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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 03/17/2004 : 11:16:26
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Hmm cigarettes up 8p,beer up 1p.
Good job I smoke rollies
No more nights out though.
The budget affected anyone else this severely?
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2004 : 12:54:25
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after 10 years of heavy smoking i passed from marlboros to winstons (3.50 to 2.40 euros).beer is free for me here(siena)due to accumulated favours.hard times for barflies.
 join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2004 : 13:00:16
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2.40 euros for a packet of ciggies,bloody hell we have to pay up to £4.75 in the uk,roughly just over 7 euros
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2004 : 13:08:50
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yep but they are only winstons.
join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2004 : 13:15:49
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Originally posted by mun chien andalusia
after 10 years of heavy smoking i passed from marlboros to winstons (3.50 to 2.40 euros).beer is free for me here(siena)due to accumulated favours.hard times for barflies.
join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
Which kind of favours, Buddy?
I’m not sure what this could mean / I don’t think you’re what you seem / I do admit to myself / That if I hurt someone else / Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be |
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2004 : 13:23:31
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Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
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Originally posted by mun chien andalusia
after 10 years of heavy smoking i passed from marlboros to winstons (3.50 to 2.40 euros).beer is free for me here(siena)due to accumulated favours.hard times for barflies.
join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
Which kind of favours, Buddy?
I’m not sure what this could mean / I don’t think you’re what you seem / I do admit to myself / That if I hurt someone else / Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be
i know what you are thinking of.it's not what you think.i just make the flyers for the pub i usually go to and they pay me in beer
PS:heil to the French Fanatic (your new nick.i'm the Greek Geek according to Mad Dawg.he's getting better and better)
join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
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Posted - 03/18/2004 : 03:09:50
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i think the 1p a pint increase in beer is going to hit me the most.
ouch!
home in NZ, a pack of ciggies is NZ$5-6, which is about £2...
i honestly don't see how the english can afford to smoke...
if only it actually put people off instead of just making the government millions....
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
3575 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 04:40:38
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Yeah, I am attempting to give up...doing quite well at giving up buying them...but I usually smoke ollies any how. much better.
Beer increase is disgusting.
And they are giving old people an extra £100!!! and they are *still* moaning!!!
They need to work out council tax to coincide with how much you earn. the way it works now is ridiculous.
Boys go to Jupiter, Get more stupider,
Girls go to Mars, Become rock stars
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 05:26:50
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Originally posted by mun chien andalusia
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Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
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Originally posted by mun chien andalusia
after 10 years of heavy smoking i passed from marlboros to winstons (3.50 to 2.40 euros).beer is free for me here(siena)due to accumulated favours.hard times for barflies.
join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
Which kind of favours, Buddy?
I’m not sure what this could mean / I don’t think you’re what you seem / I do admit to myself / That if I hurt someone else / Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be
i know what you are thinking of.it's not what you think.i just make the flyers for the pub i usually go to and they pay me in beer
PS:heil to the French Fanatic (your new nick.i'm the Greek Geek according to Mad Dawg.he's getting better and better)
join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
Perhaps he will sell me a swastika with French Fanatic written on it. Or "ff", using the same letters as SS. He has the know how...
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
871 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 06:45:06
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There was some discussion today in my local paper about the budget. A typical local family was asked to comment and they said it did nothing for them (which is probably correct) but they also stated that the diesel price rise would hit them in ‘a big way’.
Apparently they drive 160 miles in an average week. One would assume that their car must do at least 45 miles to the gallon. Therefore they buy 3.5 gallons a week = 16.5 litres. The price rise was 1.9p/litre. This equates to 31p a week and a grand total of £16.12 extra for the year. I’m thinking of writing to the paper and suggesting that the family buys one less bag of crisps a week to help pay for this outrageous fuel increase.
