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 I'm Jc  Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556  |
so i was reading an article on cnn and it said that a national average of 4 bucks a gallon shouldn't be ruled out later this year.
the national average right now is 3.53 and rising. it's ridiculous. |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:36 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
 gas prices is f**ken ridiculous. |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:36 PM
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 just another girl Group: Member Posts: 490 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 393,136 |
I dont drive yet but yeah. its crazy! I hope it goes down again.
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Apr 23 2008, 06:38 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
San Fransisco is the most expensive city, averaging 3.97
sucks for everyone there, or everyone moving there! (toya) |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:38 PM
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 yo yo yiggidy yo. Group: Official Member Posts: 1,606 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,591 |
this is crazy. my parents used to get the ultimate from bp but when the prices rose, they went down to regular. think the gas prices will be just like how it was in i am legend. it'll be like nine dollars eventually.
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Apr 23 2008, 06:40 PM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 23 2008, 04:38 PM)  San Fransisco is the most expensive city, averaging 3.97 sucks for everyone there, or everyone moving there! (toya) not just san francisco. it's basically the whole bay area in california in general. luckily i go to college elsewhere where it's like $3.60 here. but when i go back home to the bay area on the weekends, it's close to $4.00. |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:42 PM
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Haha, I thought this was an advert when I saw all those leetle dollar signs.
It's even worse in the UK, it's around two and a half times the price Americans are currently paying. What makes it worse for the US, is that the distribution costs are knocking food prices sky high as well. We've noticed groceries over here are increasing in price, but it's worse for that in the US. Doom and gloom. 
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Apr 23 2008, 06:46 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 23 2008, 07:35 PM) so i was reading an article on cnn and it said that a national average of 4 bucks a gallon shouldn't be ruled out later this year. the national average right now is 3.53 and rising. it's ridiculous. We're lookin at more than $4 a gallon in the next two months. We might be reaching $5 a gallon... I think we're payin $114 right now? Wait til it hits $120 a barrel, they're raping us and they're makin all the profits. |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:47 PM
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 <3<3<3<3 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,177 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,779 |
UGH! Chicago is so bad.
I'm out here in the suburbs and I already see $3.71 for the middle pump and $3.99! I can't believe this shit! I feel so bad for my boyfriend, because he drives everywhere for his family and me ): I offer to buy gas but he refuses ): Though his mother pays him usually, but still its ridiculoussssssssssss. |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
It already costs me $65 (give or take) to fill up from empty to full using premium gas... pisses me off.
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Apr 23 2008, 06:49 PM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
at least it's better than Hong Kong, where my dad spends over $100 to fill up his tank.
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Apr 23 2008, 06:50 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
"This year's record high gas prices, coupled with a slow economy and the mortgage crisis, have had a cascading effect. A person making $9 an hour needs to work nearly seven hours just to pay for 15 gallons at $4 a gallon, according to CNN.com's gas calculator."
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Apr 23 2008, 06:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 23 2008, 07:50 PM) "This year's record high gas prices, coupled with a slow economy and the mortgage crisis, have had a cascading effect. A person making $9 an hour needs to work nearly seven hours just to pay for 15 gallons at $4 a gallon, according to CNN.com's gas calculator." =/ This is why we need Obama. You know why? Because we have our own damn oil that for some effed up reason, non of the prior presidents ever cared to open. Instead they'd much rather take oil from another country then tax the ish out of us for it. But Obama's gonna change all that :) |
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Apr 23 2008, 07:21 PM
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 (. .) Group: Official Member Posts: 2,367 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,089 |
we're not paying as much as other countries are paying. and if you were to actually break down the process of turning oil into octane gas that you could use for your car, i think $4.00 is pretty damn cheap.
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Apr 23 2008, 08:17 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I guess it's time for me to get my bike out and be like those dumbasses who bike down the interstate.
There were places up north when we went snowmobiling that would charge $8 a gallon. |
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Apr 23 2008, 08:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 717 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 636,551 |
Omg! I know. I hate the oil prices nowadays. D: Its almost up to $4 bucks in southern California. And it sucks because I have to fill up my tank three times a week, because I drive 200 miles a weekend. So much money falling right outta my pockets. =(
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Apr 23 2008, 08:50 PM
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I saw gas prices for $3.39 yesterday and almost flipped shit. Too bad I really need gas, too.
