OMG! You did have inflation....

[Villavic]

Hi
I'm back from the States (Miami), short vacations. First time in a long time I stay for vacations (recently I went just for training or doing scales,), so I rented a car, stayed at hotels, did some shopping, etc.

So now I did realized there has been a big inflation. First of all gasoline!!! YEEK!!!! :eek:
I realized also about books, calendars and all that stuff you find at bookstores. Not sure about food, I felt it was almost the same prices.

And liquor!!!!! :eek: I remember when Vodka Absoult was (1 lt) $13 or $15, not it's around $20!!!!

Now I miss the 90s!!!

[amber]

Yep! Hope you had a good vacation anyways - Miami, you lucky dog! But yeah, sorry about that! :wavey:
Amber

[estranged4life]

as of this moment the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $1.89...It is expected to climb to easily over $2.00 within the next 2 weeks.

Thank GOD I live in the state with the lowest gasoline prices in the US: $1.73-$1.83 a gallon.

Brian j.

[amber]

as of this moment the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $1.89...It is expected to climb to easily over $2.00 within the next 2 weeks.

Thank GOD I live in the state with the lowest gasoline prices in the US: $1.73-$1.83 a gallon.

Brian j.
Thank god i don't have a non electric car :laugh: ok, i don't mean that, i'd love a car, but still...

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

You guys don't know the meaning of expensive petrol until you live in the UK!

[Vianna]

Villavic, the gas prices have risen sharply since last winter I guess.

I am paying around $2.00 per gallon here in DC. I have to wonder who is fleecing their pockets on this.

Vianna

[strandinthewind]

Villavic, the gas prices have risen sharply since last winter I guess.

I am paying around $2.00 per gallon here in DC. I have to wonder who is fleecing their pockets on this.

Vianna

With oil at $50 a barrel, the Saudi's are :laugh:

Seriously, do not expect the price to come down anytime soon, even if oil drops to $30 a barrell. Notice how the prices never really come down :eek: :laugh: Still, $2.00 a gallon is not bad when compared to the rest of the world and that price point equates to about $30 a month more than what was the norm for the last decade or so. For example and on average (some will have more some will have less depending on how much they drive and what they drive), three tanks a month at 20 gallons per tank is 60 gallons, which at $2 a gallon is $120 - at $1.50 a gallon it is $90) - for some, which I submit is few - that is a HUGE stretch on their budget, esp. if they drive for a living, etc. To most, however, that is not. The oil companies know this. Thus, the prices are sticky downward.

NOTE: I am not condoning this - I am just speculating as to the reason, etc. Also, I get that $30 a month is alot of monry to alot of people. I am just saying on average, it is not or at least it is not to the point that it cannot be "found" by saving in other areas. But, yes, for the truly poor that have a car or are effected in other ways by high fuel costs (power, bus fare, etc.) - that need to make every dollar count, it sucks and I hate it.

[Villavic]

as of this moment the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $1.89...It is expected to climb to easily over $2.00 within the next 2 weeks.

Thank GOD I live in the state with the lowest gasoline prices in the US: $1.73-$1.83 a gallon.

Brian j.

Yes, it's what I found.
Anyway, are you seated? In Peru a gallon of regular unleaded is about $2.90 (don't ask for the premium!!) almots 50% is pure taxes!!!

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

My sister lives there and said it was at 80p. If so, that is absurd.
Yep... it's rediculousy expensive in the UK.


And I had to tax my car today. £91 for 6 months ( that's around $164) Livia tells me you guys call that registration. I can never afford to do a whole year of car tax

[greatdarkwing]

Hi
I'm back from the States (Miami), short vacations. First time in a long time I stay for vacations (recently I went just for training or doing scales,), so I rented a car, stayed at hotels, did some shopping, etc.

So now I did realized there has been a big inflation. First of all gasoline!!! YEEK!!!! :eek:
I realized also about books, calendars and all that stuff you find at bookstores. Not sure about food, I felt it was almost the same prices.

And liquor!!!!! :eek: I remember when Vodka Absoult was (1 lt) $13 or $15, not it's around $20!!!!

Now I miss the 90s!!!

Hope you enjoyed your visit to the "magic city" of Miami :wavey: Was your experience pleasant?

~Alex

[amber]

Yep... it's rediculousy expensive in the UK.


And I had to tax my car today. £91 for 6 months ( that's around $164) Livia tells me you guys call that registration. I can never afford to do a whole year of car tax
Yeah, i used to look forward to registration with dread. Although, i don't think we can pay it in increments, we have to do it all at once...But i think our registration for a whole year was around the same price as your six months. And of course, if you don't get it, you may be paying for tickets, too.

[DrummerDeanna]

Yeah, i used to look forward to registration with dread. Although, i don't think we can pay it in increments, we have to do it all at once...But i think our registration for a whole year was around the same price as your six months. And of course, if you don't get it, you may be paying for tickets, too.

