Roco

Bro we can always drop some off the tax , maybe as much as $3 USD , can you guys do the same ? just been reading this , and the figs seem about right, but at $200 USD a barrel the Canadian shale fields could become a possibility , "Projecting 2001 production levels, by 2020 83% of global oil reserves will be controlled by Middle Eastern regimes. The energy security and national security concerns that stem from reliance on a single energy resource that is unevenly distributed throughout the world will be intensified as demand for oil grows. The result will probably be: A handful of Middle East suppliers will regain the influence they had in the 1970s and once again be able to dictate the terms on world oil markets and manipulate oil prices and world politics. Middle Eastern producers will continue to use their oil revenues to increase their military expenditures, fuel an arms race and undermine regional stability. Corrupt, oppressive regimes will continue to use oil revenues as a means to maintain their power. Wealth generated by oil rich Middle Eastern countries will continue to flow into terrorist organizations and organizations promoting radical Islam. The U.S. will need to keep increasing American military presence in the region to ensure our access to the remaining oil. This will mean further U.S. embroilment in Middle East conflicts, more anti-American sentiment, and a deepening rift between the West and the Islamic world. Tension between the U.S. and China due to growing Chinese intervention in the Middle East to ensure its own access to oil and Chinese arming of Middle Eastern countries hostile to the U.S. and its allies. Further drain on economic resources caused by imports of expensive oil. " http://www.iags.org/futureofoil.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ oil will be about finished in 20 years , thats why my bet with Dlewis is on a winner , it ain't never going to be cheaper than it is now, maybe minor fluctuations in the mean while but the only way is UP long term , sooner we all accept that , and that includes the UK , ( our oil is about gone , ) we sold it cheap years back , we now import gas from Russia , without that we would freeze in the winter, I have my catalytic gas fire on at the moment , burning Russian gas , they may decide they need it more than me , and turn the gas off , and I note Russia and America are thinking about building a pipe link between Russia and America, WOW, times are indeed changing , the world is shrinking , and alegencies are changing , so where are the reds under the bed gone ? and will we all be kissing ass to the islamic nations ? maybe so , just glad I won't be around to see those times , but my grandchildren will be , IMHO cheap oil is gone forever , BTW, I would be happy to be proved wrong on that ,

dlewis23 want to put 100 TMN bucks on fuel prices dropping by 1/2 within the year in the USA ? game on ? yes/ no , i will be using the 100 that shugs still owes me , but indeed some good news on your link , as the london exchange will also lift , but we are on a high at the moment , so a bit more upwards is good news for me also over here in the UK

Hmmm the UK doesn't seem to have the equivalent to the purple heart , I guess the old, so you lost arm, equates to "it's only a flesh wound " and that is a sad way of looking at it, young lives destroyed , some history on the UK's Queens Royal Lancers , founded in 1759 and used the lance and horse , and used in WW1 in the same way against the machine gun , the big worry was the loss of horses , now out in Iraq using the chalenger tank, so we have moved forward a bit , yeah thanks Tommie the Brits have no loyalty to the ground we are on , only to the Queen and fellow Brits , BTW we have had our election for the mayor of London today , and the British National Party (BNP) seems to be doing well , folk are sick of all this P.Correct bending over backwards stuff, it could get interesting , cap badge from the Queens Royal Lancers , and their todays horse and lance,

if all else fails read the destructions I guess BTW just googled "Gimp " fr0stbound what are you using it for ,if you don't mind me asking ? as it looks good for photographic stuff , I only do basic , and use Adobe photodeluxe , it's old now but came free with a scanner ,

you are right on the dollar needs to go up ,hope it does , but while the rest of the world is buying oil at $120 USD a barrel , you don't have any option , America already has the cheapest fuel in the world , so I don't see much chance of it going down in price , it's now a limited commodity , and forcast to hit $200 within 2 years , just my thoughts ,hope I am wrongt on that ,

