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Re: fuel? Non-LSR

To: "Jon Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com>,
Subject: Re: fuel? Non-LSR
From: "Pork Pie" <pork.pie@t-online.de>
Date: 02 Sep 2005 20:10 GMT
Just to let you guys know that in Germany the gas is now by $ 8,00+ for the 
gallon now with a increase 4 cents each hour.......give me the 4 dollar 
can.....please

Pork Pie

"Jon Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com> schrieb:
> On Friday, September 2, 2005, at 12:21 PM, Skip Higginbotham wrote:
> 
> > Joyce is travelling in Russia with her mother and they report that gas 
> > is
> > $3.00/gal there all over......they just run small cars and bikes. 
> > She'll be
> > back in the US today so we'll see what they say about what we have.
> > Skip
> >
> 
> My dad lives in Austria, my sister in Switzerland - and they both have 
> told me about $4-5/gallon fuel for ages, so I'm not all that surprised 
> by it here.  Pay what I have to pay, don't complain too much because 
> the world's supply is finite.  I might cut back on driving, though. . . 
>   Dad also reports they skimp on some stuff and keep driving.  Didya 
> know that in some European countries the traffic lights go from red to 
> yellow then green?  You're required to shut off the motor on red, and 
> when it turns yellow you restart - then go on green.
> 
> But Dad also mentions that lube oil is about $15/quart!  Yeow, that'd 
> sting...  I bought 15 gallons of Rotella ( about three changes for our 
> trucks) this morning.  It won't go stale.
> 
>                  Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
>               Marquette, Michigan
>               (that's 'way up north)






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