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perempe · 2022-05-23T12:25:09-0400

Kiel, Wisconsin school charges kids for using wrong pronouns

perempe · 2022-05-23T12:30:34-0400

P.S.G. Player Benched for Refusing to Wear Rainbow Jersey

perempe · 2022-05-23T12:34:08-0400

New Aurora Law Fines For Dogs Barking Longer Than 15 Minutes, Puts Limits on Number of Pets in Home

pianozach · 2022-05-23T12:39:10-0400

perempe said:
Thanks to our goverment today I bought pork leg for 1249HUF(/kg).

Without the goverment's support it costs 1699HUF(/kg).

Today, thanks to oil industry greed, I paid $72 to fill up my tank.

perempe · 2022-05-23T13:29:14-0400

How much did you pay before?

pianozach · 2022-05-23T18:21:30-0400

perempe said:
How much did you pay before?

A year ago I might be able to squeeze $50 worth into the tank if it was really really low. I think the car has a maximum tank capacity of 15.9 gallons (roughly 60L).

The cheapest fuel within 10 miles is $5.67/gallon.

Funny, but as we live in a townhome community, all parking on the street taken in the evenings, and for the past couple of years there have been cars that have had their catalytic converters stolen. That continues, but it won't be long before we start seeing gasoline siphoning.

Malx · 2022-05-23T18:32:43-0400

pianozach said:
A year ago I might be able to squeeze $50 worth into the tank if it was really really low. I think the car has a maximum tank capacity of 15.9 gallons (roughly 60L).

The cheapest fuel within 10 miles is $5.67/gallon.

Funny, but as we live in a townhome community, all parking on the street taken in the evenings, and for the past couple of years there have been cars that have had their catalytic converters stolen. That continues, but it won't be long before we start seeing gasoline siphoning.

Don't grumble too much as the best current price for unleaded in my area of Scotland is the equivalent of $7.49 a gallon ( using 1.26 dollars to the pound as a conversion rate).

perempe · 2022-05-24T01:55:59-0400

thanks for the answers.

with goverment support gas & diesel is 480HUF(/l) here, cheaper than in the US. can't believe it.

perempe · 2022-05-28T14:45:37-0400

Olena Zerkal: Ukraine has a powerful lever of influence on Hungary – Druzhba pipeline
She stressed that a separate line of the Druzhba oil pipeline is going to Hungary, and “something may happen” with it.

“And, in my opinion, it would be very appropriate if something happened to it (oil pipeline). But then again, it is in the hands of the government and the president to decide politically whether we really want to speak to Orban in the language he understands and which he imposes on the European Union, or whether we are not ready for that yet,” Zerkal emphasized.

pianozach · 2022-05-28T15:29:40-0400

Scientists discover an ancient forest inside a giant sinkhole in China

The prehistoric trees at the bottom of the pit are almost 130 feet high

LINK to NPR article: Scientists discover an ancient forest inside a giant sinkhole in China