J-Dubya 777
It NEVER ends
Unfortunately, I have a 50+ mile commute to work EACH way. I have strong legs, but not THAT stong!
I'm at about $110/week for gas. It sucks....
I'm at about $110/week for gas. It sucks....
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schenkadere
Obey my dog!
Kenneth R.
Cináed
Burnout
Faith Puppeteer
Iced Dog
The Stormrider's Pooch
Hover Dumper...so I take it he's missing and crapping on the seat?
@Zach, have you ever actually fallen asleep/passed out in mid-shit?
Kenneth R.
Cináed
Thats some scam when you can pick the pockets of nearly every working American for an average of $400 a month just to get to work... ey ?
[Shut up Steve... dont even get going]
DoomsdayZach
The Professor was right
Ken's almost right. There was a time at work that I was taking a shit and i actually nodded off. My head just fell forward and then i awoke immediately, almost started laughing out loud, then made my way back to my desk to tell whoever was on msn at the time
I still find it a little amusing when I see Americans complaining about fuel prices, sure it's gone up compared to your old prices, thats fair.But man, in the UK it's about £1.10 a litre, and you guys do it by the gallon sooo there's about 4.5 litres in a gallon. Soo..
£4.95 a gallon in the UK, that's $9.76 per gallon
SilentRealm
Member
Here in Finland it's nowadays about 1.40 euros per litre, which is approx. 2.16 USD, 2.31 Australian dollars, or 1.10 GBP.
I'm thinking about selling my car. It's not working anyway.
I'm thinking about selling my car. It's not working anyway.
Its almost $4.00 here in sunny California...
And my truck eats up gas like no other....
Interesting topic btw...
Redragon
And my truck eats up gas like no other....
Interesting topic btw...
Redragon
J-Dubya 777
It NEVER ends
But man, in the UK it's about £1.10 a litre, and you guys do it by the gallon sooo there's about 4.5 litres in a gallon. Soo..
£4.95 a gallon in the UK, that's $9.76 per gallon
What I find NOT amusing is that the US doesn't have the public transportation system that Europe has, and people are pretty much FORCED to drive when they live in outside the major cities and work in those cities suburbs where the availability of public transportation diminishes. The common solution is "move closer to your job", which in my case, is not a solution due to the incredibly higher costs of mortgages/rent in the state I work in. It's a catch 22 that people outside the US do not fully understand.
Eternal Dragon
1337AD
Here in Finland it's nowadays about 1.40 euros per litre, which is approx. 2.16 USD, 2.31 Australian dollars, or 1.10 GBP.
I'm thinking about selling my car. It's not working anyway.
Yeh I was shocked when I got to Germany and saw it was about that at the very cheapest. Is that taxes or what?
I haven't seen it get past $1.40/litre in Australia, so I guess Australians should stop whinging since we have it so cheap compared to everywhere else.
Eternal Dragon
1337AD
I just read the 4.5 litres in a gallon thing and was quite amazed.
But man, in the UK it's about £1.10 a litre, and you guys do it by the gallon sooo there's about 4.5 litres in a gallon. Soo..
£4.95 a gallon in the UK, that's $9.76 per gallon
If everything is as cheap as your fuel in the US then I should move over there, ahhaha. We don't have such an awesome public transport system either, and I'm pretty sure we are more sparcely (sp?) populated.
The public transportation system varies with whatever city you're in. New York City's is great; it runs 24/7 and if I wait more than fifteen minutes for a train I start getting pissed off, where in other areas, a train every half hour is considered reasonable. Some places like San Fransisco have trains that only run until about midnight.
Because our government trying to be all "eco-friendly" tax the shit out of oil companies which force them to sell their fuel at higher prices in the UK.
Basically it's because the governent makes so much money from taxation, I don't reeally buy into the eco-friendly shit.
Hey, I feel bad for others in other countries, its happening all over. However, in some of those countries does it not support a national healthcare system ? Here we just support waffling government posers and wallstreet tycoons... whom I sure you dance for as well.
The scene in the states is something like this... speaking for my location, some are better some are much worse
"competitive wages" blue collar... yes people the world really does have uses for us DMF's, we appreaciate your gracious contributions = $10.00 an hour... so thats a $400 gross per week - $1600 a month, about $1200 will make it "through the door"
now you want a family health insurance plan... Ok... thats $125 a week = $500 a month
now you want a reliable car to get to work.... I'll ballpark that at $200 a month, used and pray it doesnt still need repairs.
did you get a loan for the car? ^ obviously ... OK, auto insurance w/collision $1200 a year = $100 a month (this is low in many cases)
our city here for work is 35-40 miles away thats 70 miles a day. With whats currently available for $200 a month in used cars that arent junk your looking at maybe 23 mpg thats around 3 gallons a day = 15 a week @ $3.80 = $57 = $228 a month.... DO NOT GO ANYWHERE ELSE!
