How have rising fuel prices changed your behaviour?

Not in the slightest.

If anything, my stable of vehicles has got thirstier - on the car side
I've gained a turbo and on the bike side an environmental disaster to
rival the Exxon Valdez.

I did go through a couple of months of turning off electrical appliances
around the flat, but the meter readings only dropped by a unit (which is
what, 9p or so?) a day so I gave up bothering.

Have groceries got more expensive? I never really look at the receipts,
just the bottom line at the end of the month and that's looking
relatively rosy these days, inflation or no.

But to put prices in perspective, I noticed in Gran Canaria last week
that petrol was something like 85 cents a litre which is, what, 68p?
That's half the price of Evian!

 

Here's a tip: Leave home 10 minutes later.

 

Not as much fun as driving at a steady 120 though.

 

This is true, but on my commute you have no chance of cruising at a
steady 120.

 

Personal recollection of the actual monetary values involved in those
days (especially the 70s) - collections of statistics do not tell the
whole truth.

Ime, official inflation figures were always a bit fishy, as was the
average industrial wage.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"A scone and tea at half past three
Makes the day a little brighter
Keep your cakes and fancy tarts
And stick them up your shiter."

 

It's bloody authoritive as far as I'm concerned. I recall hooting with
laughter at the 'official' figures, as do many other people.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"A scone and tea at half past three
Makes the day a little brighter
Keep your cakes and fancy tarts
And stick them up your shiter."

 

Dave is a nice bloke and all but really doesn't have a fucking clue.
Age, unfortunately, does not bring wisdom.

 

Didn't one newspaper once use the "Mars bar index"? They looked at the
price of the product since 1945. I can't remember if they bothered to
look at the change in weight as well.

 

The pair of yis can **** off, I know what I know.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"A scone and tea at half past three
Makes the day a little brighter
Keep your cakes and fancy tarts
And stick them up your shiter."

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Grimly Curmudgeon

And there readers, in a nutshell, is the "Irish Problem" explained.