Fuel prices aren't dropping
#21
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Re: Fuel prices aren't dropping
Why you people don't go metric is beyond me!
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BBO
john wrote:
>
> nope, imperial gallon is 4 quarts but imperail quarts are 40 onces ))
>
> hehe,
>
> -john
>
> Bob P wrote:
>
> > Also, 160 ounces minus 128 ounces = 32 ounces, 32 ounces = 1 quart,
> > therefore, like I said, the Imperial gallon is larger than the US gallon
> > (5qts vs 4qts)
> >
> > BobP
> >
> > "john" <rsx18@mistralaero.com> wrote in message
> > news:3EFE230B.7080103@mistralaero.com...
> >
> >>hmmm..................
> >>
> >>I though 160 onces / 128 onces = 1.25
> >>and 128 onces / 160 onces = 0.80
> >>
> >>I though the onces were the same no matter
> >>imperial or US
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-john
> >>
> >>rick nelson wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Bob P wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hey, I just thought of something....isn't the Imperial gallon larger
> >>>>
> > than
> >
> >>>>the US gallon? Like 5 quarts instead of 4 quarts for ours....
> >>>>
> >>>>BobP
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> An Imperial gallon is 1.20095 US gallons.
> >>>
> >>>rick
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
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BBO
john wrote:
>
> nope, imperial gallon is 4 quarts but imperail quarts are 40 onces ))
>
> hehe,
>
> -john
>
> Bob P wrote:
>
> > Also, 160 ounces minus 128 ounces = 32 ounces, 32 ounces = 1 quart,
> > therefore, like I said, the Imperial gallon is larger than the US gallon
> > (5qts vs 4qts)
> >
> > BobP
> >
> > "john" <rsx18@mistralaero.com> wrote in message
> > news:3EFE230B.7080103@mistralaero.com...
> >
> >>hmmm..................
> >>
> >>I though 160 onces / 128 onces = 1.25
> >>and 128 onces / 160 onces = 0.80
> >>
> >>I though the onces were the same no matter
> >>imperial or US
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-john
> >>
> >>rick nelson wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Bob P wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hey, I just thought of something....isn't the Imperial gallon larger
> >>>>
> > than
> >
> >>>>the US gallon? Like 5 quarts instead of 4 quarts for ours....
> >>>>
> >>>>BobP
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> An Imperial gallon is 1.20095 US gallons.
> >>>
> >>>rick
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
#22
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Re: Fuel prices aren't dropping
"SwashBuckle" <D231@mygoatfseltd.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> The situation is getting close here in the UK.....those on national
medical,
> when they go to see a doc get told take a couple of paraceptomol 4 times a
> day. That's now the extent of our doctor training. At least when you pay
you
> expect more than that and if you dont get it you can complain.
>
> Plus you are not going to the docs every week, I hope, so the comparison
is
> irrelevant. Most here are filling up at least once per week at £45 a time.
>
> mini
>
This is true Mini, you cant compare our Fuel prices to the visit to the
doctors, alot of people in the UK have private insurance anyway, I know I
do, and the only time you would need the NHS is in a time of Emergency, and
this is FREE in the states as well, ie run over by a car or heart attack..
I will trade my fuel prices, and motoring costs with you and then pay for my
healthcare anytime.
Not only do we pay 4x the amount for fuel, we also have to pay £200.00 pa to
drive on the roads, thats $280.00 in your money, then we have to pay MOT
every year at £40.00 then insurance etc etc etc.
I fill up every week and costs me £50.00 thats £200.00 per month taken
straight off my salary to get too work, you also earn more money then we do
on av. Your house prices are also far far cheaper. Dont even get me started
on that.
And you can go to Red Lobster and have a ALL YOU CAN EAT night of Snow crab
legs for $11.00, you trying getting that over here
Ronny
#23
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Re: Fuel prices aren't dropping
Oh sure... Then I suppose 75% fuel taxes, government nannyism, blah
blah blah would be next!
The US built the world's greatest economy without the steenkin' metric
system and in fact, when one looks back... Our problems sorta began when
we sorta started to compromise.
Grrrrrrrr
JT
BBO wrote:
>
> Why you people don't go metric is beyond me!