I am procrastinating registering my car in NY. I'm not happy because when I registered my car in NM - I paid for two years....so I am basically throwing 30 bucks out the window (it was cheaper to do two years than one). It sucks- and then I have to pay for an emissions test, registration and a new licesnce...such a pain...and on public radio's salary let just say I'm not raking in the dough over here....plus I''m till trying to catch up with myself after the move (which was quite expensive...). So yeah - Im not liking the high price of gas and such...

[skcin]

Yep... it's rediculousy expensive in the UK.


And I had to tax my car today. £91 for 6 months ( that's around $164) Livia tells me you guys call that registration. I can never afford to do a whole year of car tax

Ludicrous! I pay about $50 for 2 years registration in NY.

Gas around here has been ranging from $1.91 - $2.00 for months. Thanks goodness I got a job close to home - boyfriend is spending $40-$50 every WEEK on gas, mainly since his work is farther away.

Paula

Paula

[estranged4life]

we didnt have to drive 80 miles round-trip for work (ie-Non jobs in this area, unless ya count those DAMNED 1,000,000 Wal-Mart jobs Shrub 'helped' to create!), It may change for me though very soon...A Dollar General is opening here and I plan to apply for Assistant Manager (Hell, I wasted all the money to go to college and yet I seem best suited for retail) and it is only a 10 minute walk from home.

Btw, When Deb was doing Radiation treatments in 'the City' (aka OKC for us Ok-li-Homans) we were spending , on average, $15 a day for gas for each day she went for the treatments (Which took 30 daily treatments to complete & a daily 200 mile roundtrip!), Thank God gas was $1.50-$1.60 a gallon while this occurred!

Brian j.

[amber]

Hey strangey - I don't mean this in any bad way, but, why do you still live in OK? I mean, just curious because you put it down a lot, and you seem to have a lot of skills and education - you could probably get a high paying job here in nothing flat! And i'm not sure about the whole landscape and all, but i've heard it's flat and dusty :laugh: So, what's the real deal? family and friends and all that? Of course, you don't have to tell me, I was just really curious...
Amber

[estranged4life]

Hey strangey - I don't mean this in any bad way, but, why do you still live in OK? I mean, just curious because you put it down a lot, and you seem to have a lot of skills and education - you could probably get a high paying job here in nothing flat! And i'm not sure about the whole landscape and all, but i've heard it's flat and dusty :laugh: So, what's the real deal? family and friends and all that? Of course, you don't have to tell me, I was just really curious...
Amber

one is that you do not have to worry about over-priced housing such as on the West/East Coasts...Geez, I have never seen rent over $700 a month here for an luxury apartment.

Another reason is that I like living here (I am allowed to rip on Oklahoma since I was born/raised here, Just as I am allowed by Oklahoma tradition/law to rip on Texas as much as humanly allowed!!!), Oklahomans are the most layed back people there are in the U.S., not as bad as most places (Though Tulsa has WAY too many religious zealots for my taste) and even the NYFD members who helped out during the Murrah bombing stated they never know Oklahoma was as great a place as it is (Sadly several of those firefighters perished on 9/11...Including Father Judge). We all DO NOT LIVE in FORTS to protect us from injuns or not have running water/electric like some East Coast asses have assumed! Besides those East Coast wusses couldnt make it through a typical summer's day here (100-110 degrees with 40-70% humidity) or the typical winter's night (10-20 degrees with 30MPH winds and a sub-zero windchill...Don't need a foot of snow when your freezin' yer ass off!!!)

I could easily have moved to the San Jose and or Bakersfield area of Ca-Li-For-Nia where my Mother's first cousin (And assorted relatives) resides and work for her at her place of employment (She works for a Defense Contractor) but why bother? I like the easy life in Oklahoma, The solitude of living in a small (Suckass) town but also having a large city (OKC) just an hour away...Besides, It's great to be able to go outside at night and watch the stars, Which ya cant do in more crowded states, So why move???

Brian j.

[amber]

one is that you do not have to worry about over-priced housing such as on the West/East Coasts...Geez, I have never seen rent over $700 a month here for an luxury apartment.

Another reason is that I like living here (I am allowed to rip on Oklahoma since I was born/raised here, Just as I am allowed by Oklahoma tradition/law to rip on Texas as much as humanly allowed!!!), Oklahomans are the most layed back people there are in the U.S., not as bad as most places (Though Tulsa has WAY too many religious zealots for my taste) and even the NYFD members who helped out during the Murrah bombing stated they never know Oklahoma was as great a place as it is (Sadly several of those firefighters perished on 9/11...Including Father Judge). We all DO NOT LIVE in FORTS to protect us from injuns or not have running water/electric like some East Coast asses have assumed! Besides those East Coast wusses couldnt make it through a typical summer's day here (100-110 degrees with 40-70% humidity) or the typical winter's night (10-20 degrees with 30MPH winds and a sub-zero windchill...Don't need a foot of snow when your freezin' yer ass off!!!)

