[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('snowshoegal', 'I') truly loathe the telephone and the interruptions it brings to my work flow.

[snowshoegal]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('snowshoegal', 'I') truly loathe the telephone and the interruptions it brings to my work flow.

[master_rb]

TWilliam, thanks for the movie, really good

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('snowshoegal', 'I') understand the rolled eyes, TW. I could have been more concise. ... etc. ... etc.

[Baldwin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grautr', 'M')y step daughter wants an ipod costing 200 euros. Her mother pointed out that she had lost 2 MP3 players over the last year and that she could save the money for something else because she could use her old ipod (the original design).

My step daughter looked at it and said;

"I'm not walking round school with that fridge!"

[TommyJefferson]

Ha! Good vid TW.


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Baldwin', 'O')n very rare occassion. They're so prolific, I just borrow a cell phone.

[Baldwin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TommyJefferson', 'H')a! Good vid TW.


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Baldwin', 'O')n very rare occassion. They're so prolific, I just borrow a cell phone.

[WildRose]

Our family is a real oddity, it seems. Of the five of us, the only one who has a cell phone is my husband. This one is work-related (he has to be easy to contact on the weekends). Our teenagers sometimes relate that they are somewhat removed from the groove because all their friends have one, but really they do not make a big deal about it. I have to admit that at times it would be convenient to have one. But as far as the iPods and iPhones and all goes - man, am I ever out of it.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', '.')..Speaking of Apple...

[WildRose]

How many of you have done this...

While standing in line at the bank, grocery store, etc. you hear a cheerful Hi! from behind you, turn around and say, Hi, how are you, only to realize the person is yakking on their phone. (Just a friendly reflex, I guess...)

[killJOY]

How about being in the middle of a lush field of strawberries for a morning of picking, and a twat next to you is standing there, laughing and yelling into his cellphone. This really happened to me last week.

M U R D E R.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', 'H')ow about being in the middle of a lush field of strawberries for a morning of picking, and a twat next to you is standing there, laughing and yelling into his cellphone. This really happened to me last week.

M U R D E R.

[Plantagenet]

You know the nutty street people....the kind who are always muttering or screaming at no one?

If the government would just glue a cell phone headset on their heads, then no one could tell them from "normal" people.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('master_rb', 'T')William, thanks for the movie, really good

[cynicalheretic]

What is really fucked up, is the fact that when you tell people that you don't carry a cellphone-- they look at you, like your a fucking Leper. I get asked what my cellphone number is, at least 15-16 times a week and everytime I feel like I need to make up sort of fucking excuse for why I don't have one. It is bloody fucking annoying.

They can't seem to figure out how the hell you survive day to day without one of those fuckers.

[Baldwin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cynicalheretic', 'W')hat is really fucked up, is the fact that when you tell people that you don't carry a cellphone-- they look at you, like your a fucking Leper. I get asked what my cellphone number is, at least 15-16 times a week and everytime I feel like I need to make up sort of fucking excuse for why I don't have one. It is bloody fucking annoying.

They can't seem to figure out how the hell you survive day to day without one of those fuckers.

[I_Like_Plants]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', '
')Yes, and now we have "Bluetoothers" walking around with their wireless phone headsets looking like the f*cking Borg. I'm waiting for someone to invent a device that broadcasts an insanely loud feedback-type screech on Bluetooth frequencies...

[master_rb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')dittos. That's funny. btw, have you ever heard those talking cash registers that say "Thank You!" I must have heard talking cash registers say "Thank You!" a hundred thousand times since they were introduced.

[KevO]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')US refinery
During summer months, oil prices tend to follow US petrol demand
Global oil prices have touched a 10-month high, breaking past the $73 a barrel level in the face of soaring American demand for petrol.

With an estimated record 41.4 million Americans hitting the roads for Independence Day travel, analysts predict a squeeze on US petrol stocks.

As this spills over into increased US oil imports, Brent crude went as high as $73.12 a barrel in Wednesday trade.

Seen as the best guide to global prices, it then fell back to $72.90.

Meanwhile, US light crude was down 1 cent to $71.40.

Ongoing anti-government violence in Nigeria has also put an upward pressure on global oil prices.

'Willing to pay'

"The strong upwards momentum in the oil market remains in place," said Barclays Capital in a report.

The surge in US demand for petrol comes despite record high prices at the pumps.

"The mood in the market has been bullish, driven by the gasoline market in the US," said Victor Shum, energy analyst with Purvin & Gertz in Singapore.

"For crude to retreat, the market will need to see signals of demand going down.

"The reality is that [US] consumers are willing to pay high prices."

[KevO]

I'd go far as to say that US consumers will contine to pay up to $10 before they seriously downshift. $3 did make them hiccup but they adapted as they will with $4, $5, $6 and so on.
So the plateau to go a bit yet. Of course if we get short in Europe, will we continue to sell to the US at just $75? Brent is high coz the US are buying it for their serious shortfall.
The Nymex is a useless indicator now for that reason.
What happens when we go short?

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