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americans complaining about petrol (gas to u americans) prices rising
Don Rizzle:
--- Quote from: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times on April 09, 2004, 02:45:22 PM ---Well; gas may be the dumbed down term; but you're paying 3 times more than us idiots for the same product with a different name.
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its all in tax >:( the truckers actually blocked all our ports a about 3 years ago because they had had enough, it lasted for about 2 weeks and most of the petrol stations ran out of petrol, wat petrol was left was reserved for emergency services. but it had little effect our petrol is still high. the french also did the same but their governement gave in and slashed taxes.
JTSimon:
--- Quote from: Don Rizzle on April 09, 2004, 04:03:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times on April 09, 2004, 02:45:22 PM ---Well; gas may be the dumbed down term; but you're paying 3 times more than us idiots for the same product with a different name.
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its all in tax >:( the truckers actually blocked all our ports a about 3 years ago because they had had enough, it lasted for about 2 weeks and most of the petrol stations ran out of petrol, wat petrol was left was reserved for emergency services. but it had little effect our petrol is still high. the french also did the same but their governement gave in and slashed taxes.
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If you had more oil would you have to worry about taxes?
JB_Bboy:
--- Quote from: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times on April 09, 2004, 02:45:22 PM ---Well; gas may be the dumbed down term; but you're paying 3 times more than us idiots for the same product with a different name.
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LOL. This is why you're one of the funniest guys on the board.
Primo:
damn british and there british slang. As a car enthusiest you guys call the hood a bonnet. That makes it look like the guys from Queer Eye are driving that shit.
Don Seer:
--- Quote from: Craiga on April 09, 2004, 04:51:34 PM ---damn british and there british slang. As a car enthusiest you guys call the hood a bonnet. That makes it look like the guys from Queer Eye are driving that shit.
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and we call the trunk 'boot', the e-brake 'handbrake'..
we do use "under the hood" and "under the bonnet" interchangably, bonnet more though :)
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