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Apr 23 2008, 08:54 PM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
Great, by the time I'm able to drive, the prices will probably be over 7 bucks.
 Just like those darn cigs.
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Apr 23 2008, 08:55 PM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
^ Yup, I remember being your age Jane and remembering when gas price use to be like $1.70 only. I miss those days.
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Apr 23 2008, 08:57 PM
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 <(^_^<) DANCE!(>^_^)> Group: Official Member Posts: 1,304 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 586,621 |
QUOTE(LoveToMySilas @ Apr 23 2008, 09:54 PM) Great, by the time I'm able to drive, the prices will probably be over 7 bucks. Just like those darn cigs. poor jane! gas prices are ridiculous... imo minimum wage should increase as much gas prices.. then it might not seem so bad... |
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Apr 23 2008, 08:57 PM
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QUOTE(Reconditee @ Apr 23 2008, 08:40 PM) Omg! I know. I hate the oil prices nowadays. D: Its almost up to $4 bucks in southern California. And it sucks because I have to fill up my tank three times a week, because I drive 200 miles a weekend. So much money falling right outta my pockets. =( you're ugly |
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Apr 23 2008, 09:35 PM
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Last time I filled up (which was last week, Monday, surprisingly), I paid like $3.73 per gallon and it was like $70 to fill up my tank. I remember paying $50 per tank. !@#$%^&*()_
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Apr 23 2008, 09:48 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
Yeah, and my 14 mpg doesn't help either.
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Apr 23 2008, 09:54 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
my 35 mpg helps
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Apr 23 2008, 09:54 PM
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QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 23 2008, 07:54 PM) my 35 mpg helps I need to buy myself a hybrid 
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Apr 23 2008, 09:56 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
i'd rather have a hybrid car than my hybrid suv now, i could be getting twice as much.
but yeah, you need something else. what do you get again? 6 miles a gallon?!? |
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Apr 23 2008, 09:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,645 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,975 |
Lawl. Like 18 or 17. It went up when I got my transmission rebuilt. I think it used to be like 14 or 15.
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Apr 23 2008, 10:10 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I need a different car. A half hour trip uses up about a 1/4 tank of gas for me. My family doesn't want me to get a car, though, because 9 months out of the year there is ice and snow on the ground.
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Apr 23 2008, 10:13 PM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(Elba @ Apr 23 2008, 07:58 PM) Lawl. Like 18 or 17. It went up when I got my transmission rebuilt. I think it used to be like 14 or 15. lol wtf. NO WAI, your Jeep gets that much? The Lexus gets like.. maybe 20 mpg. It sucks, but that's okay. Do you get reg, plus, or premium? Good thing I'm not driving - I don't have to pay for gas. But once I get a car by the end of summer, AUGH gas prices.  btw we went to Mobil the other day and it ws only $3.81/gal for reg. unleaded, but the Arco and Valero was 3.83/gal for reg. WTF. Mobil > Arco and Valero in terms of gasoline quality!
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Apr 23 2008, 10:25 PM
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 AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 23 2008, 06:38 PM) San Fransisco is the most expensive city, averaging 3.97 sucks for everyone there, or everyone moving there! (toya) really? cerritos is like 4.05 ~ 4.10 |
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Apr 23 2008, 10:29 PM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(SkyliteX @ Apr 23 2008, 08:25 PM) really? cerritos is like 4.05 ~ 4.10 La Jolla has like $4.20/gal for premium. and I've only come across two gas stations in La Jolla anyway. So expensive! But there's rich ass people there. |
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Apr 23 2008, 11:03 PM
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GD. <3 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,222 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 198,566 |
QUOTE(SkyliteX @ Apr 23 2008, 08:25 PM) really? cerritos is like 4.05 ~ 4.10 WTF. It's not that expensive. Where the hell do you fill your tank. o0;;;;!!!??? Walker & South, FTW! |
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Apr 24 2008, 12:15 AM
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 The Illustrious Mari C. Group: Member Posts: 586 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 26,671 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 23 2008, 10:54 PM) my 35 mpg helps The car I'm getting does 35 mpg..I use one of my mom's cars & I hate it...it really eats up gas...I just know gas is gonna be 4 bucks a gallon this summer...it sucks |
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Apr 24 2008, 12:32 AM
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 Yawn Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,530 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,772 |
omg, they are ridiculous right now!!!