>
> --
> BBO
>
> john wrote:
> >
> > nope, imperial gallon is 4 quarts but imperail quarts are 40 onces ))
> >
> > hehe,
> >
> > -john
> >
> > Bob P wrote:
> >
> > > Also, 160 ounces minus 128 ounces = 32 ounces, 32 ounces = 1 quart,
> > > therefore, like I said, the Imperial gallon is larger than the US gallon
> > > (5qts vs 4qts)
> > >
> > > BobP
> > >
> > > "john" <rsx18@mistralaero.com> wrote in message
> > > news:3EFE230B.7080103@mistralaero.com...
> > >
> > >>hmmm..................
> > >>
> > >>I though 160 onces / 128 onces = 1.25
> > >>and 128 onces / 160 onces = 0.80
> > >>
> > >>I though the onces were the same no matter
> > >>imperial or US
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>-john
> > >>
> > >>rick nelson wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Bob P wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Hey, I just thought of something....isn't the Imperial gallon larger
> > >>>>
> > > than
> > >
> > >>>>the US gallon? Like 5 quarts instead of 4 quarts for ours....
> > >>>>
> > >>>>BobP
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>> An Imperial gallon is 1.20095 US gallons.
> > >>>
> > >>>rick
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
> > >
--
Regards,
JT (Residing in Austin, Texas)
Just Tooling Down The Internet Superhighway With my G4.......
blah blah would be next!
The US built the world's greatest economy without the steenkin' metric
system and in fact, when one looks back... Our problems sorta began when
we sorta started to compromise.
Grrrrrrrr
JT
BBO wrote:
>
> Why you people don't go metric is beyond me!
>
> --
> BBO
>
> john wrote:
> >
> > nope, imperial gallon is 4 quarts but imperail quarts are 40 onces ))
> >
> > hehe,
> >
> > -john
> >
> > Bob P wrote:
> >
> > > Also, 160 ounces minus 128 ounces = 32 ounces, 32 ounces = 1 quart,
> > > therefore, like I said, the Imperial gallon is larger than the US gallon
> > > (5qts vs 4qts)
> > >
> > > BobP
> > >
> > > "john" <rsx18@mistralaero.com> wrote in message
> > > news:3EFE230B.7080103@mistralaero.com...
> > >
> > >>hmmm..................
> > >>
> > >>I though 160 onces / 128 onces = 1.25
> > >>and 128 onces / 160 onces = 0.80
> > >>
> > >>I though the onces were the same no matter
> > >>imperial or US
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>-john
> > >>
> > >>rick nelson wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Bob P wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Hey, I just thought of something....isn't the Imperial gallon larger
> > >>>>
> > > than
> > >
> > >>>>the US gallon? Like 5 quarts instead of 4 quarts for ours....
> > >>>>
> > >>>>BobP
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>> An Imperial gallon is 1.20095 US gallons.
> > >>>
> > >>>rick
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
> > >
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Regards,
JT (Residing in Austin, Texas)
Just Tooling Down The Internet Superhighway With my G4.......
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Re: Fuel prices aren't dropping
"JETman" <jetassoc@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> Ron wrote:
> >
> > "SwashBuckle" <D231@mygoatfseltd.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:bdm2q8$fie$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > > The situation is getting close here in the UK.....those on national
> > medical,
> > > when they go to see a doc get told take a couple of paraceptomol 4
times a
> > > day. That's now the extent of our doctor training. At least when you
pay
> > you
> > > expect more than that and if you dont get it you can complain.
> > >
> > > Plus you are not going to the docs every week, I hope, so the
comparison
> > is
> > > irrelevant. Most here are filling up at least once per week at £45 a
time.
> > >
> > > mini
> > >
> >
> > This is true Mini, you cant compare our Fuel prices to the visit to the
> > doctors, alot of people in the UK have private insurance anyway, I know
I
> > do, and the only time you would need the NHS is in a time of Emergency,
and
> > this is FREE in the states as well, ie run over by a car or heart
attack..
> >
> > I will trade my fuel prices, and motoring costs with you and then pay
for my
> > healthcare anytime.
> >
>
>
> Damned! How refreshing to hear someone from the UK see the "light!"
>
>
>
> > Not only do we pay 4x the amount for fuel, we also have to pay £200.00
pa to
> > drive on the roads, thats $280.00 in your money, then we have to pay MOT
> > every year at £40.00 then insurance etc etc etc.
> >
>
>
> And all of that money is probably paying for the salaries of bureaucrats
> that are lazy, rude, and worth their weight in cow dung. Makes your
> blood boil, eh?
