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Actually, Andrew, I get the distinct impression that Australia's biggest problem was buying in to the free trade bollocks. I wonder when the US is going to lower their trade restrictions for us, the way we did for them. Still, Howard will always be a twat.
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In the lovely college town of Towson, nestled just north of the lovely slums of Baltimore, Maryland, costs are (in U.S. dollars):
$1.57 per gallon of gas (price is average, and varies slightly by the station ... this is also low compared to what is was a few months ago, BTW)
$43 dollars for a ticket to a Live/Counting Crows concert (and worth every penny) --$5 for rent of a lawnchair at above concert --$5 for a small, plastic bottle of cheap beer --$10 for a small pizza from domino's with no toppings --(priceless) having drunk girls jump around flashing you ...
$780 per month rent for a 2-bedroom apartment, utilities extra
$6.29 for a 10" plain pizza from Papa Johns
$1.04 for a bottle of (bottled, duh) water
$2.35 for a gallon of skim milk
$4.99 for a 5-pack of replacement blades for my razor
$11.95 for a paperback edition of any of the Horatio Hornblower novels
$.98 for a Sharpie
$7.33 for a 6-pack of Raspberry Cider Jack
$180 - 250 to get your Jeep back after the towing idiots tow it out of YOUR reserved spot because they got called to tow the car in #58 but decided to tow the one in #57 ... !$%#%^$#&!!!!!!!!
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Sol, if I remember correctly, what those two guys came up with turned out to be some sort of exothermic chemical reaction, and not a nuclear one.
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Well, here's the cost of living in Los Angeles...
$ 1.67 for a gallon of gas in my "hood" $ 2.25 for a gallon of milk $ 7.95 for the Star Trek: The Magazine at Barnes and Nobles $ 760.00 a month for an appartment in the San Fernando Valley $ 1.00 for a Coca Cola 1 liter bottle $ 180.00 to fix the transmision of a 1991 Toyota Camry that a certain mother ruined by going from drive to reverse while on the freeway $ 253.98 for a cell phone bill with AT&T $ 19.95 a month for internet access $ 135.56 for electricity $ 165.02 for groceries $ 24.00 to take the SAT I test during October $ 2432.72 annually for car insurance
------------------ So why don't we make a little room in my BMW babe Searching for some peace of mind Hey I'll help you find it I do believe that we are practicing the same religion - from the song "Fastlove"
[This message has been edited by Michael_T (edited September 08, 2000).]
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Pah, petrol (sorry, gasoline, sheesh) in England (Scotland and the others might be different) is almost 4 pouund per galleon. 4 quid. That's almost 6 dollars.
And to make things even more fun, there's now a strike going on. Which means that when I was driving home, their were petrol stations where cars were spilled out onto the road, queuing up. Some petrol stations around here have already shut. Ho boy...
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No, First...it works. 71� a LITER....& $2.13 a GALLON.
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