Ridiculous Gas prices? I'll thank Bush.
Tuesday, May 18, 2004 by ToolWraith | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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Reply #22 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:14 AM
| #12 by Admin Jafo - 5/19/2004 2:50:57 AM At a guess...I'd say the Aussie equivalent would be about US $3.50 a gallon....and as a reminder of our 'size' we have a single ranch in Oz larger than your biggest State [Texas].... |
| #23 by Admin Jafo - 5/19/2004 5:09:33 AM Well...it's definitely bigger than Texas....but I'll have to chase up a link to clarify its total area....btw....we call 'em 'Stations' out here, not 'ranches'... |
Well, make up your mind...
Reply #23 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:17 AM
Reply #24 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:23 AM
http://www.wrightsair.com.au/anna.htm
Ah...this must be it...34,000 square Kms...or about 11 times larger than the biggest ranch in the US....though I'm sure there's a relative comment somewhere about Texas....
Still....pretty high density living with a human population of one person per 2000 square Kms....talk about room to move....
Reply #25 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:23 AM
Reply #26 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:25 AM
Shameless....it'd be nice to at least have a 'smiley' on such a comment...
OK?....
Reply #27 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:27 AM
| 34,000 square Kms |
That's not even 5% of the land area of Texas... Guess the Aussies are better than exaggeration than Texans, though... and that is an accomplishment.
Reply #28 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:29 AM
Reply #30 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:57 AM
But this is the second time in the past few days that I've seen you making claims about Aussies vs Americans that turned out not to be accurate, and this after I don't know how many other sly digs and outright slurs upon the character, culture, intelligence, etc of "merkins" (your term in at least one post for Americans). And, by the way, I do know what a merkin is.
I have the greatest respect for your knowledge and work ethic, Jafo. No one works harder than you do from what I have seen here. But it really does get tiring reading your repeated aspersions toward Americans on these boards. Yet you and others don't hesitate to remonstrate with people regarding intolerance of other cultures. Good natured digs are one thing, but over time they wear thin.
The funny part is, to me at least, I've been to your country several times, and had nothing but good experiences. Training with the Australian Paratroopers is still one of the fondest memories of my military service. They were a terrific bunch, almost as crazy as we were. And there was a great deal of ribbing back and forth, but it wasn't a constant theme.
So maybe I do need to chill... but perhaps I'm not the only one.
Reply #31 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:26 AM
Well...while you're out there chillin'...just remember I have never called an American a 'merkin'....not once...and I have no idea what one might be.
I do call them 'Merrycans' in as much the same way as Aussies are often referred to as 'Arsees' as in 'arse' as there appears to be a pathological inability to pronounce 'Aussie' as in 'Oz' a-la 'The Wizard of Oz'.
Australians tend to be as lazy as they can get away with and will often abbreviate even simple words to something more ridiculous so 'Yanks' is just the one syllable way of saying the four syllable 'Ah mair ric kans'....and why we are 'Aussies' or 'strail-yans' because we're halving syllables yet again.
Most of what you find offensive is not that at all, and when an attempt to be 'US-friendly' with vocabulary you get your knickers in a twist yet again.
BTW....the rhyming slang for 'Yank' [probably stemming from embitterment during US shore-leave in WW2 in Australia [over paid, over sexed and over here]] is 'septic' as in 'septic tank' - 'Yank'....oh. and 'Yank' comes from around the same period 'I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy'.
As for Texas and cattle Stations...the anecdote dates back many years....20 or 30, so it may get a bit hazy and that link may not be the correct target, anyway....
Anythin' else ya wanna know 'bout Are-sea lingo?....
Reply #32 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:27 AM
By the way. Bill Clinton added a 50 cents per gallon tax when he was in office. Bush had nothing to do with it.
Reply #33 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:56 AM
And we have a self-deprecating style of humor and a sharp wit.
Jafo, I'm making you an honorary Texan!
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Reply #35 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:52 AM
Jafo, Alaska is the only part of the US that is comparable to "Oz". The state itself is the greatest resource in the US.
Thank you all, these are my humble opinions............
Reply #36 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 10:29 AM
The most annoying thing about gas prices in England is that, for every £10 of gas you put in your tank, something like £9:50 goes to the government in tax. That is just scandalous in reality. Our government always hits the easy targets with tax, like motorists. We also pay "Road Tax", which is supposed to be used for the upkeep of the highways, but the roads here are a joke, the roads in my area can destroy a car in 9 months.
We also get hit with hundreds of other stealth taxes too. that old saying is so true in this country........."The rich get richer as the poor get poorer".
Reply #37 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 10:55 AM
| By the way. Bill Clinton added a 50 cents per gallon tax when he was in office. Bush had nothing to do with it. |
Federal excise tax on gasoline is about 19¢ per gallon state tax averages about 23¢ per gallon in California there is an additional 7.5% sales tax.
The tax increase while Clinton was in office was .05¢.
| There is enough oil in Alaska to sustain us Americans infinitely, yet it is being exported while all that is sold here is imported. |
Alaska exported 8.5% of it's oil in 1999, I doubt that has increased to 100% in the last 5 years. We import about 54% of our oil.
Economic woes in Venezuela are impacting US imports more than problems in the Middle East. US imports from Venezuela were down 19% in 2003, and Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, and Saudi Arabia are the US's main suppliers, at about 15% each. (That's % of imports, not useage.)
the true price of gasoline has fallen more than 40% from its inflation-adjusted price of $2.77 per gallon in 1981.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:09 AM