Ambulance ([info]angrymobjustice) wrote,
@ 2007-12-20 23:31:00
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le christmas list
Dear Santa,

I've been very good this year, although I'm sure you already knew that. All I want for Christmas this year is for all the oil company CEO's to die painful, lengthy, imaginative deaths after which they are forced to spend eternity filling up at $3.00 a gallon (on a minimum wage salary) only to have to sit in rush hour traffic.

In Phoenix.
In July.
With no air conditioning.

...and please don't forget the pony.

Thank you!
- Amber

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[info]silvan_lady
2007-12-21 08:45 am UTC (link)
$3.00 ???

I want to live where you live! It's the equivalent of $9.54 a gallon in the UK, so yeah, I second that!

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[info]illuminated_sin
2007-12-21 10:10 am UTC (link)
OMG, NO WAY! O_O

Holy cow, that's ridiculous!

Then again, I recall watching a Tears for Fears music video in the late 1980s that showed them stopping at a petrol station with a price sign in the $3 range and everyone in the U.S. was just SHOCKED to see it. If it was already that high back then I'm sure it is 9 and a half now. Good lord but that's criminal! How do they justify it?

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[info]angrymobjustice
2007-12-21 11:04 pm UTC (link)
And there were huge lines and I remember something about petrol stations serving people in like alphabetical order by their license plates.

o_O

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[info]illuminated_sin
2007-12-22 01:43 am UTC (link)
I remember waiting in long lines for gas with my mom during the gas crisis when I was a little girl (which would make it around 1975 since I was born in '70). It took HOURS to get into the gas station and there were lots of stations completely out of gas. It was a freakin' nightmare.

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[info]angrymobjustice
2007-12-22 01:59 am UTC (link)
Pretty sure I wasn't even an idea in '70 ;)
But I loooves you!

*squishes*

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[info]illuminated_sin
2007-12-22 02:06 am UTC (link)
You'd better! ;)

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[info]angrymobjustice
2007-12-21 11:05 pm UTC (link)
But I'm sure your guys' minimum wage and standard of living is much higher. Aren't you guys charged by the litre?

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[info]silvan_lady
2007-12-21 11:28 pm UTC (link)
We pay £1.06 per litre which is about $2.12 these days.

Minimum wage is £5.52 per hour, or $11.00 per hour. I don't know how that compares to you guys.

66% of the price goes to the Government in tax. Plus we have Road Tax on top which varies depending on engine size but hubby and I both pay over £200 annual tax for our cars. It's an expensive business all round. We love coming to the States and hiring cars 'cause the fuel is so cheap. It's also a bit cheaper in Europe, UK is expensive by comparision.

*thinks about planning a US holiday* ;)

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[info]angrymobjustice
2007-12-21 11:36 pm UTC (link)
Minimum wage in my state was just bumped up to $6.75 an hour. It's set to go up another 75 cents to a dollar between '08 and '09 I think. It used to be $5.15 (when I started working).

The 200 pounds annual tax sounds like our equivalent to car tags.

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[info]spin_d
2007-12-22 08:57 am UTC (link)
i did end up going to the game tonight...it was INTENSE lol 10-6 w00t.

and i went to dennys. i was hoping to see that cool kid but instead i just saw nick...yay. that's such an akward situation. I saw with him and i was like "...so what's up?" haha

oh man
i wish you could have been theresss

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