some English Patriotism , it came about because schools were advised not to celibrate St.Georges day as it could offend ethnic minorities , Don't say you're English From the Queen's Royal Lancer's Website: motto, Death or Glory Goodbye to my England, So long my old friend Your days are numbered, being brought to an end To be Scottish, Irish or Welsh that's fine But don't say you're English, that's way out of line. The French and the Germans may call themselves such So may Norwegians, the Swedes and the Dutch You can say you are Russian or maybe a Dane But don't say you're English ever again. At Broadcasting House the word is taboo In Brussels it's scrapped, in Parliament too Even schools are affected; staff do as they're told They must not teach children about England of old. Writers like Shakespeare, Milton and Shaw The pupils do not learn about them anymore How about Agincourt, Hastings, Arnhem or Mons When England lost hosts of her very brave sons. We are not Europeans, how can we be? Europe is miles away over the sea We're the English from England, let's all be proud Stand up and be counted- Shout it out loud. Let's tell our Government and Brussels too We're proud of our heritage and the Red, White and Blue Fly the flag of Saint George or the Union Jack Let the world know - we want OUR ENGLAND BACK !!!!

more like at my age a overfed silver fox Btw, old english , "wolf in a lambs coat " , for me , a lamb in a wolf coat , Truly my bark is worse than my bite

:2funny:my last post should have read P.s. Tdawnaz , it is a well know fact that guys keep their hormones in the same sack as they keep their crown jewels and brains and no way will they be parted from them , crown jewels that is , brains are often redundent

, Roco does the whipping in his house , on the forum I am but a lamb Regards Roco

Your taking what I said out of context and you know it. Yes, it is an accusation, so what! read what I wrote, don't pull what you want and put into your own words. And don't tell me to calm down, I'm not getting drawn into a pissin match on a childs level. Topic locked until an admin gets here. check the hormones at the door pleeeease... thanks for the derailment I was tired of listening to the whiners! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOL, it took 20 mod posts to shut down a (to my mind) a legitimate question and poll , it was worth debating , as I sure SST was asking a sensible question , and voicing his concern to the forums direction , as my posting was , normally I would have repied with all guns blazing but frankly I lost the intrest , this old whiner feels like he has just been mauled by a dead sheep , ( you got to try harder guys ) but please leave the cussing out Like SST , I thought TMN forum was a family orientated INTERNATION site , remember the eyes of the world are looking in , you ain't just playing in your own back yard , BTW , I still love love you ALL P.s. Tdawnaz , it is a well know fact that guys keep their hormones in the same sack as they keep their crown jewels and no way will they be parted from them , :shocked: and for my Bro Tommie , ease up on the cussing , Father Patrick , tells me you owe 2 Million Hail Mary's already

Sorry Mudmanc I fail to follow how ,"Swearing is a part of life, to some it is offensive, to others it may be an expression and taken lightly as it should be., has any connection with " Ever notice when you are w/ a person and not much to say, so the weather comes up? It's called finding common ground." it's not common ground to cuss , just common , and shows the inability of the speaker to express himself, IMHO the forum is growing like Topsy maybe in numbers but not in postings , if it wasn't for the smart Bro tribe it would be seriously down, I kinda go with SST on this topic , and the post count over the past year shows the same trend, heading south of the border , maybe it is time to reserect the members lounge ? ,

Shug, WTF was that about , and which one was you ? and WTF is COD 4, is it the size of your COD piece ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codpiece from Middle English cod, "scrotum")

but it is all lies , that door is a revolving one :lol .......... ........I don't feel alone in the universe any more it's a turn of the 20 century old style motorcycle saying ,long gone in these modern times , but still spoke of by old time ,guys but out of respect we still humour them , , Yeah, we need a nuke smilly IMHO

thanks on that mudmanc, I must remember not to break a leg then , as I can normaly out run most bills , or even better brake a leg of an American tourist over here , so we could do a free exchange mid Atlantic ,

personally I think in a civilized country , it should be everones right to affordable health care , not just the rich , in the UK we do not have the fear of being struck down with a sudden illness ,causing us to loose our home etc.,if it's long term your standard of living will decrease , but the same health care will still be available, and a roof over your head , personally I have calculated I have paid into the UK national insurance scheme around $160,000 USD during my working life , we do also have private health care , but the weekly payments are on top of and not instead of the national scheme, you will get the same surgeon if needed , but you will get a upgrade on the room , all English doctors swear an oath to , To keep the good of the patient as the highest priority., wealth doesn't enter into it , ......nor does your origin , a sick person is just that, sick and needs care , pay scale for local UK doctor G/P $170.000 USD pa. first year trained nurse $32,000 +pa. surgeon $ 250,000 pa , but how that scheme would work in America I am not sure , so what would happen if I visited America without private health care insurance , and say broke a limb , by tripping over a step ( Lol it could happen to me ) just curious , as a lot of Brits ask me that question ?,

