Here in UK, near as I can work out, $8.34/gallon is the cheapest, and in most places it's at least 10c more, and rising.
And people in isolated areas have seen the price of oil for heating DOUBLE overnight. Government has been urged to intervene in this.
Farmers' costs rising everywhere.
I endorse this message.
Story of my life
Over simplifying.
USA - major contributor.
Successive UK governments - same
Putin - same
We really don't.
Horror show, yes.
Joke, no.
Wow, that's amazing.
*Excuse me, Taxpayers around the world ...
Petrol. Energy. Plastics. Transport. Fertilizers. Food.
Death and destruction.
Because nobody had/has a plan.
Because Trump cancelled the Obama setup for controls on nuclear.
No effect on the regime.
No freedom for Iranians.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the first group of Ukrainian military experts will depart for the Middle East on Monday, to share experience gained during four years of war with Russia.
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
Sorry, is the time-limited offer for sanity or for visiting?
Wrong answers only.
Trying to convert £sterling per litre into dollars per gallon but it's after midnight and I need my sleep.
Just think "national debt" and you won't be far out.
(Cheaper here than elsewhere. £1.32/litre till it hits)
Yup, me too in UK
Great book.
But scones of any description are a far-off memory - too cruel!
"Mission creep" in every possible meaning of the phrase.
It's an old joke about Glasgow: staple diet.
Vegetables are lethal.
Good grief.
I see your fried pizza and raise you a fried Mars bar in a fried chip buttie.
But possibly not today.
Nothing about more support for expectant parents, better midwifery training and support, more nurseries, more teachers, more affordable housing ... etc etc etc?
Thought not.
Well, I could too if I didn't live in a bungalow.
The others are actively looking for ways to get past Orban.
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#Science 🧪
Unfortunately, the US government is ignoring the refusal and is still flying in to Fairford here, and to Diego Garcia, plus sites in Spain and across Europe.
Watched it - glorious routine.
Had to be great to beat the other amazing women.
Not just illegal.
Downright treasonous.
And very, very stupid.
Sad, but here in the UK they broadcast his speeches and everyone switches channels.
We can read up later whether he said anything alarming - if we can be bothered.
I like to be sure people know when I'm insulting them, so best to use the translations or stick to Scots.
But thanks, my German vocab is sadly out of date.
Mm, learned that from a friend.
Really think we should sell them kettles. 😈
Yep.
But I think we should sell them kettles. 😉
Yeah, catch him learning his 16-times table to cope with ounces to the (lb) pound.
Six shillings and eightpence was one third of a £pound, and you can't have that now.
Just heartbreaking, isn't it?
Daft ha'p'orth (sorry, halfpenny's-worth).
#unexpectedpoetry
On the buttress beneath the A75 bridge over the River Cree at Newton Stewart, seen from the footpath on the other bank:
My waters always know their course
To river mouth from hilltop source
Man's destination is unkent
Until his journey is full spent
