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11-09-2007, 02:12 PM | #2 |
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Was only 106.9p last night for V-Power diesel here.
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11-09-2007, 02:39 PM | #3 | |
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We will, of course, pay double if oil remains at these ridiculously high levels, high oil prices will feed inflation which will in turn mean that interest rates will not fall or may even have to rise. Isn't life fair! So long as those greedy OPEC members make even more money |
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11-09-2007, 02:54 PM | #6 | |
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but i'll get the Vat back so it brings it back to 85p ish so hey ho |
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11-09-2007, 02:58 PM | #7 |
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Was once told by an ex-production manager of a BP refinery that diesel is much cheaper to produce than petrol. So why the difference at the pumps & who is pocketing the difference
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11-09-2007, 03:02 PM | #10 |
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The truth about cars like expensive BMWs is that the depreciation far exceeds the fuel, tyre, servicing costs, etc.
But, .... this is kind of hidden on a daily basis and we justify the cost of that new car because it's just so much better than are current car. (In our minds anyway) But when you see fuel at this price and you know how much is tax it is just hard to stomach. |
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11-09-2007, 03:03 PM | #11 |
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11-09-2007, 03:12 PM | #12 |
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Evening Squeezebm - what's your handicap by the way (golf)!
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11-09-2007, 03:24 PM | #13 |
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Keeps us in subs though Petay ?
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11-09-2007, 04:27 PM | #14 |
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11-09-2007, 04:35 PM | #15 | |
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£1Bn a piece this is alot of money do we really need them or can't we just piggy back of what America has? |
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11-09-2007, 04:37 PM | #16 |
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Yes they are expensive, submarines always will be, I was slightly flippant in saying they are all £1Bn a piece. The first one is, economies of scale will reduce the cost of the later hulls but not by a huge amount. If you think that is expensive, the first of the new generation destroyers (Type 45 for you Navy geeks/groupies) is coming in at about the same. Now that is a waste of money for a 'skimmer'- but please don't quote me on that standing by for flak from Bumps Do we need them? Of course we do, Govt policy says so! If we want a Trident replacement, assuming it is a submarine, we need to keep building them on a continous basis else the manufacturing expertise evaporates and you will never regain it. We are close with the US but not completely reliant. In comparison they have 56 Attack submarines to our 9! Quote:
But of course, who else would spend 50% of the defence budget if it wasn't for the 'gnomes' in Abbeywood! |
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11-09-2007, 05:00 PM | #20 | |
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I am just looking on the royal navy future submarine section of the website. This 'Astute sounds quite a beast can you bring it to the rolling road day! http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.8593 I like the way the first point is you get your own bed! Always good to get priorities in the right order! Seriously really fantastic engineering, just hope we never have to use it for war. |
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11-09-2007, 05:05 PM | #21 | |
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The bed (bunk) thing is amusing, but submariners do like their beauty sleep! Seriously, the boat is 50% bigger than the previous class but the accommodation is actually smaller. Not a problem cos we are roughy toughy types and the extra money makes it all worth while |
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11-09-2007, 06:58 PM | #22 |
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Not really keeping up with things these days but I thought we had a bit of a difference of opinion with the cousins about just how close to the muddy brown water it was sensible to get?
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