Hosepipe ban

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Thumper · #16 Post by **Thumper** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:26 am

I would most likely benefit from a water meter Gio having a large house and only one of my three offspring at home now, but that was not the point I was trying to make. More worried about my telephone bills with a 14 year old daughter in the house.

Gio · #17 Post by **Gio** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:29 am

Thumper wrote:More worried about my telephone bills with a 14 year old daughter in the house.

Well mines 15, 16 next month, we pay £15 a month for local calls, so it doesn't matter how long she's on the phone

BikerGran · #18 Post by **BikerGran** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:15 pm

Thumper wrote:Gio I wonder if it will stay that way once we all have metres, time will tell.

Yeah - bit like when unleaded fuel was cheaper than leaded, to encourage us all to use it - then when we did, the price went up. Same with diesel.

D-Rider · #19 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:47 pm

BikerGran wrote:
Thumper wrote:Gio I wonder if it will stay that way once we all have metres, time will tell.
Yeah - bit like when unleaded fuel was cheaper than leaded, to encourage us all to use it - then when we did, the price went up. Same with diesel.

.... which we all noticed .... so, surprise, surprise, hardly anyone bothered to go for LPG vehicles ! ... another triumph brought about through shafting us on previous occasions ....

.... there again, as there hasn't been a great rush for them, it may be worth joining the small band of LPG converts as the price will probably remain low for quite a while (obviously I not suggesting this for my bike - before anyone thinks I've gone completely crazy)

Thumper · #20 Post by **Thumper** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:03 pm

Good luck Gio been there done that are you going gray yet

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If I carry on talking crap D-rider I could run my bike on methane.

Fat Harry · #21 Post by **Fat Harry** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:49 pm

By-passed grey, went straight to white !!!

Gio · #22 Post by **Gio** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:01 pm

Thumper wrote:are you going gray yet

Yet started to happen at the age of 23, its nearly white now (with no bald patches

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Viking · #23 Post by **Viking** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:06 pm

D-Rider wrote:.... there again, as there hasn't been a great rush for them, it may be worth joining the small band of LPG converts as the price will probably remain low for quite a while

FWIW, the price of LPG down here in Oz has been about 1/3 to 1/2 that of petrol for the last 20 years.

Thumper · #24 Post by **Thumper** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:11 pm

Bloody hell maybe a link with silver hair and falco's then Gio

D-Rider · #25 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:18 pm

Viking wrote:
D-Rider wrote:.... there again, as there hasn't been a great rush for them, it may be worth joining the small band of LPG converts as the price will probably remain low for quite a while
FWIW, the price of LPG down here in Oz has been about 1/3 to 1/2 that of petrol for the last 20 years.

mmmm .... perhaps a bit far for me to come to fill-up

Fortunately, the comparison is similar here. Just checked out the fuel prices within the area I live http://www.petrolprices.com/:

The Lowest price in this area:
Unleaded 83.9p
Diesel 86.9p
Super 86.9p
LPG 39.9p

D-Rider · #26 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:20 pm

Thumper wrote:Bloody hell maybe a link with silver hair and falco's then Gio

Not with the Bronze ones!

My hair fears changing colour .... at least that's my conclusion as to why half of it has jumped from my head.

Fat Harry · #27 Post by **Fat Harry** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:35 am

Viking wrote:
D-Rider wrote:.... there again, as there hasn't been a great rush for them, it may be worth joining the small band of LPG converts as the price will probably remain low for quite a while
FWIW, the price of LPG down here in Oz has been about 1/3 to 1/2 that of petrol for the last 20 years.

Your petrol's less than half the price of ours for starters !!

xrphil · #28 Post by **xrphil** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:04 pm

thats cos half of it is under water, thats why they call there lakes, lochs.
cos once yer in one you can never get out.

Viking · #29 Post by **Viking** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:50 am

Fat Harry wrote:Your petrol's less than half the price of ours for starters !!

Well, yeah, there is that... Except we have to drive / ride about 3 time further to get anywhere. It's a damned big place down here.

Just to really annoy you all, the price for petrol (standard 91RON unleaded) floats between 105.9 and 116.9 per litre. That's between 40 and 50 pence, if I have the enchange rate right.