Mr Ed
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I think we are past the point of Peak oil. You could call me a Peaknik.
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Eh?
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"Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld." (Hebrews 11:1).
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War is one serious outcome of the worlds dependance on petrochemicals. Allow me to rephrase that for you - 'Oil based plastics were cheap and easy to mass produce' Not very cheap anymore... and the people afflicted by poverty are never helped by the presence of oil. Look at Nigeria - billions of barrels of oil, and yet the country suffers from shocking poverty. cheap oil based plastics are not helping them very much. Maybe, but weve already managed to use up half the worlds resource of oil. and that means its only going to get exponentially more expensive in the near future. Part of the problem is supply being outstripped by demand, as Economy's like India and China scrabble for their share of whats left.
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Hello Mate, not sure about your bridge, but your caps lock is stuck on.
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Whooo whooo!
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Glad your insured Andy. Does'nt make you feel much better about the theft though.
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State benifit needs to be a hard cot and a ladder upwards - not a comfy bed.
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Ouch. I feel Savaged
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Damn but that looks enormous fun. Yeah, I'd be up for that!
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and that oil has jumped to $135 a barrel.
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Ah well, I am VAT registered so I would say that. The essential user rebate scheme is for people like Hauliers who spend thousands per week on fuel. Point in case, your wife will have a car that does for sake of argument, 40 mpg. So she will use 5 gallons or 22.5 litres per week getting to work. since diesel went from £1 a litre to £1.30, its costing her £6.75 extra per week. Now compare that with a Haulier running at 44 tonnes. He will do 300 a day or 1500miles a week at 6mpg. So he will use 250 gallons or 1125 litres a week. So his weekly increase has gone up £337.5 per week... And he is having to compete with Belgian Hauliers who have acess to much cheaper fuel. Your Mrs could get a bus, car share, train, more economical car, etc to save fuel. The haulier cannot do anything. The goods still have to be moved.
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Er... Not really. most european country's have several different VAT rates. Ireland has 3 Belgium has 2 France has 2, etc etc And being as fuel duty is highly variable across europe, there's hardly a level playing field.
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Sorry but I wont sign the petition. The price of oil is never going to go down, its time we started organizing our lives around it. What I have signed for is for the government to increase the Vat on diesel and drop the duty, creating an essential user rebate.
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Passat is a very good choice.
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Dont get on her bad side though, She'll bite your head clean off
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Liam, its probably knackered. I'll give you £50 for it.
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I think I could be a contender in that competition.
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Nice pics Tim, particularly the last one. Hows the Jonsered?
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Nice gentle reduction.
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I was a SK8 Action boyee... Perelta deck, old school trucks, and for nice soft wheels we used to buy roller boot wheels.
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Not gay or 'owt...
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Wicked Link, Thanks B2, great find.
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Theives know what they'll get if they come round my place. And you can bury the bodies pretty deep with a 15 tonne excavator. 10 years ago I was broken into in the night, I heard them, then they heard me coming... I let the dogs at them, and gave them both barrels from the 12 bore as they ran away accros the field. Never been bothered since. Mind you, a mad Jamie with a Grunsfors Axe would be pretty damn scary - Way to go Jamie. Let them know you mean business.
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Jas P wilson in Dumfries do them as part of their Botex range. Not cheap...
