Tom Pen
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Hurricane Rita
I live in Corpus, probably gonna just ride it out until further notice. Theres already a mandatory evac, but its not forceable. Anyone else in its path?
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Good Luck Tom.
My first hope is that the people down that way are ok. My second is that the hurricane looses strength by the time it gets there like the news says. My third is that gas prices come back down by mid-next week. I'm so sick of price gouging.
My first hope is that the people down that way are ok. My second is that the hurricane looses strength by the time it gets there like the news says. My third is that gas prices come back down by mid-next week. I'm so sick of price gouging.

Quote: Originally posted by Jonny "Me You"
My third is that gas prices come back down by mid-next week.Don't know about Canada, but by my reckoning, American gas/petrol are about a third the price of what they charge in this country so you always have it pretty sweet in that respect.
Oh, and good luck with the latest hurricane. Hope there's no more before the season is up.
My third is that gas prices come back down by mid-next week.Don't know about Canada, but by my reckoning, American gas/petrol are about a third the price of what they charge in this country so you always have it pretty sweet in that respect.
Oh, and good luck with the latest hurricane. Hope there's no more before the season is up.
Do you think God is trying to tell you something?

I always keep you guys in mind when I go to the pump Mal, makes the pill a lot easier to swallow.
good luck Tom
Good luck Tom. Where I live, all we will get is probably moderate showers and maybe about 10 MPH winds.
Quote: Originally posted by Malcolm Campbell
Don't know about Canada, but by my reckoning, American gas/petrol are about a third the price of what they charge in this country so you always have it pretty sweet in that respect.
You don't live in a Gas producing nation. That I know of anyway. Plus, you probably get taxed way higher. You have it easy though in that a lot of people over here have to commute a distance the size of half of England or bigger to get to work everyday. I imagine that most people in Europe have much better access to public transportation and closer commuting to where it is you work.
Let's not turn this into a gas discussion though, it's much too depressing.
Don't know about Canada, but by my reckoning, American gas/petrol are about a third the price of what they charge in this country so you always have it pretty sweet in that respect.
You don't live in a Gas producing nation. That I know of anyway. Plus, you probably get taxed way higher. You have it easy though in that a lot of people over here have to commute a distance the size of half of England or bigger to get to work everyday. I imagine that most people in Europe have much better access to public transportation and closer commuting to where it is you work.
Let's not turn this into a gas discussion though, it's much too depressing.

Not sure that the above is entirely accurate, but I see your point. Our public transport is crap though; at least it is where I live. Totally unreliable, costs a bomb (and keeps going up), doesn't run 24 hours. Not a viable alternative to using a car at all.
Guess it depends on the area. Up here where I live there's a light rail system (ie underground system) and loads of buses with lots of travel pass options. Everything is very reliable unless it snows heavily. One of the companies that runs many of the London buses is based here, so that's probably why it works well. Plus it's highly subsidised and integrated by a regional transport authority.
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