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Posted by Bernadette on June 8, 2008, 5:14 am
On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:20:56 +0200, YarnWright wrote:
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> Bernadette spun a FINE 'yarn':
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>>On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:27:29 -0500, Shillelagh wrote:
>>>> Storms last night into the morning have THIS rcty-er groggy this AM,
>>>> so coffee is flowing
>>>> into my veins as I type.
>>>> It is 'supposed' to turn into a nice day.... we shall see. Hope
>>>> everyone is doing all right.
>>>> Going blog-surfing and uploading podcasts a little later... in the
>>>> meantime I'm trying to
>>>> convnce Don that jewlery and lingerie shopping is in top order for the
>>>> day, grin!
>>>> Hugs,
>>>> Noreen
>>>
>>> Not up early here. I helped a friend move yesterday (along with a few
>>> other people) and I
>>> must admit I'm just getting too old to do that anymore. I'm SO
>>> exhausted, and I
>>> wanted to get so much done out in the garden today. I'm running out of
>>> time to plant seeds,
>>> so must finish up this week.
>>>
>>> I'm still working on a Clapotis scarf from Fleece Artist Blue Face
>>> Leicester, and I love it.
>>> I think it's going to be fabulous when it's all blocked and ready to
>>> wear (not that I'm rushing
>>> into winter - not at all).
>>>
>>> Other project is still the felted Stained Glass Bag. I'm on the home
>>> stretch with it and will
>>> be doing another one in brighter colours when I'm finished this one.
>>>
>>> Ken & I will be off to British Columbia for a short fishing vacation
>>> next week and we're
>>> very much looking forward to that. With gasoline prices the way they
>>> are, this may be our
>>> last driving vacation. We're paying the equivalent of $4.91/U.S.
>>> gallon right now. Gasp!
>>>
>>> I hope everyone's having a good weekend. Shelagh
>>As oil prices reached an all-time high, experts forecast the cost of
>>petrol could hit an average of £1.21 per litre within months. <end
>>quote>. Today we paid £1.19 to fill our tank.
>>There are approx 2 Canadian or American Dollars to each British Pound at
>>the moment and 1 gallon is equivalent to 4.54 litres. The cost per litre
>>was is £1.19.
>>So, £1.21 (cost per litre) x 4.54 (number of litres in a gallon) =
>>£5.49 (cost per gallon in the UK) x 2 (as £1 sterling exchanges to $2
>>at present) = $10.98 per gallon over here. :-(
>>Apart from all that, have a lovely holiday. :-)
>
> Bernadette. . .
>
> I had heard recently that to fill a semi (tractor trailor) with diesel in
> the UK, it was now well over $2000.00 in US dollars!! I believe, if
> memory serves, the last report I heard about diesel prices HERE were
> costing our truckers between $800 and $1400 per fill..... it's terrible,
> it's worldwide, and solutions seem to be non-existant! Hugs,
> Noreen
Noreen
People's anger is being directed against our government because
most of that cost is tax. For many years each successive government has
treated the motorist here as the milch cow. When our petrol cost just over
96 pence per litre 61.3 pence of that was tax. See:
http://uk.theoildrum.com/story/2006/5/3/17236/14255
This is why there are protests about reducing the amount of tax levied on
it. The percentage of tax levied at the moment by the government stands at
over 69% according to the latest reports.
The other problem is that the number of crops now being grown for use as
bio-fuels is creating a world shortage of food.
--
Bernadette
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Posted by YarnWright on June 1, 2008, 9:20 pm
Shillelagh spun a FINE 'yarn':
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>>Storms last night into the morning have THIS rcty-er groggy this AM, so
coffee is
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>>flowing into my veins as I type.
>>It is 'supposed' to turn into a nice day.... we shall see.
>>Hope everyone is doing all right.
>>Going blog-surfing and uploading podcasts a little later... in the meantime
I'm
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>>trying to convnce Don that jewlery and lingerie shopping is in top order for
the
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>>day, grin! Hugs,
>>Noreen
>Not up early here. I helped a friend move yesterday (along with a few other
people)
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>and I must admit I'm just getting too old to do that anymore. I'm SO
exhausted, and I
show/hide quoted text
>wanted to get so much done out in the garden today. I'm running out of time to
plant
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>seeds, so must finish up this week.
>I'm still working on a Clapotis scarf from Fleece Artist Blue Face Leicester,
and I
show/hide quoted text
>love it. I think it's going to be fabulous when it's all blocked and ready to
wear
show/hide quoted text
>(not that I'm rushing into winter - not at all).
>Other project is still the felted Stained Glass Bag. I'm on the home stretch
with it
show/hide quoted text
>and will be doing another one in brighter colours when I'm finished this one.
>Ken & I will be off to British Columbia for a short fishing vacation next week
and we're
show/hide quoted text
>very much looking forward to that. With gasoline prices the way they are, this
may be
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>our last driving vacation. We're paying the equivalent of $4.91/U.S. gallon
right now.
