Mike,
how much are you guys paying for a litre of diesel? Here in UK thanks to Mr Brown, we are now paying £1.27 a litre. This is equal to R15.19. What's it in Namibian dollars? NAD19.61?
Well we still fathoming out how to change the petrol pumps to read units overR9.99. We hitting the R10.00 mark and now will have to multiply the amount due by 10.
Thank goodness I did not go the diesel route for my new car .. anyhow no mattre what they still sound kind of tractorlike and require closer maintenance intervals .. my new petrol baby giving good economy .. 8.4/100 on city cycle and me no granny at the wheel either .. If I was a granny it would be more like the claimed 6.6 - 7.5 .. everybody I know that was so smug on diesel a year or two ago is now bitching ...
Thats still OK in SA compared to Europe, we pay about 15-16 Rand / L
Our Gvnmt is very creedy and imposes high tax
I drive a diesel Bakkie, and the last time I checked we were paying 10.85 / litre,,,,, Michele drives a ford fiesta petrol.... about a rand cheaper per litre.......
@Robert..R1.00 = NAD 1.00
One pound = R 15.19 = NAD 15.19, yep ..ur right...NAD 19.61/lt... wheres all that money going too? Keep the unemployed on the dole?
@ Mike
You should know, what politicians tell us is lots of lies.....
Here they said, imposing extra Tax cause of enviroment and to use that money for sick fonds and pensions.
They have cancelled that usage, where the money goes no one knows.
We have lots of depts to cover for the unification, its Billions of Euros. The interest rates kill our budget
...and yet Shell and BP both posting record profits..... one tends to wonder if the rest of the world are being taken for a ride here.........
a very expensive ride mike,deisel in the uk is more expensive than petrol,watch this space
We're paying just over NAD 3 per litre ... iknow
Are you bragging Patricia...lol :36_2_35:
For those of you who are wondering why our fuel prices in SA are so high, check the attachment.
@Patricia...put some diesel in a COke bottle and post it to PO.BOx 96, Oranjemund Namibia..... I'll pay you NAD 3.50 feo a litre....
Mike, I drive a Hyundai Tuscon V6 but it helps when your employer foots the petrol bill bling1
Would hate to think what it would do to my budget if I were footing the bill myself .... idontknow
Another one that's bragging...lol :36_2_35:
Hey, I'n not bragging ... we pay more for petrol in the UAE than in most of the other Gulf countries ... that's not fair !
Patricia, I think Carl was talking about me.... hehehehe *jealousy makes you nasty Carl!* e180
Of course he's jealous ... us girls got a better deal once again ... :36_2_35:
Quote from: Carl Wrbka on May 25, 2008, 05:42:02 AM
Are you bragging Patricia...lol :36_2_35:
Quote from: Carl Wrbka on May 25, 2008, 07:20:33 AM
Another one that's bragging...lol :36_2_35:
I was in fact referring to you both. e154
You're cruising for a bruising Carl thumper thumper thumper
Not again please..... I'm still recovering from Rhona's thumper yesterday. :emot78:
:emot19:
Oh pull yourself towards yourself and stop feeling sorry for yourself! Every sport has its injuries Carl! faceinfood
Here in Aus we pay about $1.80/$1.85 per litre for diesel. Thats about R13.50-R14.00 per litre.
They reckon it will go up to $2.00 per litre within the next month or so.
The crazy thing is that the price of diesel is about 20-25 cents more than petrol. No-one can explain why.
We have a 12.5% GST and a fuel excise of about 38.1 cents per litre - so pay about 60 cents just in taxes. Not a bad revenue earner for the governement.
I guess it could be worse.
Malcolm
Where in Oz you at Malcolm?
Quote from: DUNJA WRBKA on May 25, 2008, 07:57:20 AM
:emot19:
Oh pull yourself towards yourself and stop feeling sorry for yourself! Every sport has its injuries Carl! faceinfood
No problem. Forgiven and forgotten. I must hold the record for the most thumper received on this forum. I tend to have a "foot in mouth" moment every now and then, but that's the way I am.