I wish people would complain about real injustices rather than trivialities like this.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 13:06:45
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i dunno why i chose this thread to say this, but it's been bugging me for ages and i dunno how everyone else can ignore it.
mun chien andalusia, please put spaces after your fullstops and commas! 
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 13:23:44
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Originally posted by PixieSteve
i dunno why i chose this thread to say this, but it's been bugging me for ages and i dunno how everyone else can ignore it.
mun chien andalusia, please put spaces after your fullstops and commas!
I joined the Cult of Pi / Because it's cool
i don't agree,no spaces and no capital letters is sooooo "greek geek".i love that nick,reminds me of a greek guy i met in lapony.he told me he came there because his favourite movie was "the lovers of the polar circle" or something like that.a spanish film.he was with a dutch girl(not his girlfriend i think),renting the same chalet as me and my two buddies.of course,he had a video tape of the above quoted film.of course we watched it.while watching this film,the guy was shooting it with his camera (the film on the telly).he asked us about paris,and i told him that the parisian girls were a bunch of bitches who wanted to fuck me because my daddy is rich.he asked us if he could interview us with his camera,we agreed and pulled our t-shirts over our faces,saying that we were pretty famous in france and didn't want to be recognized.i never laughed as much as that evening.
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 14:57:12
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Originally posted by GypsyDeath
And they are giving old people an extra £100!!! and they are *still* moaning!!!
Boys go to Jupiter, Get more stupider,
Girls go to Mars, Become rock stars
Wanna fuck and fight in the basement?
Old people moan, it's what they do.
Really they serve no purpose to soceity so they should be shipped off to....Burkina Faso? when they reach the status of "Pensioner"
It'll be good for the economy believe me.
Sales of jigsaws and sponge cake might plummet though
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 03/18/2004 : 15:39:37
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Originally posted by bedrock_barney
There was some discussion today in my local paper about the budget. A typical local family was asked to comment and they said it did nothing for them (which is probably correct) but they also stated that the diesel price rise would hit them in ‘a big way’.
Apparently they drive 160 miles in an average week. One would assume that their car must do at least 45 miles to the gallon. Therefore they buy 3.5 gallons a week = 16.5 litres. The price rise was 1.9p/litre. This equates to 31p a week and a grand total of £16.12 extra for the year. I’m thinking of writing to the paper and suggesting that the family buys one less bag of crisps a week to help pay for this outrageous fuel increase.
Or walk more...
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 19:37:58
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Originally posted by PixieSteve
i dunno why i chose this thread to say this, but it's been bugging me for ages and i dunno how everyone else can ignore it.
mun chien andalusia, please put spaces after your fullstops and commas!
I joined the Cult of Pi / Because it's cool
i don't know why do you want me to do this but i'll try to remember it since it bugs you
join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 03/19/2004 : 12:13:51
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well, because that's how english is written. you want to write in english, yeah?
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 20:51:00
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Shoot. I figure enough of us ignore crappy grammar and awful spelling to allow mun chien a little room to breathe. There are plenty of *native* English speakers on this forum that take some crazy liberties with the written word.
Please ignore me too if this is all just a bunch of funnin' and you don't really mean to be pickin' at nits. I mean, it's not like he's typing in ALL CAPS or anything....
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 21:04:05
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2004 : 05:16:27
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 03/22/2004 : 07:11:04
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Originally posted by PixieSteve
it annoys me, give me some room to breathe and express myself *cry*
You can express yourself with the swimmer on the pixies forum...
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 03/22/2004 : 10:13:53
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Now seriously i swear that in 20 years of writing and reading i had never noticed that when typing i should use spaces after fullstops and commas. After thorough investigation i found out that this is the correct typing for all languages and that unfortunately Pixiesteve was right. I must have skipped that particular lesson at school i guess. Anyway thanks Adnan, Floop and Apl for the support. Afterconsideringnotusingsfullstopsandcommasatall or limit my posts in single phrase slogans i decided to make Pixiesteve happy and try typing in a more conventional way.
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