Serious said:

Nah, no thread....but it was probably one of the best, if not THE best time of my life.



Not to get too off topic.....gas was really cheap there, too.

KoolEaze said:

Aww nice photo .
That's me in Trinidad

Serious said:

If you could find employment, you'd move to Trinidad full time?

sextonseven said:

If we could make enough money I would want to help him with his shop like I did in the last weeks. But I don't think we could both live of it. The main reason is my apartment though.

Fuck the government
Fuck the soon to be new government
Fuck the oil conglomerates

We get the pish ripped out of us here, and no one has the gumption to get off their arse and do anything. Unless of course one of the red tops decides to take up the cause, then like the lemmings people start moaning.

EDIT:

In fact Fuck the British Public too, for taking it like good little sheep
[Edited 3/16/10 11:45am]

Serious said:

Rent out your apartment to someone else, and live off of that rent money.
You could buy a lot of diesel in Trinidad for that money.



And once you´re there, you could hook me up with a job, too, and a hot girl or two. It´s cold and rainy here and I´m very frustrated these days.
The only thing that´s bad about living in the Carribbean is the huge distance to Europe or mainland USA but then again, that is also one of the good things about it.

KoolEaze said:

orgnote

Very few people need a car. I have no sympathy.

Serious said:

both places look very beautiful

GirlBrother said:

tell that to the people who have to commute an hour each way to work every day. My other half's car was in for it's service last week so they had to get the train. £79. standing room only all the way.

GirlBrother said:

Very few people need any of the things they possess in life. This website and all the trappings associated with using it are some of them.

A car is as convenient as hot and cold running water. We don't demonise them do we?

iloveannie said:

It's all part of the gonvernments plan to demonise items that they tax highly to make you think that you're bad for using them, so you don't feel cheated by the fact that the tax on said items is so high. See also cigarettes & alcohol.

The only problem is, they demonised smoking so much (I've never smoked, so it's not like I'm some disgruntled ex smoker here), that it is now considered pretty much illegal nowadays. Suddenly the government lost out on a lot of tax revenue.... and all of a sudden, gambling springs up as 'acceptable'. amazing! You now can't turn on the telly without seeing an advert for 'Cheeky Wank Bingo' or whatever...

I've said all this in another thread recently, feel a bit of a deja vu going on!

veronikka said:

But not as beautiful as your new avatar and profile pic!

erik319 said:

I never looked at it like that. Sounds weird but interesting.
And you´re on to something with those gambling commercials....they´re all over the place now, in almost all countries....especially Poker seems to have some kind of renaissance.

Serious said:

You can only move there if you're gonna have a decent internet connection

veronikka said:

Thank you Veronikka ! You should come and visit sometime .

Aelis said:

Hopefully that will be the case then . But I don't think I will move there any time soon anyway.

sextonseven said:

i know. i spend about equal amounts on gas and food in a month.

that's absolutely ludicrous.

i recently moved home and it's in a nice village where i can go
to the stores on foot. so that's made a big difference already.

but it's rediculous how much petrol costs in this country.

erik319 said:

that's the main reason i have a car now. commuting is hell when you need
to get on a train every day. especially since you can (almost) never get
a seat and have to stand for up to 40 minutes.

but even if it's not for commuting, i only take the train a few times a
year. i'm just scared to get on public transport. i get claustrophobic,
or plain scared. especially travelling at night or late in the day on a
weekend.

plus, trainticket prices are even higher than gass prices in holland, so
i've opted for a small car. i like driving and it gets you exactly to
where you have to be, instead of one central location from which you're
still obligated to either take a buss, a subway, a taxi or a bycicle.

iloveannie said:

And what does that work out to per gallon my good fellow?

CuddlyBear said:

here's a list graycap posted:

Nation City Price in USD Regular/Gallon
Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12

IstenSzek said:

So I should move to Venezuela? They speak english?

CuddlyBear said:

who cares if they speak english, you could drive your car all day,
heck even leave it running at night as you're watching tv.

IstenSzek said:

You're right! I'm gonna leave the water running from now on to.

CuddlyBear said:

We Americans pay about 80¢ a litre and some of us are complaining.

CuddlyBear said:

imagine if cars would run on water though

IstenSzek said:

It would just drive up water prices.

RenHoek said:

and tastes about the same.

CuddlyBear said:

a shower would cost more than a tank full of gass

IstenSzek said:

Might still be worth it depending on who you're with.