"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message
news:Bz8Wh.40262$VE6.36384@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi...
>
> "William Black" kirjoitti
> viestissä:bk8Wh.7019$7D4.961@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
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>> "Viking" wrote in message
>> news:6o3i23l7p4bar1fg82ajmlj6kk3f3n0vtg@4ax.com...
>>> Compilation of unleaded gasoline prices in US $ per US gallon around
>>> the world, by USA Today. Amazing--compare the UK to Venezuela:
>>>
>>> United Kingdom $8.37
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>> As of today the petrol price in the UK works out at $7:34 a US gallon.
>>
>> Either someone 's telling lies or the dollar is dropping so fast they
>> can't keep up.
>>
>> Well, that or they can't tell the difference between a US and an Imperial
>> gallon...
>>
> Not necessarily either. There are pretty many parameters which may result
> this difference:
>
> 1. time (even if the paper's name is USAToday, doesn't mean that the list
> is compiled today). You can see this in Finland: in the closest pump to my
> house the gasoline price hiked from 125 to 132 in overnight (and the
> external value of the US dollar definitely isn't the only factor setting
> the retail price of gas)..
The price of petrol in the Uk has been reasonably staic for a month or so
now.
>
> 2. the average? price in the UK is differently derived from a source the
> newspaper utilizes
It's the price I pay and I live in an area where the price is higher than
the national average.
>
> 3. you are a liar
I may well be, but I'm not...
> 4. och så vidare
???
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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