Look what I found! expsure date is today!

[stembaughphotography]

The sign is there but the station is gone!

[KenPapai]

helpful:

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00PCRy

 

Di nada...

[stembaughphotography]

Thank you Ken! I didn't realize that. Will remember for future reference. I just don't post very frequently here! Again Thanx!

[lex_jenkins]

The 511 pixel width limit is primarily directed toward images posted inline with discussion threads. This is to minimize sidescrolling, covering up sidebars, and forcing people on slow dialup connections to wade through photos. Linked photos don't present these specific problems, tho' they too should be kept to a reasonable size. Sometimes a larger photo helps to illustrate a point better than a small JPEG, such as problems with optical flaws.

 

Here's one from my favorite local station, the semi-famous petrified wood Texaco station in Decatur, Texas. That's 15 and 1/10 cents per gallon.<div></div>

[mohir_ali]

I just bought gas this morning in Doha, 0.70QR/l = $0.73/gal

[lex_jenkins]

In the U.S. more than half the price of gas is taxation. Since taxation is a percentage rather than a fixed amount, we're essentially paying skyrocketing taxes piggybacked onto the actual price of gas. This is perilously close to taxation without representation, since there's little accountability for this type of taxation. I suspect this is true for much of the world.

 

But, as usual, I digress...

[Barry Thomas]

In the UK we are paying around 9 of your US dollars for one of your US gallons (diesel). When you reach that level, carry on whining! On the other hand, we don't need health insurance. You pays yer money, you takes yer choice.

[stsva]

"On the other hand, we don't need health insurance. "

 

Free health coverage - now there's a deal. Good thing no one has to pay for that.

[James G. Dainis]

Yesterday the price of crude oil was $117 per barrel. That is about $2.78 per gallon of crude before it is shipped, refined to gasoline, reshipped and sold with a profit margin.

[Barry Thomas]

<p>Hey, nobody invented the free lunch since I last looked, however:</p>

 

<p># In 2005, the United States spent 16 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health care. It is projected that the percentage will reach 20 percent by 2016. (<i>Poisal, J.A., et al, Health Spending Projections Through 2016: Modest Changes Obscure Part D?s Impact. Health Affairs (21 February 2007): W242-253.</i>)</p>

 

<p># Although nearly 47 million Americans are uninsured, the United States spends more on health care than other industrialized nations, and those countries provide health insurance to all their citizens. (<i>California Health Care Foundation. Health Care Costs 101 ? 2005. 02 March 2005. <a href="http://www.chcf.org/">http://www.chcf.org/</a></i>)</p>

 

<p># Health care spending accounted for 10.9 percent of the GDP in Switzerland, 10.7 percent in Germany, 9.7 percent in Canada and 9.5 percent in France, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (<i>Pear, R.. ?U.S. Health Care Spending Reaches All-Time High: 15% of GDP.? The New York Times, 9 January 2004, 3.</i>)</p>

 

<p>Info from <a href="www.nchc.org">www.nchc.org</a></p>

 

<p>"<i>You pays yer money, you takes yer choice.</i>"</p>

[James G. Dainis]

I forgot to mention that when I lived in Puerto Rico, gasoline was sold by the liter, about 1/4th of a gallon. That made me feel better even when gasoline was about $2.50 a gallon.<P>

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Note: Exxon is still called Esso in most Latin American countries.

[kev_400d]

I can't believe US citizens are complaining about tax on fuel. In the UK about 85% of the price is Tax!

 

We have the price of (fuel + duty) * VAT yep that's right we have to pay tax on the tax! I paid GBP 1.22 ($ 2.40) today for a litre that?s GBP 85 (USD168) for a tank!