In a message to CINDI MARSHALL (02-14-06 20:17), GEORGE POPE wrote:

GP>CM> GP>Well, you're still doing better than we are here in
Richmond, BC, wher
GP>CM> GP>last price I saw wa 98.9c/litre (almost $5.00/gallon, I believe!)
GP>CM> GP>(almost $6 if your gallons hold 5 quarts, not 4!)
GP>CM>
GP>CM> Oh my goodness!!!!!!  I don't think anyone could afford
GP>CM> those kinds of prices -
GP>CM> at least not without either getting a major raise/promotion
GP>CM> from their employer
GP>CM> or else winning the lottery.

You should know that if you lived in Germany, you'd be
paying 4 to 5 times for gas what you pay in the USA.
What you pay for a gallon, Germans pay a similar amount
for a liter.   Figure that half a gallon is 1.89 liters...
as seen on the milk carton in the fridge.

Fuel effiency is the name of the game in Germany.

Now.... Here's something to think about....  Imagine that
it's a status symbol to have a _Ford_ in your 2-car garage!
No.... not today, and not in the USA....
Germany in the late 1950's, as mentioned in the song
"It's a Boom" by the Hazy Osterwald Sextett.

GP>CM> Right again, my friend.  But if my memory serves me correctly,
GP>CM> we also ha jump around the Independence Day holiday and the
GP>CM> Labor Day holiday.  And, I've
GP>CM> even seen them jump the week before Thanksgiving.

GP>Yup, pretty much any time there's going to be a lot of people
GP>doing a lot of driving, the companies jack the prices to
GP>cadge more bucks! :(

A lot of the holiday travelling probably wouldn't be happening
some of us Ami's didn't have relatives spread all across this
great (geographically speaking) country.


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