"I work 2 days just to pay the petrol for my wife and I."
You and Yours R4.
(This was after saying that one reason for them supermarket shopping on-line was to save petrol.)
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Posted 13 years ago #
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Tut-tut. He should have said "for my wife and me". ;-)
Posted 13 years ago # -
I'd love to see some figures around that to convince myself that he isn't talking out of his exhaust pipe.
Posted 13 years ago # -
On a pro rata basis I probably "work 3 days" to pay for my eating costs for the month. These are my "fuel" costs.
It's a completely spurious figure as it depends entirely on what I earn and how much I spend on food. Likewise as pointless as that man's comparison dependent on what he earns and how much petrol he (and his wife) uses.
Posted 13 years ago # -
"I probably "work 3 days" to pay for my eating costs for the month."
Must admit I thought he meant 3 days a week!
3 days a month may well be about 'right'.
Is that 'normal'??
No idea.
He has probably 'worked fewer days', In recent years, to pay the mortgage. Some people are just obsessed with the price of (car) fuel - more than house fuel or body fuel.
No doubt some of them put their right foot down hard when they 'manage' to pass you and put their left foot down (nearly as hard) when they catch up with the traffic they seem to think is their natural habitat.
Posted 13 years ago # -
I hate it when people slam on the clutch.
;-)
Posted 13 years ago # -
"I hate it when people slam on the clutch."
Oops just trying to be 'clever'.
I don't really brake with my left foot - just never actually think about it!!
Posted 13 years ago # -
A colleague who travels from West Lotian into Edinburgh, Monday to Friday, reckons that between him and his wife (who works locally) he now he spends £180 a month on petrol.
Posted 13 years ago # -
I can't say I'm overly sympathetic. People respond to incentives and so, if society as a whole wants to change the way people travel and where they live, it needs to get to a state where a family having 2-3 cars and driving everywhere is not both the cheapest and most convenient option.
It costs about £150 a month just to bus/train to Fife, by the way, and you don't even have the use of a car for all your other journeys. For two people that would be £300 on public transport vs ~ £180 on the car.
Bargain!
Posted 13 years ago #
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