View Full Version : Look at this picture and cry


climacus
07-01-2008, 11:50 PM
http://transit.toronto.on.ca/images/streetcar-4000-01.jpg

To be named later
07-02-2008, 12:33 AM
Gas $67.50 cents?

boffam
07-02-2008, 12:43 AM
http://www.evolvefish.com/fish/media/S-BringBackGasOralSx.gif

Spinning Sushi
07-02-2008, 12:51 AM
I shed a tear because I just yawned...

Thief
07-02-2008, 01:33 AM
Nice pic from 5 years ago~!

Bumble_Bee
07-02-2008, 01:34 AM
^LOL.. Good eye..!!

dying_here
07-02-2008, 02:29 AM
man i remember filling up the dodge stratus back then @ 0.375/liter...

To be named later
07-02-2008, 01:46 PM
That can't be right......67.5 cents back in 2002?

I remember gas breaking $1 back in the 80's.....67.5 can't be right.

Rems31
07-02-2008, 01:55 PM
That can't be right......67.5 cents back in 2002?

I remember gas breaking $1 back in the 80's.....67.5 can't be right.

this is in Toronto...so it's 67.5cents/ LITER

Thief
07-02-2008, 02:16 PM
That's $2.56 a gallon :p

Agent008
07-02-2008, 11:04 PM
Won't be long before we see 167.5 me thinks.

StealthTL
07-02-2008, 11:15 PM
Vancouver just voted themselves twenty-cents MORE tax per litre!

Guess they didn't feel guilty enough.......:dunno:


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TheWulf
07-02-2008, 11:24 PM
FYI -

In Canada most gas stations didn't update their displays to add the $1.00, so they just omit it. So when you see 67.5, it's really $1.675, which is US$6.26/gal

:(

Smokin_LaLa
07-03-2008, 03:38 PM
That can't be right......67.5 cents back in 2002?

I remember gas breaking $1 back in the 80's.....67.5 can't be right.


Yeah we Crazy Canucks use the Metric system up here

DarkBrew
07-03-2008, 09:15 PM
You guys are imagining this.

Inflation is only 2%


Yeah right

Thief
07-03-2008, 09:55 PM
You guys are imagining this.

Inflation is only 2%


Yeah right

Maybe they base it purely on the cost of bottled water?

champi0n
07-04-2008, 12:08 AM
$91.00 to fill up tonight... a few short years ago before bush it would easily be 1/2 that.

Although i do like how they have a "marketing" percentage worked into the cost breakdown of gas.... like it needs to be marketed... pffft

I wish canada would stop exporting it's oil and use it for ourselves... stupid NAFTA doesn't help us at all... we have to set our price based on the US price.

And why does the gasoline bought by retailers (sitting in their storage tanks) rise in price when it hasnt been sold yet? I dont get it.... the "2% profit margin" breakdown jumps to well over 10%...

This is stupid... i hate gasoline prices... especially since it has NOTHING to do with supply/demand!!!

cloud7
07-04-2008, 01:23 AM
Yeah we Crazy Canucks use the Metric system up here

Yup along with the crazy rest of the world :lol:

climacus
07-04-2008, 10:53 AM
Inflation is only 2%

Core inflation excludes food and energy.. so yeah, inflation is under control and there is nothing to worry about. :lol: Happy 4th of July.

champi0n
07-04-2008, 11:04 AM
besides that the price of gasoline is a scam... i predict $2/L by christmas.

Then as part of the "plan" they will lower prices down to 1.50 again, and everyone will be like "thats so awesome we're only paying 1.50 for gasoline".... the oil people will be laughing at how their plan worked selling 50 cent gasoline for a buck fifty.

Then some years down the road it'll happen again... and we'll be all happy to be paying $3/L

I doubt we'll ever see anything under a buck again... and i bet everyones wages will stay the same while the price of gasoline, food, goods, everything goes up.

climacus
07-04-2008, 01:21 PM
Don't worry, the bubble will pop and prices will revert to the historical average. $150/barrel is simply not sustainable and will throw the entire world into the nastiest recession in 50 years.

Bishop
07-04-2008, 06:45 PM
I remember getting gas for $0.44/litre in the late 90's from a Canadian Tire gas station. This means it's almost quadrupled in price in 10 years. It's bloody disgusting. I wonder at what point do we as citizens of this fair planet say "Enough is enough." and actally DO something about it rather than piss and moan whilst bent over, taking it in the tailpipe?