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Well, dixbie, we know that they ain't. There was an article in the Torygraph a couple of weeks ago about it. Police here are certain that a lot of the eastern trucks are not up to scratch. They quoted a number of deficiencies they typically found - not that I remember what they were, but the general idea was that they are dangerous by British standards. Mind you, the quality of truck driving here kind of pushes the roadworthiness thing on to the back burner. I just about got skittled by a truck pulling out without either looking or indicating this morning. I took his number and rang the company and bollocked their road services manager, but I doubt if anything more will come of it...
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Good on yer, Cap - perhaps if enough of us did that it might eventually make a difference. Hey! That pig just missed my 7th floor window!
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I just received an e-mail about a one day US gas-price protest boycott this Wednesday, May 19th, when no one is supposed to buy a drop of gas. This library 'puter won't let me copy and paste it for some reason, though. Anybody else get the boycott notice?
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yes-- i didn't see any reason to spread the word..
basicly, if you think it will work, don't buy any gas on wednesday the 19th... allegedly, it will make the oil producres unhappy, and responsive to our needs.
Oops, there goes that pig past my window..
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Yeah, I got it. I was gonna run it through Snopes, but then decided it wasn't worth the effort.
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Jackie - same here. I got a notice about it, but didn't really believe it - and not sure it would do any good anyway. But I didn't take the time to go look at Urban Legends either. I just filled up on Monday, at $1.92/gal US. It'd been as high as $2.05, and today it was $1.89.
I've thought for a long time now that we USns shouldn't be complaining about gasoline prices - we've paid far less for far more than our share for decades.
[End of economics rant}
Leslie
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le Guin, author (1929- )
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Good point, Leslie (not meaning to get into the political realm or anything).
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So to speak.
I think it's important to understand how much it costs you for a gallon of gas or liter of petrol before taxes, because that will give you some idea what the oil companies are making off each unit. My guess is that we in the US may be paying a bit more for the product itself than the people on the left bank, because our government is pretty much in the hands of big oil.
NOT, you understand, that I am in any way implying that there might be an oil cartel out there that is gouging the American public. Heaven forfend.
TEd
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as a related but a rather twisted thread can anyone tell me how many litres or gallons is in the proverbial "barrel" of oil that we hear quoted daily?
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Barrel
A unit of volumetric measurement at 60 degrees Fahrenheit (42 U.S. gallons or 5.61458 cubic feet). Commonly abbreviated as BBL.
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