THE BRITISH THREAD II

Tarah wrote-

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Spendi, I'm going to Derbyshire to spend a few hours with a friend and perhaps he'll show me round his little village but mostly we'll be talking and, I expect, laughing. Nothing boring about it. If I can buy the petrol to drive up there ............

I'm presuming a 4 to 500 mile round trip. 20 gallons say.

Now that is exactly the sort of thing that we need to be stopping doing. 20 gallons to be shown around a village, talking and having a laugh is socially irresponsible. It is an indulgence for which we will all have to pay.

Can you not read the signs? The party is over. Those who continue pretending that it isn't have a dangerous compulsion. And by that I don't mean dangerous to themselves. That's of no consequence. I mean a danger to the social system.

I know it's not so bad compared with some of the stuff I see on here but it points up the lesson better because the bigger splurges are often camouflaged by the ooohhing and aaahing factor. In actual fact those bigger splurges are just as trivial as your proposed jaunt is. They are just talked up better.

I read your post out to someone and he said "****ing disgraceful--tax 'em and tax 'em hard. That's all they understand."

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God don't make no promises that He don't keep.
You got some big dreams, baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleep.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Counterfeit philosophies have polluted all of your thoughts.
Karl Marx has got ya by the throat, Henry Kissinger's got you tied up in knots.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

You got innocent men in jail, your insane asylums are filled,
You got unrighteous doctors dealing drugs that'll never cure your ills.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

You got men who can't hold their peace and women who can't control their tongues,
The rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced by the young.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Adulterers in churches and pornography in the schools,
You got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making rules.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Spiritual advisors and gurus to guide your every move,
Instant inner peace and every step you take has got to be approved.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Do you ever wonder just what God requires?
You think He's just an errand boy to satisfy your wandering desires.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

You can't take it with you and you know that it's too worthless to be sold,
They tell you, "Time is money" as if your life was worth its weight in gold.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

There's a Man up on a cross and He's been crucified.
Do you have any idea why or for who He died?
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Bob Dylan.

It's better to find it than to be made to do it against your will.

Stay at home. Look around your own village. Talk and laugh there. It's only boring if you're boring.

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how did I know that was going to be Bob Dylan? I must be psychic. At least not pseudopsychaitristpsychic like that fraud Persfraud or what ever his name is. Bloody charlatan, should be struck off.

Now I must leap to the defence of a damsel in distress with little petrol. First Tarah has every right to spend as much as she wants on gasoline to see her friend. Its the thought that counts, something you overlook Spendypants.

Second. Tarah you sit on my cross bar and I'll pedal. We should be there mid July. deal?

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Steve 41oo wrote:

Tarah you sit on my cross bar and I'll pedal. We should be there mid July. deal?

Or I can offer you a place on my carriage, Tarah!

http://www.theweddingbureau.com/images/Cinderella_Carriage.jpg

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Don't ever moan or complain about the price of petrol or diesel again.

The price of Petrol versus Printer Ink

All these examples do NOT imply that petrol is cheap;

They quite simply illustrate how outrageous some prices are....

You will be really surprised by the last one!

(At least, I was...)

Compared with Petrol or Diesel

Think a gallon of petrol or diesel is expensive?

This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.

Diet Snapple 16 oz £1.29 .. £10.32 per gallon

Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz £1.19 ...........£9.52 per gallon

Ocean Spray 16 oz £1.25 ......... £10.00 per gallon

Brake Fluid 12 oz £3.15 ...... £33.60 per gallon

Vick's Nyquil 6 oz E8.35 ... £178.13 per gallon

Pepto Bismol 4 oz £3.85 . £123.20 per gallon

Tippex 7 oz £1.39 ....... . £5.42 per gallon

And this is the REAL KICKER...

Evian water 9 oz £1.49..£21.19 per gallon! £21.19 for WATER and the

buyers don't even know the source

(Evian spelled backwards is Naive.)

You don't even want to compare it with perfume or after shave.

Ever wonder why printers are so cheap?

So they have you hooked for the ink.

Someone calculated the cost of the ink at;

(you won't believe it....but it is true........)

£5,200 a gal.. (five thousand two hundred pounds)

So, the next time you're at the pump,be glad your car doesn't run on

water, or Tippex, Pepto Bismol, Nyquil or God forbid, Printer Ink!

Just a little humour to help ease the pain of your next trip to the petrol pump.

And - If you don't pass this along to at least one person,
your exhaust will fall off!!

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I admit it, Spendius. I'm totally socially irresponsible. I don't smoke so don't pay lots of taxes, I drink in moderation so again don't support the government where that's concerned. And I even obey the speed limit and don't drive in bus lanes, so I don't have to pay fines.

I think I'll forget about the car on Tuesday though. I'll wait to hear the weather report and if it's sunny it'll be the lovely Steve's bike but if it's raining, then my charming Francis will come to my rescue.

Happy Spendius? Or is that a daft question???????

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Steve wrote-

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Its the thought that counts, something you overlook Spendypants.

There's a competition between thoughts.

I thought you were worried about peak oil and people getting killed to get oil. Do you forget all that when you see an opportunity to have an ingratitation session? And what about more wasteful uses of precious oil?

You have justified them so don't complain about them again.

Mathos-

I don't believe the ink price.

We're in shtuckk. The planners have created an addiction to oil. Housing is in all the wrong places. And the suppliers know it.

There are two separate aspects to it.

Use of oil for essentials such as getting to where the work is and the supplies and its use for psychological reasons. Doing something about the first will take as long to fix as it did to create the disaster. The second can be done with the flick of the wrist. Your friends are where you are. That would make the suppliers think a bit. Otherwise, as I said earlier, I can see $500 a barrel and the roads will be just for the rich and will disintegrate from lack of servicing. It is now 30 times what it was in the 60's. Do that again in the next 40 years and forecast where your grandkids will be.