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>Gasp!
>I hope everyone's having a good weekend.
>Shelagh
Shelagh. . .
The gas and oil prices are nuts everywhere it seems!
Just read Bernadette's post about petrol prices in the UK as gasped further!
I *do* commisserate regarding the 'move' and 'getting too old for this', as the
years
creep up it seems the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak!
Hugs,
Noreen
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Posted by Katherine on June 7, 2008, 8:51 pm
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> > Storms last night into the morning have THIS rcty-er groggy this AM, so
> > coffee is flowing
> > into my veins as I type.
> > It is 'supposed' to turn into a nice day.... we shall see.
> > Hope everyone is doing all right.
> > Going blog-surfing and uploading podcasts a little later... in the
> > meantime I'm trying to
> > convnce Don that jewlery and lingerie shopping is in top order for the
> > day, grin!
> > Hugs,
> > Noreen
> Not up early here. =A0I helped a friend move yesterday (along with a few o=
ther
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> people) and I
> must admit I'm just getting too old to do that anymore. =A0I'm SO exhauste=
d,
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> and I
> wanted to get so much done out in the garden today. =A0I'm running out of =
time
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> to plant seeds,
> so must finish up this week.
> I'm still working on a Clapotis scarf from Fleece Artist Blue Face
> Leicester, and I love it.
> I think it's going to be fabulous when it's all blocked and ready to wear
> (not that I'm rushing
> into winter - not at all).
> Other project is still the felted Stained Glass Bag. =A0I'm on the home
> stretch with it and will
> be doing another one in brighter colours when I'm finished this one.
> Ken & I will be off to British Columbia for a short fishing vacation next
> week and we're
> very much looking forward to that. =A0With gasoline prices the way they ar=
e,
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> this may be our
> last driving vacation. =A0We're paying the equivalent of $4.91/U.S. gallon=
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> right now. =A0Gasp!
Shelagh, I know JUST what you mean! And we HAVE to travel for
vacation.
RIght now, we are just over 1.50 a litre - disgusting! We are driving
to Nova
Scotia and from there to Niagara Falls this summer. I shudder to think
what
it will cost!
Higs,
Katherine (listening to the rain pelt down and feeling very sorry for
the people
doing the Relay for Life tonight.)
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>>On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:27:29 -0500, Shillelagh wrote:
>>>> Storms last night into the morning have THIS rcty-er groggy this AM,
>>>> so coffee is flowing
>>>> into my veins as I type.
>>>> It is 'supposed' to turn into a nice day.... we shall see. Hope
>>>> everyone is doing all right.
>>>> Going blog-surfing and uploading podcasts a little later... in the
>>>> meantime I'm trying to
>>>> convnce Don that jewlery and lingerie shopping is in top order for the
>>>> day, grin!
>>>> Hugs,
>>>> Noreen
>>>
>>> Not up early here. I helped a friend move yesterday (along with a few
>>> other people) and I
>>> must admit I'm just getting too old to do that anymore. I'm SO
>>> exhausted, and I
>>> wanted to get so much done out in the garden today. I'm running out of
>>> time to plant seeds,
>>> so must finish up this week.
>>>
>>> I'm still working on a Clapotis scarf from Fleece Artist Blue Face
>>> Leicester, and I love it.
>>> I think it's going to be fabulous when it's all blocked and ready to
>>> wear (not that I'm rushing
>>> into winter - not at all).
>>>
>>> Other project is still the felted Stained Glass Bag. I'm on the home
>>> stretch with it and will
>>> be doing another one in brighter colours when I'm finished this one.
>>>
>>> Ken & I will be off to British Columbia for a short fishing vacation
>>> next week and we're
>>> very much looking forward to that. With gasoline prices the way they
>>> are, this may be our
>>> last driving vacation. We're paying the equivalent of $4.91/U.S.
>>> gallon right now. Gasp!
>>>
>>> I hope everyone's having a good weekend. Shelagh
>>As oil prices reached an all-time high, experts forecast the cost of
>>petrol could hit an average of £1.21 per litre within months. <end
>>quote>. Today we paid £1.19 to fill our tank.
>>There are approx 2 Canadian or American Dollars to each British Pound at
>>the moment and 1 gallon is equivalent to 4.54 litres. The cost per litre
>>was is £1.19.
>>So, £1.21 (cost per litre) x 4.54 (number of litres in a gallon) =
>>£5.49 (cost per gallon in the UK) x 2 (as £1 sterling exchanges to $2
>>at present) = $10.98 per gallon over here. :-(
>>Apart from all that, have a lovely holiday. :-)
>
> Bernadette. . .
>
> I had heard recently that to fill a semi (tractor trailor) with diesel in
> the UK, it was now well over $2000.00 in US dollars!! I believe, if
> memory serves, the last report I heard about diesel prices HERE were
> costing our truckers between $800 and $1400 per fill..... it's terrible,
> it's worldwide, and solutions seem to be non-existant! Hugs,
> Noreen