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Re: gas prices and collectors

Posted By: uselessness, on host 207.203.212.5
Date: Sunday, March 20, 2005, at 07:57:17
In Reply To: Re: gas prices and collectors posted by Sally on Sunday, March 20, 2005, at 04:47:23:

> But I thought petrol was really cheap in the States?
>
> Where I live, unleaded petrol is over 80 pence a litre, or 3 pounds 65 a gallon.

I did a currency conversion to see that 3.65 pounds is equal to about $7.02... YIKES! If that's really what people in the UK are paying for a gallon of gas, it really puts our little American "plight" into perspective. Stations around where I live are charging about $2.12 for a gallon, which is about 1.10 pounds. The only reason Americans are so upset about it is because it's the most expensive it's ever been here, and continues to rise. When you're used to paying a certain amount, even if it's comparitively cheap, you never want to pay more than that. But my goodness, with prices that high, how DO you cope?

Replies To This Message

Re: gas prices and collectors - Sally - Sun, 3/20/2005, 09:35:32
- Re: gas prices and collectors - Howard - Sun, 3/20/2005, 12:54:46
  - Re: gas prices and collectors - rjd - Wed, 3/23/2005, 13:13:30
    - Re: gas prices and collectors - Beasty - Thu, 3/24/2005, 13:12:06
      - Re: gas prices and collectors - aolfreak123 - Thu, 3/24/2005, 20:21:57
    - Re: gas prices and collectors - Howard - Wed, 3/23/2005, 15:50:04
  - Re: gas prices and collectors - Calvin - Sun, 3/20/2005, 20:53:45
    - Re: gas prices and collectors - Howard - Sun, 3/20/2005, 21:06:29
  - Re: gas prices and collectors - Sallt - Sun, 3/20/2005, 15:10:50

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