Taxes are how the Government pays the bills and you all have more government support
----- Original Message ----- From: "terry jones" <t.w.jo...@ntlworld.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 4:17 PM Subject: Re: KR> Fuel $ >( All amounts in US dollars as converted at today's rate) > > Well, I've just done a check here in the UK, and the average price for > Avgas is $2.10 per LITRE... ordinary unleaded auto petrol (sorry, gas) > cost me today at our local supermarket $1.58 a litre. It cost me $92.20 > to fill my car this afternoon. > yep, we pay through the nose in tax for almost everything here. > 20 cigarettes will take about $8.50 out of the flying fund for every 20 > you buy. > A reasonable bottle of Scotch Whisky well set you back over $22.00.(And > we make it here) > > With taxes like this it's not surprising to see people moaning about the > prices of everything, and I mean EVERYTHING over here. > At the flying club I visit, albeit not as often as I would wish now I am > retired, an hour in a Cessna 152 will cost over $180. > > A belated happy new year to one and all, and all that you wish for > yourselves in 2005 > > Terry Jones, disgruntled of the UK..... > >> >> > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
