Gas prices - I paid $3.85.9 today

Whew. No, we haven't although the infrastructure's crumbling and we did
send you Pamela Anderson.

Max

"John Bradley" > wrote in message
newstGdneqp9_kl9WbanZ2dnUVZ_q6mnZ2d@fingerlakest echnologygroup...
> Max - chill
> Your country has not:
> Attacked and destroyed another for cheap gas
> Tortured
> Murdered 300,000 Iraqis
> Displaced 3 million persons
> Printed 9 trillion fake dollars
> Sold bonds to foreign countries that total twice the net value of all its
> assets
> Reduced its education system to testing for lowest common grades
> Eliminated its workforce
> Left one-third its population to fend for their own health care
> Abandoned its infrastructure to disrepair/degradation
> Censored its former free press
> Produced Paris Hilton
>
> I could go on....
>
> --
> Vote for Ponzi - the US economy depends on him!
>
>
> "MagisterMax" > wrote in message
> news:OoFKj.18787$9X3.2068@edtnps82...
>> You're confirming one nasty fact: I paid more than everyone else and
>> Canada has the world's largest known reserves of oil at the moment! What
>> the heck is going on? We're so over governed and over taxed in this
>> country that you'd think we were in Scandinavia, except that nothing
>> works as well here as it does there. least of all governments.
>>
>> Max
>>
>> "Don Enderton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> That's 19.73 US gallons for $100 Canadian dollars Max paid.
>>>
>>> $100 Canadian dollars = about $98.71 US dollars at the moment so Max
>>> paid $5.003 US dollars per gallon!
>>>
>>> Pat paid $3.859 US per gallon and one gallon is 3.785411784 liters.
>>> $3.859 US = $3.91148 Canadian so Pat paid $1.033 Canadian dollars per
>>> liter, compared with Max's $1.339 per liter.
>>>
>>> Max paid nearly 30 percent more for fuel than Pat.
>>>
>>> Please excuse me if somebody already has performed these calculations; I
>>> didn't read the whole string before replying.
>>>
>>> - Don
>>>
>>> "MagisterMax" > wrote in message
>>> news:qNZJj.18360$9X3.13284@edtnps82...
>>>> Interesting that you and I should both have filled up today. I hit a
>>>> record. For the first time in my life I got a credit card receipt for
>>>> exactly $100 for a tank of gas! Mind you, I did have the reserve light
>>>> on for about 10 km before I decided I'd better not cross that long
>>>> bridge before filling up. I paid $1.339/litre so, figuring 4 litres to
>>>> the gallon, I paid over $5/gallon. If I'd been able to put in regular
>>>> grade I'd have saved about 8¢/litre so it's not really a factor. I
>>>> usually go more than two weeks between fill-ups. But it definitely was
>>>> something I noticed, since it was a first for me.
>>>>
>>>> max
>>>>
>>>> "Paddy's Pig" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> US Gallons.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah I know - England and other places pay more. Quick you Canadian
>>>>> guys: What's this convert to in liters & factor in today's exchange
>>>>> rate. This will be graded.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Pat Durkin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

"John Bradley" > wrote in message
newstGdneqp9_kl9WbanZ2dnUVZ_q6mnZ2d@fingerlakest echnologygroup...
> Max - chill
> Your country has not:
> Attacked and destroyed another for cheap gas
> Tortured
> Murdered 300,000 Iraqis
> Displaced 3 million persons
> Printed 9 trillion fake dollars
> Sold bonds to foreign countries that total twice the net value of
> all its assets
> Reduced its education system to testing for lowest common grades
> Eliminated its workforce
> Left one-third its population to fend for their own health care
> Abandoned its infrastructure to disrepair/degradation
> Censored its former free press
> Produced Paris Hilton
>

/Not/ my idea of, well, anything, much.

> I could go on....
>

How about "Cashed in its Constitution and principles to further the
interests of a narrow-headed cowboy and his frat bros."

--
Frank ess

"MagisterMax" > wrote in message
news:jEQKj.49922$_v3.35295@edtnps90...
> Whew. No, we haven't although the infrastructure's crumbling and we
> did send you Pamela Anderson.
>
> Max
>

Not my idea of, well, /any/thing much.

