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Postby ThatOnePerson » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:26 pm

Felt the shock wave, and I live 60 miles away

http://cbs11tv.com/local/Big.Spring.Exp ... 56717.html

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Postby ozzy72 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:46 pm

I would just like to say that I've not been setting light to my farts!
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Postby BFMF » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:56 pm

wow, reminds me of some of the explosions I saw in iraq... :-/
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Postby a1 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:58 pm

Whoa that looks like the atom bomb going off. :o
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Postby Wii » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:34 pm

Should be getting a call from my grandparents some time today...they live pretty close to the heart of dallas.
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Re: Uhhggg,... and kaboom it goes

Postby Fozzer » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:21 pm

Looks like the occasional problem I get with my Trusty Gas Cooker... :o...!

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Postby expat » Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:14 pm

That should push the price of petrol and diesel up in Europe. >:(

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Re: Uhhggg,... and kaboom it goes

Postby BFMF » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:04 pm

That should push the price of petrol and diesel up in Europe. >:(


It wouldn't surprise me if all fuel companies everywhere used this as another excuse to raise fuel prices. I'll definetely be filling my car up tomorrow... ::) :-/ >:(
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Postby J. » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:55 pm

That should push the price of petrol and diesel up in Europe. >:(


It wouldn't surprise me if all fuel companies everywhere used this as another excuse to raise fuel prices. I'll definetely be filling my car up tomorrow... ::) :-/ >:(


trust me, you don't have it as bad as we do! 104.9 pence a litre! ridiculous! and you Americans are probably paying around 30pence a litre!
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Postby Dr.bob7 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:17 pm

uhhhhhhhhh

2.90 to 3.20 per gallon not sure how that fluxates but umm I dont know
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Postby Mazza » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:54 am

down here we pay like 150 cents AUD :o that's alot, it's like $100 AUD for 80Liters >:(
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Postby expat » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:53 am

Here in Germany, diesel  is at the current rate, $5.86 a US gallon, the cheapest cr#ap that comes out of the refinery after jet fuel >:(

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Postby Omag 2.0 » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:02 pm

Man, that's a serious explosion!  :o Luckely no-one was killed.
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Re: Uhhggg,... and kaboom it goes

Postby Saitek » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:06 pm

Yeah fuel costs are nuts now. 106p. That's about $8-9 a gallon or something.
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Postby a1 » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:08 pm

Yeah fuel costs are nuts now. 106p. That's about $8-9 a gallon or something.


From what I know it's stil around $3 for this area here in the states. ;)
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