Passing for Pro's ^^

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:19 am

Forget the money, the one thing that really puts you off driving in the UK is the traffic. Going up to the Bearded Snot took me 7 1/2 hours to drive less than 250 miles. Almost all of which was stuck in jams inspite of me avoiding the worst of the traffic.

Worth it though

Skummy · Post by **Skummy** » Sat May 31, 2003 3:01 pm

Deathwing wrote:Hey..how come I've been posting about train fares and petrol prices on a whole different thread?
FWIW, our cheapest unleaded 'gas' works out around $4.75 per us gallon.
Average high street prices would bump that over $5.

And imagine, us Americans complain if it gets over $2.00 a gallon...

Asperon Thorn · Post by **Asperon Thorn** » Sat May 31, 2003 3:05 pm

In California it was just recently over $2.00 per gallon, and we were in an uproar. Now it is back down to $1.50, and while we are still not happy about it, a 25% price reduction is pretty good.

Asperon Thorn

Skummy · Post by **Skummy** » Sat May 31, 2003 3:09 pm

1.50!?!?! Now I'm sure the oil companies are fixing the price. It's still $1.70 over here, and gas prices are always lower on the East coast.

wesleytj · Post by **wesleytj** » Sat May 31, 2003 5:11 pm

actually as i said it's always pretty much cheapest in the midwest because of the ethanol. it's about 1.25 or so here.

coldsteel · Post by **coldsteel** » Sat May 31, 2003 9:59 pm

wesleytj wrote:actually as i said it's always pretty much cheapest in the midwest because of the ethanol. it's about 1.25 or so here.

Must be nice. It's been about $1.40-$1.50 here in Oklahoma, and we have THE Conoco refinery just south of town...

Back to the topic, Toby seems to feel it works, but it's a one-trick pony. Once everyone sees it done once, they send someone to deal with it and concentrate on scoring.

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 7:37 pm

There's really no downside to this strat.

You sent 2 catchers down low to sack their trower or intercept the pass. As soon as the ball is out or range you leave them lurking back there.

It gives you one Breakaway Touchdown every 4 kicks you take, that helps a lot because humans make a lot of mistakes on offence.

Dark Lord (retired) · Sun Jun 01, 2003 11:18 pm

You also gotta remember that we Americans drive the big old SUV's and gas guzzling muscle cars...why, I don't know.

And, shush, Toby, you act like you started this thread or something!

Xtreme · Post by **Xtreme** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:05 am

This thread had just started to get interesting and then Toby had to come back.

vorner23 · Post by **vorner23** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 4:14 am

I used to have a car.... it was blue and shiny.

duff · Post by **duff** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 6:35 am

Living in Melbourne (the city covering the largest amount of ground in the world

also does things to your sence of space. One edge seems closer to other cities than it does to the other side. On the bright side it only costs a little under $4 to catch a string of busses around the city all day (but it won't let you cross the middle!

Dark Lord (retired) · Post by **Dark Lord (retired)** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 7:07 am

Actually, the aussies are way worse off than us country boys in America.
You are getting absolutely NO major cups down under. That's a shame. They need to give you an annual Koala Kup or something. Or the Walkabout Weekend or the Didjeridoo Death Bowl or the Croc Cup or the Outback Open or the...well, you get the idea.

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 12:10 pm

I heard a rumour that GW Austrailia dropped the ball on that one - they don't like BB so didn't want to do a tourney.