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[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

$4??

$4 / gallon was our normal low price in California.

We're over $6 a gallon right now!

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

In the UK, it is normally $7 per US gallon. More than 50% of that is tax. The

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sniper offed you mid-sentence?

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don’t know what I was going to say there.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

They survived!

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago

In the UK, you have trains, trams, trolleys, and coaches...

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

American gallon or British gallon?

We pay per litre where I live. We, civilised people.

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I did say US gallon. We also pay per litre.

[–] LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Whats that crazy place in Menlo Park at now?

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Menlo Park? Current gas prices ranging from $6 to $7.30/gallon

[–] LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There was a gas station, I believe near downtown Menlo Park, that always had absurdly high gas prices. Used to see it posted all the time in r/bayarea, but I don't go to that site anymore.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It's probably the one currently at $7.30/gallon. And in that area there are probably plenty of people who earn so much that they don't even pay attention to prices.