his Broadway days, the same guy that played perfect jaded cop was the
singer who introduced the sentimental "Try to Remember".

Oh sure. He was a real theater fixture, and a Tony winner-- he also
originated the part of Billy Flynn in "Chicago." He had a powerful
baritone.
He was just a really beloved New York character-- it's very strange to
think that he is gone. He was actually designated a "Living Landmark"
by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.



Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

in article , Kreisleriana at
wrote on 1/1/05 11:09AM:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:07:57 -0500, Howard Berkowitz
yodeled:

In article et,
Tanada wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:29:47 GMT, Tanada
yodeled:


Since there are
almost ten years between the birth of my first and the birth of my
third
(and last) member of the Sesame Street gang. I know I've watched this
show longer than any other (except for Law & Order)


Speaking of which, I am still kind of stunned about Jerry Orbach.


I was pretty stunned when I heard on the news that he went to the
bridge. It won't seem right without him. I loved his character Lenny
Briscoe; he was mind candy and Chris Noth was eye candy.

Quite an obituary and tribute in the Washington Post -- turns out that
in his Broadway days, the same guy that played perfect jaded cop was the
singer who introduced the sentimental "Try to Remember".

Oh sure. He was a real theater fixture, and a Tony winner-- he also
originated the part of Billy Flynn in "Chicago." He had a powerful
baritone.
He was just a really beloved New York character-- it's very strange to
think that he is gone. He was actually designated a "Living Landmark"
by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.



Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

He was also the original Billy Flynn in Chicago. He was SUCH a great
singer/actor. I was saddened to hear of his death.

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On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 03:31:10 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
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in article , Christina Websell at
wrote on 12/31/04 8:03 PM:


"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in
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Sherry wrote:

Which may welll explain some snide comments when an American
goes into
an
international newsgroup (not this one) to complain about the
price of gas
going up and how much it will now cost his/her hum-vee to
run.


Some Americans really love their gas-hogs. My DH does no matter
how much
I nag.
I have never had a car that wasn't economical. Since this is an
oil & gas
state, our gas is cheaper than average.

Huh? California was "an oil & gas state", too, last time I
looked. How come we're paying as much as $2.75 a gallon, some
places?


LOL! I wish ours cost that! 79.5 pence a *litre* I have to pay.
Isn't that around 8 dollars or so a gallon?

Tweed
(they stopped telling us how much a gallon was, quite a while
ago in case
we went went crazy about it. We are so gullible it doesn't seem
so bad priced in litres :-( )


Wow. Why is it so much more expensive?

Dunno. The government taxes it a lot. That's why we all try to
have small cars..

I have read that the UK has the world's highest fuel-tax rates,
apparently as a deliberate measure to encourage use of public
transportation rather than individual vehicles.

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On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 15:33:11 GMT, bonbon wrote:

On 31 Dec 2004 19:34:28 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote:

Which may welll explain some snide comments when an American goes
into an international newsgroup (not this one) to complain about
the price of gas going up and how much it will now cost his/her
hum-vee to run.

Some Americans really love their gas-hogs. My DH does no matter how
much I nag. I have never had a car that wasn't economical. Since
this is an oil & gas state, our gas is cheaper than average. Still
though, it seems wasteful on one hand, but on the other hand, if he
is in an accident I want him to be driving something sturdy.

Sherry

I can relate to that Sherry. I feel fairly secure driving down the
highway in my '59 Chevy Apache. It's like a little tank. A bit of
a gas hog, but I suppose that is partly due to the sheer weight of
the thing.


My current car is a 1991 Chevrolet Caprice station wagon, weighing
5500 lbs. (2.75 tons). The fuel mileage is nothing to boast about,
10 to 12 miles per gallon for city driving. On the other hand, when
I was struck from behind by a pickup truck about 16 months ago, the
impact merely dented my rear hatch, but broke the engine block on the
truck, judging by the way all of its oil immediately leaked out.

My sister and I have agreed that, when she gets a new car soon, I
will buy her old car. My station wagon has given me good service,
but, at over 300,000 miles, a lot of different systems are wearing
out.

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