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Re: Completely off-topic, gas-prices

From: Scott Shafer <scott.shafer_at_ildmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:42:49 -0500
Message-Id: <10530.109620@fatcity.com>


Yeah, and there are more places for gun ports and spikes on a suburban! And there's enough room inside to easily don and doff your body armor...

--Lord Humongous (from "The Road Warrior")

> As an American I reserve the right to drive my gas guzzling Suburban
Assault
> Vehicle and pollute the environment more than the next guy. Another good
> thing about SUV's... due to their bulk, you are more likely to survive a
> crash than the other guy. Still another good thing about SUV's, you can
> carry more ammunition and beer that the other guy (.44 Mag and imported
> Guinness of course). That way, as the wealth of Western Civilization is
> transferred to the Middle East and as we encounter global warming,
> Armageddon and nuclear winter, I can get further back into the mountains
of
> Montana than the other guy. :-)
>
>
> Hey, it's Friday!
> Mad Max
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> dmeng_at_focal.com
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 8:27 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> I know the living cost is more expensive in Europe but your E-mail is
still
> a shocker to me. I guess I (and a lot of folks in the US) am not used to
> this kind of price jack-ups. I miss the good old days ( yeah, about a year
> and half ago) when the the gas price for the Regular is around 80 cents a
> gallon. On the other hand, we are DBAs and we are making the big bucks
> don't mean to start another off-topic thread here ), I guess we should
not
> be whining , right?
>
> Dennis Meng
> Database Administrator
> Focal Communications
> 847-954-8328
>
> --------------
> You think that's expensive?
> I'v converted the gallon to 3.78541 Liter, and the Dollar to f2.30 dutch
> guilder. 1 Liter of unleaded fuel costs f2.70 here so;
>
> The gallon would cost us here in Holland $4.45 so two times your price!
> Talking about the price of living......
>
> Eric Lansu
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 June 2000 00:49
>
> >
> > I did not see anybody from Chicago area. Did I miss something or is
> > it because people here are staying home
> > to save gas money ( $2.20+ per gallon, can you believe that )?
> > Anyway I work in Arlington Heights, IL, which is about 35 minutes
> > west of downtown Chicago.
> >
> > Dennis Meng
> > Database Administrator
> > Focal Communications
> > 847-954-8328
> >
>
> --
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