So your getting through the door monthly with
$1200, subtract the $500 for health insurance you have $700 left to spend per month
subtract the car payment... tighten up your auto expectation and go for a $150 a month loan... now you are down to $550 a month
deduct the contribution to the poor starving auto insurance companies now your down to $450 a month
deduct the support for the impoverished middle east and desperate wallstreet traders - $450 - 228 = you have $222 left per month and all you've done so far is gone to work and covered approx 50% of your health care... so long as no one in the family gets sick....
sounds too bad to be true... cause it is
you have a two income family so $222 X 2 = $444 now add the $500 for insurance back on because only one will cover this
Now your up to $944 a month to live on.... dont sound to bad... ey ?
rent/morgage... ah it could be done for say $600 but $700 would be more realistic anyhow $944 - 600 = $344 a month
now do we pay the utilities (most houses are around 3-$4000 per year to heat now) ? , get the POS car new tires and change the oil ? or should we sit down and eat ? forget about shoes for the kids.......
we could move to the "cities" become urbanites, maybe afford to move into what we might find unacceptable neighborhoods. but we're not urbanites and havent been our whole lives, ah well sacrifice for the few to promote the higher cause... right ?
My personal reality is not this bad, but others are far worse. We're actually in the $15-16 per hour but that took years. I have potential for overtime and my former struggles to get more than 28-32 hours a week. But then I spent more on car payments because things were good. I paid for this lame excuse for a house over 10 years ago, when things were still good. If I get a job that doesnt have 100% health insurance I dont have any, lived 90% of my life without it, screw it. My former partner covered our daughter when I didnt have any. I/we dont have it real bad by any streach but I know many do and I'm getting real worried, blue collar in The States these days relies 100% on the "economy" and Im in seasonal work. Yea, yea, yea, thats what we get and deserve for being DMF's.
I feel real bad for people all across the world, but so long as the rich increasingly gain wealth its all I care about..........
The scene in the states is something like this... speaking for my location, some are better some are much worse
"competitive wages" blue collar... yes people the world really does have uses for us DMF's, we appreaciate your gracious contributions = $10.00 an hour... so thats a $400 gross per week - $1600 a month, about $1200 will make it "through the door"
now you want a family health insurance plan... Ok... thats $125 a week = $500 a month
now you want a reliable car to get to work.... I'll ballpark that at $200 a month, used and pray it doesnt still need repairs.
did you get a loan for the car? ^ obviously ... OK, auto insurance w/collision $1200 a year = $100 a month (this is low in many cases)
our city here for work is 35-40 miles away thats 70 miles a day. With whats currently available for $200 a month in used cars that arent junk your looking at maybe 23 mpg thats around 3 gallons a day = 15 a week @ $3.80 = $57 = $228 a month.... DO NOT GO ANYWHERE ELSE!
So your getting through the door monthly with
$1200, subtract the $500 for health insurance you have $700 left to spend per month
subtract the car payment... tighten up your auto expectation and go for a $150 a month loan... now you are down to $550 a month
deduct the contribution to the poor starving auto insurance companies now your down to $450 a month
deduct the support for the impoverished middle east and desperate wallstreet traders - $450 - 228 = you have $222 left per month and all you've done so far is gone to work and covered approx 50% of your health care... so long as no one in the family gets sick....
sounds too bad to be true... cause it is
you have a two income family so $222 X 2 = $444 now add the $500 for insurance back on because only one will cover this
Now your up to $944 a month to live on.... dont sound to bad... ey ?
rent/morgage... ah it could be done for say $600 but $700 would be more realistic anyhow $944 - 600 = $344 a month
now do we pay the utilities (most houses are around 3-$4000 per year to heat now) ? , get the POS car new tires and change the oil ? or should we sit down and eat ? forget about shoes for the kids.......
we could move to the "cities" become urbanites, maybe afford to move into what we might find unacceptable neighborhoods. but we're not urbanites and havent been our whole lives, ah well sacrifice for the few to promote the higher cause... right ?
My personal reality is not this bad, but others are far worse. We're actually in the $15-16 per hour but that took years. I have potential for overtime and my former struggles to get more than 28-32 hours a week. But then I spent more on car payments because things were good. I paid for this lame excuse for a house over 10 years ago, when things were still good. If I get a job that doesnt have 100% health insurance I dont have any, lived 90% of my life without it, screw it. My former partner covered our daughter when I didnt have any. I/we dont have it real bad by any streach but I know many do and I'm getting real worried, blue collar in The States these days relies 100% on the "economy" and Im in seasonal work. Yea, yea, yea, thats what we get and deserve for being DMF's.
I feel real bad for people all across the world, but so long as the rich increasingly gain wealth its all I care about..........
Iced Dog
The Stormrider's Pooch
Man, reality checks are depressing 
Jax, good to see your Sharks staying alive...take those Dallas bastards to 7!
Jax, good to see your Sharks staying alive...take those Dallas bastards to 7!
SilentRealm
Member
and so what are the "eco-friendly" alternatives offered? besides bike riding/public transport.. i mean is there a cleaner fuel source made cheaper that the gov is trying to convince everyone to change over to?
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