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Waterdog 
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 Topic: Just forwording itPosted: June-21-2008 at 12:05pm |
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
OPEC sells oil for $136.00 a barrel. OPEC nations buy U.S. grain at$7.00 bushel. Solution: Sell grain for $136.00 a bushel. Can't buy it? Tough! Eat your oil! Ought to go well with a nice thick grilled filet of camel a$$!!! |
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eric lavine
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Posted: June-21-2008 at 12:09pm |
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Waterdog its too early to get me going lol
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eric lavine
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Posted: June-21-2008 at 12:18pm |
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I spent 80.00 f-in bucks this week in gas and thats just back and forth, and another 50 spot in the wifes truck
520 for the month, no CC in the near future, now i know why thier sales are down, and i picked my ass all week |
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Kristof
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Posted: June-23-2008 at 8:38am |
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Nice headline in the news last week over here: LPG price will go up 25% in september... (due to the fact that more people over here are switching their cars and boats to LPG).
So my boating is gonna be quite a little more expensive 
Last week there was a big demonstration in Brussels, in front of the European Community, by truckers and farmers, against the high fuel prices and increasing food prices. And they predict more of these demonstrations in the next couple of months. Spanish skippers blocked several harbors, trucking businesses are having financial problems and so on... We're in for some rough times here in Europe... |
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- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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eric lavine
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Posted: June-23-2008 at 10:19am |
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at least the euro is stronger than the dollar
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Kristof
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Posted: June-23-2008 at 10:54am |
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That may be, Eric, but how long will that last?
Also, you are a nation! Europe is a basket filled with different sovereign countries, that all speak different languages... There is still not that much "united" over here. Just last week, the Irish and the Tchechs voted no to the "Treaty of Lisbon"... So the future of the European Community isn't all that bright... |
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- Gun control means: using BOTH hands!
- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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eric lavine
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Posted: June-23-2008 at 11:33am |
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I do hear a europeon company is buying Annheiser Busch
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Kristof
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Posted: June-23-2008 at 12:25pm |
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That must be InBev... very very large beer compagny...
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- Gun control means: using BOTH hands!
- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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nates78ski
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Posted: June-23-2008 at 12:34pm |
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yeah, it's InBev, a guy I work with's brother is an assistant brewmaster @ one of the facilities & said it was def. InBev.
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eric lavine
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Posted: June-23-2008 at 2:26pm |
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take them damn horses with them lol
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azeus17
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Posted: June-23-2008 at 9:25pm |
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If I were you, Kristof, I would be screaming at the government to take some of the taxes out. Not sure about Belgium, but I know a lot of those countries have huge taxes on fuel.
If anyone wants to watch a very interesting video on the oil prices: YouTube |
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Kristof
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Posted: June-24-2008 at 8:40am |
You can rest assure that our country is one of those countries that has these huge taxes on fuel... And when the oil price goes up, the taxes go up exponentially... But you can feel that everybody is starting to get fed up with the government (and the European government) saying they can't do anything about it... More strikes and bloccades will follow! BTW Adam, very intresting video. |
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- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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eric lavine
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Posted: June-24-2008 at 10:16am |
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the problem with the smaller countries is they need a way to generate income for the government, if you dont have alot of natural resources or exports it hard to generate the money needed to operate the government
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azeus17
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Posted: June-24-2008 at 10:35am |
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Yeah, but with over $3.00 of taxes built into every gallon, I would be screaming bloody murder. That would make the "gas tax holiday" very worth while! Our tax is not nearly that high, but for them, if the government really wanted to help their people, they have the power to do so right away.
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eric lavine
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Posted: June-24-2008 at 11:54am |
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Our tax on gas is .19 per gallon, so as gas goes up the taxes dont, they can shove that gas tax holiday up thier ass, its an election year.
the recourse on no funds in a government is takeover, some fanatic told me the other day that, the US, Mexico, and Canada some day will be under 1 Government and I thought about and it wouldnt be such a bad Idea, Canada and Mexico are up there on the crude list |
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azeus17
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Posted: June-24-2008 at 8:19pm |
Holy crap! Then we could be just like Australia! 
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Kristof
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Posted: June-24-2008 at 9:26pm |
Well, that's not to bad... 65% of our gas price is tax at this moment... 
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- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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