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Post by Vortex »

A $10 or so speculator ripple on top of a $125 or so 'base price' is neither here nor there.
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on Fri May 16, 2008 at 3:09 pm, emordnilap wrote:The upstreamonline table shows nine out of eleven prices now over $120.
One week later, on 23 May 2008 at 3:20 pm, all are well over the $120 and five out of the eleven are over $130.
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SunnyJim wrote:It is incredible isn't it? The foundations are being laid for a completely different way of life in 5 years time. All the while the majority are still expecting and waiting for everything to 'recover' and for 'long term' growth to return....

As you say, it's a monumental time in the history of mankind, and as such in the history of this little planet of ours. I'm not sure how to mark it, but I feel I should. I think I'm going to have a big old solstice celebration and mark it with a big speach to the assembled throng. Then I'll slaughter a goat or something.
I find myself thinking about this, well my grandparents had a war to win, my parents had a country to rebuild, and I have this. What worries me is ours might be the first of these 3 generations to fail in the task given it...
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SunnyJim wrote:It is incredible isn't it? The foundations are being laid for a completely different way of life in 5 years time. All the while the majority are still expecting and waiting for everything to 'recover' and for 'long term' growth to return....

As you say, it's a monumental time in the history of mankind, and as such in the history of this little planet of ours. I'm not sure how to mark it, but I feel I should. I think I'm going to have a big old solstice celebration and mark it with a big speach to the assembled throng. Then I'll slaughter a goat or something.
FULL ON!!!!! Fancy doing something with a 400W solar sound system and some appropriate tunes?!

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Hint! Hint! Advert!
Andy Hunt wrote:FULL ON!!!!! Fancy doing something with a 400W solar sound system and some appropriate tunes?
Will it be ready for the Nealy at the Peak Summer Gathering, Andy?

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It sure will!! :D

The only thing I'm lacking is a pedal generator and battery capacity, the former shouldn't be a problem and for the latter I can always nick some of the ones running my house.

Everyone should bring an mp3 player/ipod thingy to ensure a good choice of tunes!
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Andy Hunt wrote:
SunnyJim wrote: I think I'm going to have a big old solstice celebration and mark it with a big speach to the assembled throng. Then I'll slaughter a goat or something.
FULL ON!!!!! Fancy doing something with a 400W solar sound system and some appropriate tunes?!

:wink:
Where are you thinking of doing this? :)
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Eternal Sunshine wrote:
Andy Hunt wrote:
SunnyJim wrote: I think I'm going to have a big old solstice celebration and mark it with a big speach to the assembled throng. Then I'll slaughter a goat or something.
FULL ON!!!!! Fancy doing something with a 400W solar sound system and some appropriate tunes?!

:wink:
Where are you thinking of doing this? :)
On the local village green no doubt. :wink: They need a wake up call, and let's face it, it's the locals I need to convince to get growing stuff and swapping their cars for horses!
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Post by kenneal - lagger »

I see the ticker is on the way up again for the start of the week. Will this be another $5 week I wonder?
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kenneal wrote:I see the ticker is on the way up again for the start of the week. Will this be another $5 week I wonder?
What's wrong with a $7 week Ken? A dollar a day remember. :wink: :)
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I'm not that keen on a higher price, Aurora.
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Post by Totally_Baffled »

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For posterity sake - here is the diesel and petrol graph.

Anyone remember 68p in 2002? :)
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Post by Aurora »

Totally_Baffled wrote: For posterity sake - here is the diesel and petrol graph.

Anyone remember 68p in 2002? :)
Ah, those were the days. Carefree and innocent. :)
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Plot oil the same chart and the petrol/diesel curve would be almost flat.
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Totally_Baffled wrote:Anyone remember 68p in 2002? :)
4/6d a gallon when I were a lad.

That would be about 5p per litre in new-fangled money - but money isn't what it used to be. Motoring is much more affordable now.
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