Message-Id: <10530.109620@fatcity.com> From: "Scott Shafer" Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:42:49 -0500 Subject: Re: Completely off-topic, gas-prices 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") ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Orr" To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:08 PM Subject: RE: Completely off-topic, gas-prices > 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@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" > 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 > > > > -- > Author: Steve Orr > INET: sorr@arzoo.com > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may