You've been on a binge and it's over with. It's no good blaming Mr Brown.

As Dylan also said--"It sure was a good idea, 'till greed got in the way."

But carry on if you must. I don't give an on the wiger. I'm only putting you in the picture.

There's another storm cone been put up to. A high American said yesterday that health costs were "harming the nation". The "Nation"---you know---that thing in the football that you get so excited about----you phoney so and esses in the jingo-jango morning that following you.

If only the economy depended upon printer's ink. We would be in clover.

You silly sod. If your exhaust drops off it'll keep the crows going for weeks.

And that's the cute, nursery scenario.

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Tarah wrote-

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Happy Spendius? Or is that a daft question???????

I am indeed. I've got to you haven't I. But it wasn't for me. It was for us.

You have shown flexibility. I like flexible ladies.

I once had a short friendship with a contortionist. I ended up in the chandelier with candles burning my arse.

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Spendius said;_

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Mathos-

I don't believe the ink price.

Then my dear ignorant little skinny ribbed friend, I suggest you purchase a single inkjet cartridge.

Lets suggest a sample at random. HP 58 photo.

From those I have refilled myself and comparing the same with a medicine dropper to one cartridge full, at £25..00 a cartridge or thereabouts, it's bloody expensive stuff.

Price that up, quote the liquid content, do your sums and you will discover the quote is accurate.

Now spendi, he went to Belgrave,
Where he found a dead pro in a cave,
He said, "It's disgusting,
She only needs dusting,
And think of the money,
I'll save"

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By the way:-

The average price of a pint of bitter in the UK is £2..05 and that is being extremely liberal.

That equates to £16..40p a gallon.

Spendi on his own admission of regular boozing in his local, if we are to believe such a fabulous pub exists, is happy to give his Landlord the price of a holiday in Thailand every year.

It makes petrol and diesel appear really cheap with an average price in the UK of:-

Today's national averages Petrol £118.3 p/litre = £5..37 p per gallon

Today's national averages Diesel £131.7 p/litre = £5..98 p per gallon.

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Mathos wrote:

Spendius said;_

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Mathos-

I don't believe the ink price.

Then my dear ignorant little skinny ribbed friend, I suggest you purchase a single inkjet cartridge.

Lets suggest a sample at random. HP 58 photo.

From those I have refilled myself and comparing the same with a medicine dropper to one cartridge full, at £25..00 a cartridge or thereabouts, it's bloody expensive stuff.

Price that up, quote the liquid content, do your sums and you will discover the quote is accurate.

Modern marketing, the bastards.
You can get a razor very cheaply (I used a Gillette Mach 3) but then they charge the earth for the replacement blades.

Same with printer ink cartridges, I'll bet.

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It obvious you got a Z minus in economics lardy.

That's not printer's ink you bought. It's I'm a fancy flash Harry and I've got a printer mrrrhhhuu! The actual ink is next to nothing.

And a pint does cost over £2. It's river water with a shade of brown, a bit paler than your skiddies, and a magical ingredient. About 15 pence max. I should think.

Road fuel is cheap. Far too cheap.

My landlord is not daft enough to go to Thailand. And he's pretty daft.

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Most of the cost of fuel is duty.

They used to tax windows. Cue Beatles, Taxman

Let me tell you how it will be;
There's one for you, nineteen for me.
'Cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.

Should five per cent appear too small,
Be thankful I don't take it all.
'Cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.

(if you drive a car, car;) - I'll tax the street;
(if you try to sit, sit;) - I'll tax your seat;
(if you get too cold, cold;) - I'll tax the heat;
(if you take a walk, walk;) - I'll tax your feet.

Taxman!

'Cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.

Now my advice for those who die,
Declare the pennies on your eyes.
'Cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.

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Early in the morning I'm a-giving you the warning
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Hey diddle diddle, I'll play my fiddle
Ain't got nothing to lose
Roll over Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news

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I see from today's paper that Cyd Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas.

Dancing in the dark.....

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If you announced that in the pub Mac we would just stare at you for a while, weigh-up how innocent you look, and decide whether to just keep staring or take the thing on in our usual direction of discussing the female type you had introduced into the conversation.

A great game tonight so far.

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I saw some of that game. I thought the referee was lax in the execution of his duties, mising a pen for Portugal and allowing Ballack's "goal".

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Francis wrote:

Steve 41oo wrote:
Tarah you sit on my cross bar and I'll pedal. We should be there mid July. deal?

Or I can offer you a place on my carriage, Tarah!

Dont believe him Tarah!!! He cant afford the hay to get it round the block let alone Derbyshire.

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Great game last night. Well done Germany. They're going to win the competition. I hope.

Really enjoying these games without concerning myself with second-rate teams from England Scotland etc.

Also took some comfort from Ronaldo's poor performance. If ever there was a conspiracy between vested interests this is it. So how much have Real "encouraged" Scolari to unsettle him? And how much have Chelsea done the same? If I ever meet up with that bloke, I'll give him a piece of my mind, in fluent Portuguese.

Real might have the means and the method to get Ronaldo, but the Glazers dont take kindly to being pissed on, and they have contacts and influence too.

If they enforce his contract and force the "worlds best player" to play in the reserves how quickly will his value drop?

I hope Utd follow through with their threat.

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Steve 41oo wrote:

Dont believe him Tarah!!! He cant afford the hay to get it round the block let alone Derbyshire.

Tarah knows she can trust me.

In addition, I'm pretty good playing on haystacks... Twisted Evil

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I fancy Russia.

Not putting any money on it, though.

The competition seems to be hotting up, despite the absence of the Scots.

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