On Thursday 10 April 2008 11:51:24 am Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 04:04:30PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 04/06/08 15:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Sunday 06 April 2008 05:03:13 am Ron Johnson wrote: > > >> On 04/06/08 02:20, Nate Duehr wrote: > > >> > > >> [snip] > > >> > > >>> What a deal! I bet ALL of the "concerned parents" will be sending > > >>> BOTH the difference in their original taxes in 2006 and their rebate > > >>> checks straight to the education system. (Rolling eyes.) > > >> > > >> Yes, I'm sure we will. With gas at .gt. US$3/gal and milk at .gt. > > >> US$4/gal > > > > > > Wow, sucks to be you... I can't remember a time where milk has been > > > more than $3/gal even during a shortage... > > > > It *is* a pain. Friends in Western NY also say that milk about $3/gal. > > Come on guys, it's not fair. You are complaining about 3$/gal for milk > and gas? What about Europe, where we pay 1EUR/litre (and more) !!! > According to qalc and current exchange rates: > > ~$ qalc 1 EUR / litre to USD / gallon > (1 * euro) / liter = approx. 6.0093412($ / gal) OTOH, Europe has had a hell of a lot longer to adjust to these changes. In 10 years, IIRC, y'all have only seen about a 20% increase in fuel prices. Depending on where you are in North America, it's between a 300% and a 500% increase over the same time. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca
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