On Saturday evening I had to nurse the Noddy car home as somehow I had let it run out of petrol....again....BUT....I managed not to do so all over Christmas! Anyhow, I carefully chose the least hilly way home, and the approach to the house that meant I could roll downhill and in the gate if necessary (it
was necessary!!!) and I made it, giggling and praying all the way, since it was near on ten o'clock at night!
I think when I reach Heaven God is going to have strong words with me about the real meaning and uses of Faith!
I poured the lawn-mower petrol in to the tank to get me to school this morning, and then, would you credit this for lousy memory, was HALF WAY HOME again before I remmembered that I needed to fill up.
Anyhow, and this is the real point of this story, it cost me 40 blinkin' euro to fill the car- 25 litres of petrol! How OUTRAGEOUS is that? The smallest, crappiest car in existance, and €40 to fill. Eleven years ago I could put 45 litres in the Mazda for about £20 (punts), much bigger and better car.
In the field next to the school there are a few ponies and I am thinking of 'borrowing' one to get me to and from school. I wonder whether it would really be as dear to run a horse as it is to run a car, if you didn't count the time element?
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I'm always amazed when you refer to euros, it just doesn't seem right somehow. But I agree with you about the price of petrol, it costs about £60 to fill up our car.
DH just ranted that every time the oil price goes up, the petrol and diesel prices go up too, immediately. Sometimes the oil price goes down too, but that never happens to petrol prices. We have the same price level here, 1.559 €/l.
You are a brave woman. I start to panic when I get down to a quarter of a tank. Of course, right now running out of gas is just not an option in the cold spell we've been having, and so I just fill the tank and don't worry about the price. The price of fuel for the car and keeping the house warm are both very high, but I do like a warm house, so.....
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