Posted by Samurai tell me about it, D! When we moved into this house we were doing pretty good... Now, it's scary. Do I put gas in the car, or food in the fridge? Do I pay this bill or that bill because only one is going to get paid... i've never lived through anything like this.

i know, this is really fucking scary.

quit whining try living here in the UK

UK has more public transit than the US.

Posted by Alias quit whining try living here in the UK

how far do you have to commute to work?
how far is the trip to the market?
we can't even carpool at work because of our fucked-up schedules and attendance policies.

I live 1 hours drive from london and it costs £45 on public transport

Posted by Samurai how far do you have to commute to work? how far is the trip to the market? we can't even carpool at work because of our fucked-up schedules and attendance policies.

You can say that again.
Sam and I could share the gas, but he's on a different crew than I am and I got the luck of having one person from the same area of the county as I am who I wouldn't dream of asking for a ride.
We sometimes get lucky and end up on the same shift once in a while due to one of us having to work overtime or something, but that's about it.
It's like 16-18 miles one way, but up here, if you don't have a car, you're screwed because of zero public transportation and the fact there's only one cab company that charges an arm and a leg.
What's even worse is that you work one shift a week to pay for the gas just to get to work. So...you work 5 months of the year to pay your income taxes and 416 hours of the year just to pay for gas.

Shael

Posted by Shael You can say that again. Sam and I could share the gas, but he's on a different crew than I am and I got the luck of having one person from the same area of the county as I am who I wouldn't dream of asking for a ride. We sometimes get lucky and end up on the same shift once in a while due to one of us having to work overtime or something, but that's about it. It's like 16-18 miles one way, but up here, if you don't have a car, you're screwed because of zero public transportation and the fact there's only one cab company that charges an arm and a leg. Shael

Say it sister!!!

I drive 100 miles a day because of work! 50 up and 50 back, sometimes 6 times a week. I feel the strain in my pocket big time, hence, less exploring this summer

I spent the last two months organizing and promoting a desert music festival that I now can't afford to drive to because I got assed out of some design work. I am incredibly pissed about this. I can't go to my own fucking event. Thanks a lot economy.

about 40 miles a day. I'm a student who gets to work 20 hours a week as well, so I feel it too. 1/2 of my paycheck goes into gas every week.

Fri, June 27, 2008 Our gas pains are from taxes By ALLAN PARKER This is your lucky day -- I'm going to tell you a simple secret to save 20% the next time you fill up at the pump. Here it is: Drive an hour and a half down the QEW and buy your gas in the United States. Now, I don't recommend doing that on a weekly basis, but a driving vacation in the U.S. this summer is substantially cheaper -- 20%, in fact -- than on this side of the border. I just got back from a three-week road trip through the eastern U.S. I paid between $3.89 and $4.24 a gallon for gas, with the usual rate about $4. That may seem like a lot, but only because we get confused by the conversion between litres and gallons. With the dollars at par we don't have that added conversion nightmare. A U.S. gallon is 3.785 litres, so if you're paying $1.33 per litre, your Canadian gas is costing you a little over $5 per gallon. Why? As I understand it, Canada is a petroleum-exporting nation and the U.S. is a net petroleum importer. Shouldn't that mean our gas is cheaper than American gas? And the oil companies get roughly the same amount of your money on both sides of the border. The difference is what you pay in taxes. In New York state (one of the higher-taxing states), the total tax grab on a gallon of gas is 59.6 cents, including the 18.4 cents-per-gallon federal excise tax. By comparison, if you convert the taxes on a litre of gas in Ontario to gallonage, you're paying about $1.20 per gallon in taxes -- Ontario's 14.7 cents-per-litre gas tax, the federal excise tax of 10 cents per litre and 5% GST, which currently works out to about 6.5 cents per litre. Our governments inhale the income from high gas taxes like crack cocaine -- or gas fumes. They're addicted and can't give it up. Toronto Sun Money Editor Linda Leatherdale has been leading a campaign to cut the provincial and federal gas taxes in half and axe the GST altogether. That would bring us in line with U.S. pump prices. The response so far? Nada. Every time you meet glad-handing politicians at a barbecue or fair this summer, ask them why they're gouging you 20% at the pump. Ask again and again. If they try to tell you the high gas taxes pay for Canada's higher standard of living, tell them to get their facts straight. Much of our gas tax is supposed to go to infrastructure and roads, but American roads are generally better than ours. Health care? About 20% of federal and provincial Canadian government expenditures go to health. The U.S.? About 20% of their federal government's budget goes to Medicare and Medicaid. Military? Another 20% of the U.S. federal budget is for national defense. Canada? Less than 5%. Based on all that, it seems to me we should be paying lower taxes at the pump than Americans. But we're not. We're paying $1 a gallon more than Americans for gas and a very specific group of people -- our provincial and federal politicians -- are taking that money out of our pockets. If they aren't ashamed of themselves, they should at least be held accountable. The buck stops there.

Somehow, that doesn't surprise me.
Today in Plattsburgh, most of the folks there at the gas stations were Canadian. It's not surprising when they buy gas by the litre and we buy it by the gallon for roughly 1/3rd less than they do.
I think, at least. We're paying around 4 bucks a gallon, give or take 30 to 50 cents. They're paying something like what...2 bucks a litre? Even with the dollar being even, it's our weights and measures system that makes it cheaper for Canadians. So...there's actually a good reason for us to stay with the English system of weights and measures. Thank God Jimmy Carter failed or we'd be giving big oil and the Saudis more money than we already are.

Shael

I saw one guy at the gas station today go ballistic on the poor kid in the cashier box. Like as if the snotty faced 16 year old pot smoking future high school drop out has any say in what the prices are. I felt bad for the kid and told him the guy was a jerk and he should really be phoning head office rather than tear his head off...

I'm going to bump this thread, with a little link back to where the reviewing can begin.

This one is for you KK.


http://www.uer.ca/...rrpage=3&pp#post50


[edit: $0.857 at the station across the road]

Right now, 2.75 a gallon and holding for regular. A little over 3 bucks for super (high test).

Holding steady for the moment, hopefully it keeps up. I would love to see it stabilize around 2 bucks a gallon, but I think those days are far far far behind us.

Shael

I paid less than $30 for 12 gallons the other day. I think it was 2.54/Gal. Hell, as long as it stays right there I'll be happy.

I filled up in Cicero, NY at $2.39/gal a couple weeks ago. That was kind of nice.

Posted by KONG I filled up in Cicero, NY at $2.39/gal a couple weeks ago. That was kind of nice.

I don't understand that whole thing. Cicero is like an hour from me and we were still paying over 3 a gallon. Now it is down to 2.80 or so. Nice to be able to breath a bit before the tank eats 20 bucks. 6 months ago you turned on the pump, squeeze the nozzle and it ate the pay check. I now drive 100 miles round trip for work. Talk about working for free.

It's just nice to be able to pass the gas pump without having to stop.

Shael

I filled up @ $2.14 the other day.
I got an erection.

Posted by seanblaze I filled up @ $2.14 the other day. I got an erection.

$2.14! Sweet, I don't own a penis but I would strap a hard one on for that .