>
>
>
> > I fill up every week and costs me £50.00 thats £200.00 per month taken
> > straight off my salary to get too work, you also earn more money then we
do
> > on av. Your house prices are also far far cheaper. Dont even get me
started
> > on that.
> >
> > And you can go to Red Lobster and have a ALL YOU CAN EAT night of Snow
crab
> > legs for $11.00, you trying getting that over here
> >
>
>
> Well, I for one consider the Red Lobster a ripoff but over here we have
> a place called the Golden Corral where you can eat all you can stuff in
> your gut including pizza, meatloaf, steak, fried or baked chicken, tons
> of veggies and salad for less than $10 per person. (Since I'm a
> "senior," I get there at about five minutes before 4 p.m. and pay just
> under $5 for the whole thang!)
>
> You'd love it here.
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> JT (Residing in Austin, Texas)
>
> Just Tooling Down The Internet Superhighway With my G4.......
I do love it there JT, Holiday in Florida every year, just can't pull myself
away, and hate going home :P
Ronny
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 12:27:10 GMT, "Ron" <ron@ron10.com> wrote:
>
This is way OT for a.a.a-r please cease crossposting it to this group
TIA
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This is way OT for a.a.a-r please cease crossposting it to this group
TIA
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and how are we supposed to know which group you are talking about? )
hehe..
-john
Catman wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 12:27:10 GMT, "Ron" <ron@ron10.com> wrote:
>
>
> This is way OT for a.a.a-r please cease crossposting it to this group
> TIA
>
>
hehe..
-john
Catman wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 12:27:10 GMT, "Ron" <ron@ron10.com> wrote:
>
>
> This is way OT for a.a.a-r please cease crossposting it to this group
> TIA
>
>
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(top post corrected)
>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 12:27:10 GMT, "Ron" <ron@ron10.com> wrote:
>> This is way OT for a.a.a-r please cease crossposting it to this group
>> TIA
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:55:24 -0400, john <rsx18@mistralaero.com> wrote:
> and how are we supposed to know which group you are talking about? )
> hehe..
> -john
I don't know how you'll figure it out, but the rest of us will merely have
to check the headers of the message he was responding to, where we find
a.a.a-r to be alt.autos.alfa-romeo.
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>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 12:27:10 GMT, "Ron" <ron@ron10.com> wrote:
>> This is way OT for a.a.a-r please cease crossposting it to this group
>> TIA
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:55:24 -0400, john <rsx18@mistralaero.com> wrote:
> and how are we supposed to know which group you are talking about? )
> hehe..
> -john
I don't know how you'll figure it out, but the rest of us will merely have
to check the headers of the message he was responding to, where we find
a.a.a-r to be alt.autos.alfa-romeo.
--
Mark
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Bob P schrieb am Sat, 28 Jun 2003 17:57:13 GMT:
> Can you imagine going to the Doctor and it costing $80.00 per visit?
> (approx 48 GBP), well that's what you'd be charged here .
Can you imageine paying 400 EUR for not even going once to a doctor?
Markus
> Can you imagine going to the Doctor and it costing $80.00 per visit?
> (approx 48 GBP), well that's what you'd be charged here .
Can you imageine paying 400 EUR for not even going once to a doctor?
Markus
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Re: Fuel prices aren't dropping
America has the greatest medical system in the world - bar none.
I've worked with physicians in several metropolitan hospitals, and the
number of foreign politicos & illuminati under their care was impressive.
Why do these foreigners come to America for their health care? It is better
and cheaper than their nation's own health care system.
I believe America's biggest problem with our healthcare system are the
disconnects between "payment vs. service rendered" and "value vs. customer
service".
Every American knows the frustration of receiving a $385 bill for a
radiologist they never met and can not rightly understand (or appreciate)
the "value" associated with that heinous invoice.
Also, our hospitals are becoming like all American service institutions -
there is absolutely no sense of "customer service". If you walked into a
car dealership intending to spend $67,000, you will be treated like a god.
But, walk into a hospital for a hip replacement, and even the nurses have
the "do as I say" attitude.
I think healthcare has been corrupted by third-party payers where either the
government or some insurance company pays the bills. The medical
professionals give their allegiance to whomsoever directly pays the bill -
and they get paid directly by the insurance company or government, not the
insured. This displaced allegiance has grievous effects on our health care
system.
