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 Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 06:48 PM |
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Location: Orlando Florida
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| I went to Publix last week and came out with 6 bags of groceries in the cart. I opend my car door and grabbed the first bag, and a Black SUV screeched up and some Men In Black jumped out and grabbed three of my bags. I only had time to yell at them "Hey you guys! I didn't even have a chance to get them home!". Reminds me of my paycheck stub. They take what they want before I even get it home. |
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Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 12:12 AM |
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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In Vancouver, BC I am currently paying $1.43 US/liter. I regularly go over the border into Washington to fill up which saves me about $15 per tank including the 20 minute drive.
American's also have it better for beer/wine prices. In BC we have a liquor tax which adds about $4 to a bottle of wine. I can get a bottle for $2.99 in Bellingham, but the same bottle would cost $7 here. It might be time to try making some moonshine as it's only illegal to sell it here  |
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Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 12:29 AM |
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Location: Bellingham, WA - USA
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The Canadians also come down to buy milk. My question to Steve (mentioned above) was because every time we go to Costco there are several Canadians carting off anywhere from 10 to 20 gallons of milk each. I assume many are also buying for their friends, but still, that's a lot of milk unless you want to take a bath or hose down your driveway with it.
And I'm the only guy who's crossed the border the other way and filled up with gas. It was years ago after we first moved here and I didn't know the liter/gallon conversion factor or currency exchange rate and I just filled up without thinking about it. Until later, which was quite embarrassing. |
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Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 12:39 AM |
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zbaird wrote:
The Canadians also come down to buy milk. My question to Steve (mentioned above) was because every time we go to Costco there are several Canadians carting off anywhere from 10 to 20 gallons of milk each. I assume many are also buying for their friends, but still, that's a lot of milk unless you want to take a bath or hose down your driveway with it.
And I'm the only guy who's crossed the border the other way and filled up with gas. It was years ago after we first moved here and I didn't know the liter/gallon conversion factor or currency exchange rate and I just filled up without thinking about it. Until later, which was quite embarrassing.
Ah yes, I forgot to mention that my wife and I always frequent the Fred Meyer in Bellingham to pick up dairy. Dairy items in the USA are about half price than north of the Border. I pay about $4.80 for 4 litres of milk where I think it's somewhere in the $2 range there. Also a bag of shredded cheese worth about $8 here is about $4-$5 there. Dairy is where we notice the biggest savings. I do sometimes carry a case of beer home and depending on the mood of the border guard, I won't have to pay tax on it.
On another note it seems that the American border guards hate me because they usually grill me pretty good on the way down. But I guess the same probably happens to you guys going the other way too. I remember going into Montana a month ago from the Alberta border and I didn't come to a complete stop at the stop sign before the lane (since the lane was empty). I don't think I'll ever do that again because I was belittled and felt pretty helpless and small after the guard proceeded to tell me how small my IQ was I always take it with a grain of salt though. I'm sure they have a tough job. |
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Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 05:51 AM |
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Location: nr Bundaberg, Australia
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Jeez Bob, groceries must be expensive in the 'States to warrant a grab like that 
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Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 10:44 AM |
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Here in Melbourne, unleaded petrol jumped from $1.41 to $1.589 today. I have an appointment with the banking loans officer tomorrow so I can fill up. |
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Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 04:17 PM |
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Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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| Not sure I've ever seen them jumping so fast here. |
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Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 04:55 PM |
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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| A month ago it was going up more than ten cents a day, but that's per gallon not per liter. Ross' increase would translate to about a 60 cent/gallon rise. That is about what we saw here, but in increments of 10 cents a day. I'd see one price on the way to work, a higher one at lunchtime and another even higher in the evening. Ross' station obviously didn't mark up the stock in the tanks they way they do here, so the increase hit all at once at the next delivery. |
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Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 12:40 AM |
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Location: Orlando Florida
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| The New President can roll back the 18 cent per gallon federal onerous tax some if he wants to rack up massive brownie points with his peeps. |
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Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 01:03 AM |
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Location: Minneapolis
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It's going around the internets that there is no correlation between US crude oil production and domestic gasoline prices. I can picture all the roads and all the railways to Washington are bumper to bumper carrying industrial strength glossy red. This pig needs a whole lot of lipstick.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStor ... e-15967622 |
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Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 01:32 AM |
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Location: Athens, Hellas
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Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 03:45 PM |
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0.5USD for 1 litter of benzene
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