quote "In Japan, the prices were low; in Britain, there was no price at all. There was no bill! I loved that part of British health care." Hold on Guys, health care is not free in England , anyone working pays a National Insurance contribution out of there wages , this allows the UK to offer health care to all; including American visitors, working or not, you have the right to the Uk's health care system , and something as a Brit I am proud of , but the system is being abused , some of our major London hospitals are now filling up with long term sick Health tourists , and quotes from TR. Reid saying he loved the "free" treatment he and his family got in England , just makes the situation worse ,Me and my fellow Brits paid for it , the cost comes out of the same budget that provides for the latest equipment, to my mind there ain't no such thing as a free lunch , his gain was somebody else's loss ,

Oh,late again , maybe I have given up counting Birthdays anyway, happy birthday /happy_bday.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':bday:' />:' /> Mike

just be aware of the greeting card companies that need a email address for the recipient ,. I got spamed to death after a "FRIEND did that to me I use my own card maker to do that ,

Why do people hate Windows Vista? cost !!!!!, Basic = $360 USD Premium $400 USD in the UK , Apart from that I am happy enough with Xp, as I only use my computer for basic tasks , I was happy enough with Win M.E. , a big improvement from Win 3.1 that I had been running back in 99 I think Vista's downfall was the widspread use of the Beta edition , a lot of negative opinions got formed then , and they are hard to shake off , it's the old story , one happy customer spreads it around 10 friends , one unhappy customer spreads the word forever ,

lol I scored 18 , and I ain't sure where America is on the world map , and I guess a lot of Americans don't either

OK certainly not special , just a dumb ass , so what OS are you using ? if its 98/Me run of the floppy "make a boot disk ", if it's XP you can do it all from CD disk , and windows disk mamagement , if the bios boot screen is showing both hard drives you are home and dry ,if it's Vista , I havent a clue never needed a utility to do either for XP=http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives_03.htm for 95/98/Me=http://kb.iu.edu/data/aema.html, lol, fdisk is the key , for vista ? i guess the same way as XP ,but can anyone add to this lack of knowlege for me ????/

Thanks Ca3le , a very amazing inspirational story , and good luck for the future , BTW, I was around when electrickery was invented ,and instant messages went by pigeon , I hit on the idea of leasing out talking parrots , but it never caught on

you are right on that Tdawnaz , but Re:" Do you got the furiniture to click this link? " dosn't read right in PURE English , BTW, I am not taking the Mick out of the American accent , hell , spoken by an American female sends a shiver down my spine ,

lol , this is an Internation forum and we speak English here , :2funny: "Your man has got cojones". Bush was referring to Blair's continuing support for the invasion of Iraq" Meanwhile Mr Bair is still seaking medical advise on his cajones condition , and now resides in a Swiss clinic ,

Noah in 2008 In the year 2008, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said, 'Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a few good humans' He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, 'You have 6 months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights.' Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard - but no Ark. 'Noah!' He roared, 'I'm about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?' 'Forgive me, Lord,' begged Noah, 'but things have changed. I needed a building permit. I've been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system. My neighbors claim that I've violated the neighborhood zoning laws by building the Ark in my yard and exceeding the height limitations. We had to go to the Development Appeal Board for a decision. Then the Department of Transportation demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the Ark's move to the sea. I told them that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it. Getting the wood was another problem. There's a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the spotted owl. I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls - but no go! When I started gathering the animals, an animal rights group sued me. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. They argued the accommodations were too restrictive, and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space. Then the EPA ruled that I couldn't build the Ark until they'd conducted an environmental impact study on your propo sed flood. I'm still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I'm supposed to hire for my building crew. Immigration and Naturalization are checking the green-card status of most of the people who want to work. The trades unions say I can't use my sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with Ark-building experience. To make matters worse, the IRS seized all my assets, claiming I'm trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species. So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least 10 years for me to finish this Ark.' Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky. Noah looked up in wonder and asked, 'You mean you're not going to destroy the world?' 'No,' said the Lord. 'The government beat me to it.