Petrol Shortage
02-21-08, 10:10 AM
#16
Well if you are going to run and keep up with the American big dogs without getting bit you may need to be aware of language barriers You, for example, cannot say things like could you lift my bonnet or my bonnet was stuck or you'd be viewed as into cross dressing in ladies attire.
Feeling peckish, one might think you are making a pass at them.
And "mate" is something domestic pets and zoo animals do
02-21-08, 04:29 PM
#17
Mortgage Slave
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Language shmanguage
Don't worry, a car hood is still a hood no matter where you're from.
People mate too hahhaa
Well some *GAS* stations have been filled and just in time for the week's price rise
*****...
Don't worry, a car hood is still a hood no matter where you're from.
People mate too hahhaa
Well some *GAS* stations have been filled and just in time for the week's price rise
*****...
02-22-08, 05:11 AM
#18
Lexus Champion
She might sell a few more cases with a name change.
02-27-08, 05:40 AM
#20
Super Moderator
But yes, gas prices are still super high here to. What happened to the good old days of gas prices being $1.50 premium? I would love to ask one of those suits of the oil companies, has supply and demand changed THAT much to generate a price hike more than DOUBLE!? Can production really not keep up? Of course the honest answer would be no, but then that wouldn't put record profits into their pockets now would it?
Exxon could have run a record LOSS last year instead of a profit, and gas prices would still be about where they are, because gas is a commodity. They CAN'T raise prices more than a few cents above equilibrium or they'll lose money.
02-27-08, 05:50 PM
#21
Lexus Fanatic
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You've obviously been reading a lot of headlines and not many annual reports. Oil companies produce a lot more things than the gasoline you buy at the pump. And while total profits for US-sold gasoline are in fact up, the profit MARGIN (the amount of profit on each gallon) is actually DOWN. They're making more money off of us because we're BUYING more, not because of some grand conspiracy to raise prices. Their big profits are in things like alternative energy. But I guess they should get out of those businesses because they're making too much money....
Exxon could have run a record LOSS last year instead of a profit, and gas prices would still be about where they are, because gas is a commodity. They CAN'T raise prices more than a few cents above equilibrium or they'll lose money.
Exxon could have run a record LOSS last year instead of a profit, and gas prices would still be about where they are, because gas is a commodity. They CAN'T raise prices more than a few cents above equilibrium or they'll lose money.
No good deed goes unpunished. Maybe they'll move their corp. offices to Dubai and say SCREW the U.S. govt. 
02-27-08, 06:19 PM
#22
Tech Info Resource
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Along with a whole lot of other companies when socialism takes hold with the next administration.
Gasoline is still cheap in the US. This is the kind of problem (rising prices) that motivates me to work harder and smarter and increase my income. It's usually more effective at addressing the real issue than complaining.
Gasoline is still cheap in the US. This is the kind of problem (rising prices) that motivates me to work harder and smarter and increase my income. It's usually more effective at addressing the real issue than complaining.
02-27-08, 08:48 PM
#23
Lexus Champion
Along with a whole lot of other companies when socialism takes hold with the next administration.
Gasoline is still cheap in the US. This is the kind of problem (rising prices) that motivates me to work harder and smarter and increase my income. It's usually more effective at addressing the real issue than complaining.
Gasoline is still cheap in the US. This is the kind of problem (rising prices) that motivates me to work harder and smarter and increase my income. It's usually more effective at addressing the real issue than complaining.
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