Petrol Price

Bike Commuting and Fisticuffs

Apparently, I’m not the only one who has started commuting by bicycle lately, as this article in the most recent Economist points out. I find it very easy to imagine some of the bicyclist/driver altercations they describe. I was almost nailed at a four-way stop at the beginning of the summer by a guy who rolled through a stop sign while talking on his cellphone. He didn’t just roll; he looked like he was going to come to a complete stop, and then gunned it just as I was crossing. He didn’...

NEWS FOR 2 AUG (2008) SATURDAY

Retail petrol price to reflect world crude price Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his wife Datin Paduka Seri Jeanne Abdullah accompanying the Crown Prince of Brunei, Al-Muhtadee Billah (left) and his wife Pengiran Anak Sarah Pengiran Salleh at the Prime Minister’s office in Putrajaya yesterday PUTRAJAYA: Effective Sept 1, the retail price of petrol will be based on the average monthly market price of world crude oil with the government maintaining the subsidy rate at 30 sen ...

Petrol/Diesel Price Updates

And they’re still dropping. Cheapest non-supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel Station : Sandford Garage Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL Brand : Unbranded Price : 131.9p Updated : 30-07-2008 Station : Whitwell Garage Address : High Street, Whitwell, Ventnor, PO38 2PY Brand : Texaco Price [...]

Petrol/Diesel Price Updates

At last, prices are starting to come down. Fill up quick before they go up again. Cheapest stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel Station : Sandford Garage Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL Brand : Unbranded Price : 131.9p Updated : 27-07-2008 Station : Whitwell Garage Address : High [...]

The Buzz Weekend Recap

Praying for a rise in buzz The laws of physics dominate buzz as much as they do any natural phenomenon: What goes up must come down. But try to tell that to Barack Obama. His international tour—a trip through the Middle East and Europe, including a buzzy speech in Berlin—dominated headlines throughout the week, and the weekend news clips kept the spotlight acutely focused on the presidential candidate. The website Politico's attempt to measure the impact of Obama's travels drew a healthy rou...

Storm in a DD cup

Forget the credit crunch, Equitable Life and soaring petrol costs. The debate buxom women everywhere are most concerned about is the 'storm in a DD cup' at Marks & Spencer. The high street favourite sells around 20million bras a year in the UK, that's 45 every minute. But it has recently padded its costs with a £2 surcharge on bras above DD cup, saying the cost of the extra work and material justifies the higher price. Read the full story and the comments from many an outraged shopper at our Mo...

The Buzz Week in Review

It ain’t easy being funny. Go for the safe laugh and audiences will call you lame and irrelevant. Come on too strongly, though, and the feedback involves hisses and op-ed columns from here to The Timbuktu Times. Here’s a look at the week’s jokes that left some people laughing and others bristling in the Buzz. Satire Is in the Eye of the Beholder The New Yorker is known for its wit. Normally, its jokes are met with a polite chuckle from readers who are pleased with themselves for understand...

Petrol/Diesel Price Updates

Massive hike in Diesel at Whitwell - Blimey! 22.5p a gallon increase in four days. Cheapest non- supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel Station : Sandford Garage Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL Brand : Unbranded Price : 134.9p Updated : 16-07-2008 Station : Whitwell Garage Address : [...]

Petrol/Diesel Price Updates

Cheapest non- supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel Station : Whitwell Garage Address : High Street, Whitwell, Ventnor, PO38 2PY Brand : Proteus Distance : 3.76 Price : 133p Updated : 14-07-2008 Station : Sandford Garage Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL Brand : Unbranded Distance : [...]

50% off. Free. Gillette & Wilkinson Sword must know a competitor's here!

What next from 'Wilkinette'? 100% off handles? Duopoly protection at any cost? (original blog posting) I snapped these two pictures whilst in Marlow today. One's taken at Superdrug, where Wilkinson Sword (the 'Wilkin' in Wilkinette) are offering 50% off handles (that's original) and the other is from Boots, where Gillette are giving away a Fusion HydraGel (if you buy four super expensive Fusion replacement blades). Well, I guess you've got to do something to defend your territory when a market ...