If you want to see how medicine used to work, look at what happens in
private clinics and elective surgery facilities - these doctors & practices
must earn their patients. They serve good coffee, have comfortable
furniture, and keep management overhead low. If their patients do not have
a good experience, they will never see them again.
95% of women who receive breast implants say they would do it again and 85%
of cosmetic surgery patients are "extremely satisfied" with these painful,
expensive, and first-party-paid procedures. That is because their surgeon
knows how to treat the patient - they get top-notch service, have a
comfortable environment, and get exactly the service they expect.
Vascular and neuro surgeons do not remotely approach this level of patient
satisfaction - and their services are literally "life saving"!
We even complain about an $80 office visit!
We need to re-think how we pay for our medical care because we should lower
our expectations while paying more with our current political and social
perspectives on medicine.
We want something for nothing, so we insist that government pay for our
healthcare all the while misunderstanding where our government gets its
money... from us!
Pretty soon, American doctors may very well work for the federal government
and we will get hospital systems that operate like our public school
systems - inadequate, over-paid, over staffed, under-performing, and
unaccountable.
Of course, this is just my opinion, but my experiences have taught me that
few people understand what is happening with our healthcare system and what
long-term philosophy we're adopting when it comes to healthcare.
Other than this, I have no feelings on the subject... sarcasm.
********************
Michael Fisher
********************
"Markus Becker" <yetimb4u@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Bob P schrieb am Sat, 28 Jun 2003 17:57:13 GMT:
>
> > Can you imagine going to the Doctor and it costing $80.00 per visit?
> > (approx 48 GBP), well that's what you'd be charged here .
>
> Can you imageine paying 400 EUR for not even going once to a doctor?
>
> Markus
I've worked with physicians in several metropolitan hospitals, and the
number of foreign politicos & illuminati under their care was impressive.
Why do these foreigners come to America for their health care? It is better
and cheaper than their nation's own health care system.
I believe America's biggest problem with our healthcare system are the
disconnects between "payment vs. service rendered" and "value vs. customer
service".
Every American knows the frustration of receiving a $385 bill for a
radiologist they never met and can not rightly understand (or appreciate)
the "value" associated with that heinous invoice.
Also, our hospitals are becoming like all American service institutions -
there is absolutely no sense of "customer service". If you walked into a
car dealership intending to spend $67,000, you will be treated like a god.
But, walk into a hospital for a hip replacement, and even the nurses have
the "do as I say" attitude.
I think healthcare has been corrupted by third-party payers where either the
government or some insurance company pays the bills. The medical
professionals give their allegiance to whomsoever directly pays the bill -
and they get paid directly by the insurance company or government, not the
insured. This displaced allegiance has grievous effects on our health care
system.
If you want to see how medicine used to work, look at what happens in
private clinics and elective surgery facilities - these doctors & practices
must earn their patients. They serve good coffee, have comfortable
furniture, and keep management overhead low. If their patients do not have
a good experience, they will never see them again.
95% of women who receive breast implants say they would do it again and 85%
of cosmetic surgery patients are "extremely satisfied" with these painful,
expensive, and first-party-paid procedures. That is because their surgeon
knows how to treat the patient - they get top-notch service, have a
comfortable environment, and get exactly the service they expect.
Vascular and neuro surgeons do not remotely approach this level of patient
satisfaction - and their services are literally "life saving"!
We even complain about an $80 office visit!
We need to re-think how we pay for our medical care because we should lower
our expectations while paying more with our current political and social
perspectives on medicine.
We want something for nothing, so we insist that government pay for our
healthcare all the while misunderstanding where our government gets its
money... from us!
Pretty soon, American doctors may very well work for the federal government
and we will get hospital systems that operate like our public school
systems - inadequate, over-paid, over staffed, under-performing, and
unaccountable.
Of course, this is just my opinion, but my experiences have taught me that
few people understand what is happening with our healthcare system and what
long-term philosophy we're adopting when it comes to healthcare.
Other than this, I have no feelings on the subject... sarcasm.
********************
Michael Fisher
********************
"Markus Becker" <yetimb4u@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:bdrt78$vmpi7$1@ID-30313.news.dfncis.de...
> Bob P schrieb am Sat, 28 Jun 2003 17:57:13 GMT:
>
> > Can you imagine going to the Doctor and it costing $80.00 per visit?
> > (approx 48 GBP), well that's what you'd be charged here .
>
> Can you imageine paying 400 EUR for not even going once to a doctor?
>
> Markus