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[Scotty]

From a Scottish car magazine -

"The Manchester papers on Tuesday of last week created a scare by announcing that the next day (Wednesday) the price of motor spirit would rise by threepence per gallon.
There was a rush on the part of motor owners till late at night to get tanks full and a spare tin or two in hand. It turned out a canard, but motor traders have been getting in further big supplies, as some petrol distributors advised this course in reply to enquiries."

Dated - February 20th, 1925.

Scotty.

[poodge]

Well,that's a timely reminder.The price for 95 octane has just gone over the $2NZ today.$2.01.9,to be exact.
If I still had a job to go to,I couldn't afford to go to work!

[62rebel]

oooooh.... 95 octane.... sounds like sweet, sweet golden honey...
as for paying to go TO work; Monday AM filled one tank on the F150 and dropped $60.... it MIGHT last me all week.
i need to find a job closer to home AND stop driving that blasted truck.
i'm seriously considering another MGB.

[clan chieftain]

When I started driving in 64 I could get 6 gallons for a quid. Mind you the wages were only 20 quid
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[Dirty Habit]

I was reading yesterday that we in the U.K. have the cheapest petrol in Europe............until Gordon adds all the taxes on !! Making us one of the most expensive
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[Greeney in France]

71marina that would be more expensive than today if... that was the average wage you could buy 120gallons.
Today if an average wage is 300quid a week ish you could buy over double that for your weeks wages
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[Old-Nail]

But in 1925 Petrol would have been a specialist commodity and thus far more expensive to refine and produce, today not so.
In the 70's and 80's I did quite a bit of Motorcycle touring but was put off a big European trip by the cost of petrol abroad. If I remember rightly at the time it was around 30% more expensive than here in the UK.
Now due to the motorist becoming the 'cash cow' to bale out this woeful governments ineptitude we have overtaken Europe to become the most expensive.
The funny thing is that Gordon Brown just doesn't see it, they still intent to raise fuel duty again in October! I found the vintage picture of the US below quite indicative of modern Britain...the government say one thing the reality is another! It amazes me how our Politicians just don't get it.

[Scotty]

[Old-Nail]

I admit to being quite pessimistic when considering Britain's future. In the past when the various governments have lied to us it has been done with a certain amount elan, mixed with a degree of credibility in order that the public swallow the lie - no more!
You and I must pay more for our fuel because the planet is melting, should you be able to afford to drive an 8mpg Roller however, just so long as you hand over your taxes the planet will not melt any faster.

Young people in Britain are either topping themselves en-mass as in Wales, or drinking themselves into a stupor on street corners. This has absolutely nothing to do with the governments failure to improve education, job opportunities, or punish offenders correctly. Neither is it that they have witnessed a complete lack of moral guidance from their parents or teachers, nor is it the hopelessness they feel at knowing they can never own their own home, it is of course the fault of the alcohol manufacturers and the answer...raise the price of alcohol (and therefore revenue) to everyone..perfect -problem solved!

Our health service which used to be the envy of the world is in a state of near collapse...absolutely nothing to do with the amount of ineligible people gaining access to it, the huge influx of foreigners rei-introducing long eradicated diseases, or the doubling of Doctors pay for less work... it's the smokers who have cost the NHS so much... better increase duty on fags too then!

The Police are struggling to cope against a tidal wave of crime, many crimes are going unreported, the ones that are often go undetected. The government assures us that they are 'doing all that they can' to turn things around.
An Asian solicitor is trying to free Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, from prison funded of course by legal aid payments. She believes by being locked up for 'life' his human rights have been infringed and wants a 'test case' to prove the point.
Perhaps she would be more usefully employed suing the British government for every death/murder/rape carried out on a British citizen by an illegal alien, due to NuLabours total incompetence where removing such people is concerned.
The first rule (and obligation) of a government is to keep it's people safe. Mass immigration, underfunding of the Police, failure to rescind the doctrine of 'Multiculturalism', and going to war in the middle east based on a tissue of lies has placed each and every one of us in peril.

Economically, the writing is on the wall for this nation, the future needs to be a place of radical change and re-thinking, and as for Blair, Brown and all the main cohorts of NuLabour, the architects of this situation...rather the inevitable be considered 'No fault of theirs' and they walk away to enjoy their plush pensions I believe we should put them all on trail as was done at Nuremburg!

[pigtin]

So many lamp-posts so little time. But remember: statistics will confirm 50% of the population is below average intelligence (sorry if I've said that before).
They voted Blair back in after he lied to take us into an illegal war.
The Americans elected Edward Kennedy as a Senator in spite of Chappaquiddick. So many people will vote as their father voted in spite of evidence of it's inadvisability.
But things like petrol are really starting to hurt everyone but who can get us out of this mess? Most MPs appear to be trough snufflers, the only thing we can do is to vote each party out after one term until they clean up their act... or hang em' all and start afresh.

[Greeney in France]

[Old-Nail]

[pigtin]

Sorry Greeney... trick question. 50% of any group of people will be below the average (50%) for the group... Lies, damned lies and statistics I think they say.
Spare a thought for the Chinese

[Greeney in France]

There are a 1000 reasons why I left the UK but one of my biggest was my children as with any of us I suppose
I was raised on a farm and although a big concern with nearly 1000acres we knew what hard work was and what can be achieved with a bit of thought
I knew where things came from
My foster son who comes home from school waving a certificate in the air he got A+ for drawing around his hand at the age of 12
My own son had his sports day cancelled because competition isn't good for the loser, they were banned from taking conkers to school in case someone got hurt with one
When I moved here our house was so derelict we lived in caravans for a year, NO TV for 18months, a very basic 3kw electricity supply and a thunderbox for a toilet until the fosse septique had been installed.
We have chickens, sheep, ducks and pigs for food not as pets, I have proudly taught my son to hunt with a gun but to respect wildlife too
We grow our own vegetables and ultimately have turned a 300yr old derelict farmhouse with a tree growing out of the roof to a beautiful home.
My kids now speak French fluently too and I am very proud of them all
This exercise has taught all 3 of them where things come from and they are not to be taken for granted I know life moves on but that doesn't mean to say we have to just accept it without a fight
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[pigtin]

Really envy you Greeney and admire your determination. I realized something was going wrong in the 15 years ago but was an invalid at the time and had to go-with-the-flow. By 2000 I was comparatively fit again but trying to rebuild the family business with my sons. Now with my 70th birthday coming up, living in a quiet area surrounded by friends and family I worry about what my grandchildren have to face, betrayed by self-serving politicians and "trendy" Guardian readers; (the politicians are not entirely to blame.)
I really feel for people trapped in inner city and similar criminal infested areas and despair that there are still so many living in safe environments who think they can afford to be liberal and tolerant to this scum, as long as it dosen't affect them... rant, rant etc, (I feel better now).