I think they've risen 20 cents in the past week near my house. It's crazy, i need a bike. |
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Apr 24 2008, 01:06 AM
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AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
QUOTE(agiri @ Apr 23 2008, 11:03 PM) WTF. It's not that expensive. Where the hell do you fill your tank. o0;;;;!!!??? Walker & South, FTW! chevron next to wal mart , chipotle that area where so u go? |
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Apr 24 2008, 09:05 AM
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Thank god I'm not driving anytime soon.
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Apr 24 2008, 09:32 AM
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^ Just means it will be even worse when you finally do start...
QUOTE(S-Majere @ Apr 24 2008, 12:42 AM) Haha, I thought this was an advert when I saw all those leetle dollar signs. It's even worse in the UK, it's around two and a half times the price Americans are currently paying. What makes it worse for the US, is that the distribution costs are knocking food prices sky high as well. We've noticed groceries over here are increasing in price, but it's worse for that in the US. Doom and gloom. I know! Seriously, MAN UP. |
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Apr 24 2008, 10:12 AM
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QUOTE(The-March-Hare @ Apr 24 2008, 10:32 AM) ^ Just means it will be even worse when you finally do start... I know! Seriously, MAN UP. We sort of can't. The dollar value is down and the economy is facing some rough times. |
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Apr 24 2008, 10:21 AM
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QUOTE(Topgun74 @ Apr 24 2008, 11:12 AM) We sort of can't. The dollar value is down and the economy is facing some rough times. The dollar and the pound both. Credit crunch much, James? |
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Apr 24 2008, 10:39 AM
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 Melieized Group: Official Designer Posts: 1,372 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 478,715 |
my mom said in ny it's $3.66
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Apr 24 2008, 05:23 PM
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GD. <3 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,222 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 198,566 |
QUOTE(SkyliteX @ Apr 23 2008, 11:06 PM) chevron next to wal mart , chipotle that area where so u go? chevron on walker and south before the 91E ramp. |
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Apr 24 2008, 05:29 PM
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my car used to fill up on 15 dollars . . . now its double that just to fill it up ;o; and min wage is 5.85. thats f**ked up when a gallon of gas is almost an hourly wage
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Apr 24 2008, 05:53 PM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(Heathasm @ Apr 24 2008, 03:29 PM) my car used to fill up on 15 dollars . . . now its double that just to fill it up ;o; and min wage is 5.85. thats f**ked up when a gallon of gas is almost an hourly wage lol it's like $50 to fill up my boyfriend's car, and it's an Inline4, and can hold 13 gallons. D: |
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Apr 24 2008, 06:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,645 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,975 |
I just filled up my car today. $3.81 per gallon
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Apr 24 2008, 06:05 PM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(Elba @ Apr 24 2008, 04:01 PM) I just filled up my car today. $3.81 per gallon Just be glad you're not pumping premium D: |
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Apr 24 2008, 08:43 PM
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i think it was last week i saw that someone had paid $100 for gas. it's ridiculous!
even out here in the middle of nowhere it's skyrocketing. =[ |
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Apr 24 2008, 09:55 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I don't fill up at the pump
 Because we have our own gas here, so I'm not too sure what it comes out to. I'm sure I could do the math if I felt like it.
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Apr 24 2008, 10:10 PM
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yo yo yiggidy yo. Group: Official Member Posts: 1,606 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,591 |
omg, i am never filling up the tank for my mom's suv ever again.
 i filled it up for her today because she was running late and it was like $60, before we'd spend like $50. that makes me mad.
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Apr 24 2008, 10:20 PM
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At least it's not as expensive as it's in Europe.
They pay by the liter. |
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Apr 26 2008, 10:16 AM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
No matter what, gas costs approximately one testicle.
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