--
Frank ess

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:38:12 -0700, Frank ess wrote:

>
> "John Bradley" > wrote in message
> newstGdneqp9_kl9WbanZ2dnUVZ_q6mnZ2d@fingerlakest echnologygroup...
>> Max - chill
>> Your country has not:
>> Attacked and destroyed another for cheap gas
>> Tortured
>> Murdered 300,000 Iraqis
>> Displaced 3 million persons
>> Printed 9 trillion fake dollars
>> Sold bonds to foreign countries that total twice the net value of
>> all its assets
>> Reduced its education system to testing for lowest common grades
>> Eliminated its workforce
>> Left one-third its population to fend for their own health care
>> Abandoned its infrastructure to disrepair/degradation
>> Censored its former free press
>> Produced Paris Hilton
>>
>
> /Not/ my idea of, well, anything, much.
>
>> I could go on....
>>
>
> How about "Cashed in its Constitution and principles to further the
> interests of a narrow-headed cowboy and his frat bros."

I'm enjoying this off-shoot thread immensely!

Music to my wee shell-like ears.

Sit vis nobiscum!

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:45:05 -0400, rob wrote:

> you can have her back!

Uh, OK if we pass on that?

>
> we'll keep Shannon tweed

If you can pry her away from Gene Simmons.....


>
>
>
> "MagisterMax" > wrote in message
> news:jEQKj.49922$_v3.35295@edtnps90...
>> Whew. No, we haven't although the infrastructure's crumbling and we did
>> send you Pamela Anderson.
>>
>> Max
>>
>> "John Bradley" > wrote in message
>> newstGdneqp9_kl9WbanZ2dnUVZ_q6mnZ2d@fingerlakest echnologygroup...
>>> Max - chill
>>> Your country has not:
>>> Attacked and destroyed another for cheap gas
>>> Tortured
>>> Murdered 300,000 Iraqis
>>> Displaced 3 million persons
>>> Printed 9 trillion fake dollars
>>> Sold bonds to foreign countries that total twice the net value of all its
>>> assets
>>> Reduced its education system to testing for lowest common grades
>>> Eliminated its workforce
>>> Left one-third its population to fend for their own health care
>>> Abandoned its infrastructure to disrepair/degradation
>>> Censored its former free press
>>> Produced Paris Hilton
>>>
>>> I could go on....
>>>
>>> --
>>> Vote for Ponzi - the US economy depends on him!
>>>
>>>
>>> "MagisterMax" > wrote in message
>>> news:OoFKj.18787$9X3.2068@edtnps82...
>>>> You're confirming one nasty fact: I paid more than everyone else and
>>>> Canada has the world's largest known reserves of oil at the moment!
>>>> What the heck is going on? We're so over governed and over taxed in
>>>> this country that you'd think we were in Scandinavia, except that
>>>> nothing works as well here as it does there. least of all governments.
>>>>
>>>> Max
>>>>
>>>> "Don Enderton" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> That's 19.73 US gallons for $100 Canadian dollars Max paid.
>>>>>
>>>>> $100 Canadian dollars = about $98.71 US dollars at the moment so Max
>>>>> paid $5.003 US dollars per gallon!
>>>>>
>>>>> Pat paid $3.859 US per gallon and one gallon is 3.785411784 liters.
>>>>> $3.859 US = $3.91148 Canadian so Pat paid $1.033 Canadian dollars per
>>>>> liter, compared with Max's $1.339 per liter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Max paid nearly 30 percent more for fuel than Pat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please excuse me if somebody already has performed these calculations;
>>>>> I didn't read the whole string before replying.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Don
>>>>>
>>>>> "MagisterMax" > wrote in message
>>>>> news:qNZJj.18360$9X3.13284@edtnps82...
>>>>>> Interesting that you and I should both have filled up today. I hit a
>>>>>> record. For the first time in my life I got a credit card receipt for
>>>>>> exactly $100 for a tank of gas! Mind you, I did have the reserve
>>>>>> light on for about 10 km before I decided I'd better not cross that
>>>>>> long bridge before filling up. I paid $1.339/litre so, figuring 4
>>>>>> litres to the gallon, I paid over $5/gallon. If I'd been able to put
>>>>>> in regular grade I'd have saved about 8¢/litre so it's not really a
>>>>>> factor. I usually go more than two weeks between fill-ups. But it
>>>>>> definitely was something I noticed, since it was a first for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> max
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Paddy's Pig" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> US Gallons.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah I know - England and other places pay more. Quick you Canadian
>>>>>>> guys: What's this convert to in liters & factor in today's exchange
>>>>>>> rate. This will be graded.
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Pat Durkin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>