I could easily have moved to the San Jose and or Bakersfield area of Ca-Li-For-Nia where my Mother's first cousin (And assorted relatives) resides and work for her at her place of employment (She works for a Defense Contractor) but why bother? I like the easy life in Oklahoma, The solitude of living in a small (Suckass) town but also having a large city (OKC) just an hour away...Besides, It's great to be able to go outside at night and watch the stars, Which ya cant do in more crowded states, So why move???

Brian j.
Aaaaah - that makes sense. There are nice places in Cali, by the way, i grew up in one. They are called "the foothills" :D But Oklahoma sounds nice. I am used to summers that hot, but not with the humidity (bleah!) But, yeah, my rent is $650/mo. for a one bedroom,(utilities included) about 20 blocks from Berkeley campus, and right on a main road (although mine is in back, with a courtyard, not on a road) But then again, people get paid more here, too.
I'm very glad that you actually like it. :thumbsup: I thought maybe you didn't. But that's an awful lot of religious and republican for me. But, the town I grew up in in Cali is like that, too, so who's to say???
:xoxo:
AMber

[estranged4life]

I thought maybe you didn't. But that's an awful lot of religious and republican for me. But, the town I grew up in in Cali is like that, too, so who's to say???
:xoxo:
AMber

(Though I have before) Oklahoma is 60-something percent registered Democrat! A great majority of the registered Demos are above the age 55 and are worried more about their precious Social Security than ANY other political issue in the US.

Also a great majority of Oklahoma Democrats are Con-Serv-A-Tives...They're pro-Shrub (Who according to the Oklahoma polls last night has a wide 63% to 30% lead over Kerry), pro-life, pro-military, pro-religion (Big effin deal), ANTI-liberal (If you're a liberal in this state...I have a word of advice, "Good luck & watch your back"), anti-gay marriage (The Governor of Oklahoma is proof enough theyre against gay marriages/civil unions), anti-Kerry (Think about it...He finished a very distant third to Clark & Edwards in the Oklahoma primary, Hell Howard "the Scream King" Dean almost beat him!).

Brian j.

[Pisces Queen]

I am an Oklahoma girl and it is a great place to live. I am from Shawnee which is about 30 miles east of Oklahoma City. Small town where everyone knows and cares about each other. I miss that small town feeling where 15 people will show up to help you move. My family still lives in Shawnee and I will move back on of these days. It's true ~ there's not alot of opportunity career wise. If you make 10 dollars an hour you better keep that job but it's a family oriented place and I have never met nicer people in any other state. When I moved to Dallas my brother was ridding in the car with me and he kept telling me "Quite waving at everyone!" I didn't even realize that I was. I told him you can take the girl out of Oklahoma but you can't take Oklahoma out of the girl! Go Sooners!!! :thumbsup:

[amber]

(Though I have before) Oklahoma is 60-something percent registered Democrat! A great majority of the registered Demos are above the age 55 and are worried more about their precious Social Security than ANY other political issue in the US.

Also a great majority of Oklahoma Democrats are Con-Serv-A-Tives...They're pro-Shrub (Who according to the Oklahoma polls last night has a wide 63% to 30% lead over Kerry), pro-life, pro-military, pro-religion (Big effin deal), ANTI-liberal (If you're a liberal in this state...I have a word of advice, "Good luck & watch your back"), anti-gay marriage (The Governor of Oklahoma is proof enough theyre against gay marriages/civil unions), anti-Kerry (Think about it...He finished a very distant third to Clark & Edwards in the Oklahoma primary, Hell Howard "the Scream King" Dean almost beat him!).

Brian j.
Ah, yes, "Old Timey" Democrats. I often trip out on that breed, and I know they're in preponderance in the midwest, some of the south(?). Check out this tripped out thing - My town had TONS of Mormons. One of my best friends in highschool was mormon. And they even had this weird, country cul-de-sac sort of thing, the street was called "Mormon Island" :shocked: It wasn't right in Placerville, it was more towards Sacramento in the El Dorado Hills (lots of new development there) but still, it was a trip! AAAAAAAhhhhh, Mormons! :laugh:

[Villavic]

Hope you enjoyed your visit to the "magic city" of Miami :wavey: Was your experience pleasant?

~Alex

Oh yes It was pleasant!!!! Though it may sounds selfish, I was after Francis and just before Jeanne. So I was lucky. But I was worry about my friends and relatives anyway. They are ok, fortunately

[amber]

I am an Oklahoma girl and it is a great place to live. I am from Shawnee which is about 30 miles east of Oklahoma City. Small town where everyone knows and cares about each other. I miss that small town feeling where 15 people will show up to help you move. My family still lives in Shawnee and I will move back on of these days. It's true ~ there's not alot of opportunity career wise. If you make 10 dollars an hour you better keep that job but it's a family oriented place and I have never met nicer people in any other state. When I moved to Dallas my brother was ridding in the car with me and he kept telling me "Quite waving at everyone!" I didn't even realize that I was. I told him you can take the girl out of Oklahoma but you can't take Oklahoma out of the girl! Go Sooners!!! :thumbsup:
That's great, i would've never guessed that - what with the flatness and all. Shawnee sounds like a nice town!