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cherokee? CHEROKEE? Like OH MY GOD. Have you gone completely JAPANESE in your description? In the USA, the cherokee is about as low class as you can get! I mean really, a CHEROKEE? AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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I want the new Mustang!

I can't have it: that's the problem!
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super8man wrote:cherokee? CHEROKEE? Like OH MY GOD. Have you gone completely JAPANESE in your description? In the USA, the cherokee is about as low class as you can get! I mean really, a CHEROKEE? AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ok, I have recovered from this apparent faux pas on the part of aj.

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Sorry, just reporting on what SUV adepts seem to favour here when they want something really lumpy. BTW the hummer is driven by few as it requires a truck-license which is not common. And truck-drivers don't have the budget :)

Purchasing the car is one thing. You need a budget to fill the tank too. Petrol prices are now around € 1.20 per liter or some € 4 per US gallon. The euro-dollar-rate is some 1.3. So it would make some $5 per USgallon. Euh, including taxes that is. We need to maintain the castles and city ambiances.
However, most of these big cars use Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG). Which is somewhat friendlier in its pricing. But you need a modification in the car.
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aj wrote: You need a budget to fill the tank too.

You need a budget to take control of global oil reserves too. A few billion dollars should do it.
what what
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Taqi wrote:
aj wrote: You need a budget to fill the tank too.

You need a budget to take control of global oil reserves too. A few billion dollars should do it.
It is just a growing collection of good mooded prejudiced observations.

A few billion does buy you only half a oil well. You cannot expect to control the reserves/market with such petty money.
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aj wrote: A few billion does buys you only half a oil well.

Buys a fair bit of ammo though. Who needs to buy an oil well?
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It's actually much cheaper to purchase oil than to secure it militarily.

The problem is supply (the world is almost out) and denomination -- if OPEC were to switch to Euro pricing for oil, the US economy, maybe the global economy, would face near collapse. So we take to killing anyone and everyone to make sure that doesn't happen. What a country!

The price of the Iraq war and occupation so far has been several hundred billion dollars. Add several billion for Afghanistan.

The last days of the American Empire be damn expensive, for the US and for everyone.

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Oh, sorry... what I meant to say was:

The best per capita women I've seen were in Montreal.

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I'm so easily distracted...

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That is a coincidence. Referring to the original post.

I travelled through Quebec province three times. I found cite Quebec to have very much a Parisien atmosphere. Although Paris is 10 times as big. I expect the Quebec suburbs beat those of Paris on the ambiance. Don't want to travel the Paris banlieux without an armed escort.
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BolexPlusX wrote:I want the new Mustang!
so do i, badly. did the price finally end up as low as they said?

/matt
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super8man wrote:cherokee? CHEROKEE? Like OH MY GOD. Have you gone completely JAPANESE in your description? In the USA, the cherokee is about as low class as you can get! I mean really, a CHEROKEE? AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Can´t be. :lol:

Check out our 2003 pricelist for the jeeps. Divide prices by 6,2458 or 6 to get USD. Petrol is now down to NOK 9.60/l or approx $6 / USG.

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Post by tod8 »

Let's go back to the original topic - women!

A cross-section of the world's most beautiful women can be found here in New York City - Danes, Swedes, Germans, Asians.....the list goes on....only commuters have cars....we all walk and absorb the life around us......it's not always pretty, plenty of homeless and dog droppings and garbage on the streets....but it's 'alive'.....and an 8mm shooters dream...

Although after shooting the city for years I am about ready to shoot some country....!....

So, anyone out there from the country who wants to apartment swap for a week let me know..:)

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Post by BolexPlusX »

mattias wrote:
BolexPlusX wrote:I want the new Mustang!
so do i, badly. did the price finally end up as low as they said?

/matt
Don't know, but I'm a Dad now and the money has to go to other things.

(At least I had the sense to get a Mustang GT before I got Married! If I can nurse it along another 20 years he'll be out of college!)
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aaah.. girls :D

There's something about blondes, I guess.. northern and eastern europe have a very high ratio of beautiful to ugly women.. in my eyes, of course! It's all a matter of taste..

Then there's Italy, France.. and of course, Portugal :D My own little country is getting better and better when it comes to good looking girls.. We couldn't suck at everything, could we?
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