The demand for diesel is currently higher than petrol, with all the trucks on the road and in ZA the number of gensets that have been sold.....
Malcolm....give me two minutes then read your PM....
If only people knew that in the real world you are a total introvert! Guess you have a field day letting it all out on here! But I still loves ya anyway!! e154
AN INTtrovert..... you could have fooled me... :36_2_35:
Diesel is still the way to go. I have a 1.3l petrol car and a 1.9l diesel car. The petrol car has a larger tank than the diesel car and gets me 600km in town conditions. The diesel car gets me 900km per tank under the same conditions. Even with diesel being R1 more than petrol, it remains the better choice.
I'm in Hobart where the prices are a little more than the mainland.
I guess that a diesel is more fuel efficient than a petrol but here diesel cars are about 10% more expensive. . . .
Cant win them all.
Malcolm
... and diesel cars cost less to service...and they keep on running.......
It's interesting but almost all the diesel car are imported - very little local maufacturers make diesel cars. Very big in Europe.
Malcolm
The trick is to keep the diesel car for 3 years and then trade it in for another new one. Service intervals have recently improved to such an extent, that they match those of their petrol equivalents. My Polo has service intervals of 15000km which was unheard of a few years ago. Another plus point for diesels is that fuel companies have been forced to drastically lower the sulphur content of their diesel. Sulphur is the ultimate killer in any diesel engine.
Quote from: Michael Alexander on May 25, 2008, 08:25:04 AM
... and diesel cars cost less to service...and they keep on running.......
sorry, not true mike :sorriso2:
namdeb has stopped buying diesel bakkies and gone back to petrol because the running costs are lower.
ask Freddie
While Michael is deciding on how to poison your steak Mike, let me add a quick 2c chirp. I think Michael was probably referring to commercial passenger vehicles manufactured in the last few years. I know the older models were an absolute no-go when it came to services and overall running costs.
I bought my double cab diesel in 2002... demo model.... had 29 000km on the clock..... six years later it only has.... 79 000 km on the clock...... I drive it in Omund only twice a month 60km..... and twice a year to CPT.... oh and once to Bloem for the CC final..... the car goes like a boeing.... it was paid off almost 3 years ago..... so I ain't trading her... I worked out if I get another 2 years use outta her.... I will be in credit..... We use Michele's fiesta around town for kids, school etc...... I have been tempted to buy a new bakkie.... but it just does not make any fiscal sense..... anyhow...in 2010...the electric car will be here..... Wow! 80's flashback song...... Sam Fox...with TOuch Me....... playing on my PC...
Now there's an idea - the electric car. Only problem is that you need electricity. In Aus our electricity jumped 25% in January. SA has got huge electricity problems. So you might not be able to charge your car overnight . . . .
Question: will there be enough electricity in 2010?
We at Spar just spent close to R500 000 on a new genset.... just in case, I'm gonna buy me aexcercise cycling bike and rig the thing up with a dynamo and inverter and charge my electric car up with that.... the moment I get to buy this house from the mine.... I;m gonna go solar..... all the way.....
I use my feet in a pair of "Crocs". I get good milage, about R400.00 per year.
hehehehe Can agree with you on that one Diana I get the same mileage out of my "crocs"
We pay 1,50 Euro for Diesel and petrol at the moment! We payed only half the amount in the mid 90s and thought that was expensive.
Very interesting to read the posts here about the prices of fuel.
I drive a diesel Land Rover Freelander2. Service intervals at 15,000 miles. But boy when they do a £200 oil change I swear at them. Workshops just look for revenue and do uneccessary work and hope they are dealing with an idiot who won't question the bill. I do question and I do inspect before accepting the keys back. I also ask for the parts they allege to have replaced!
UK is the highest taxed nation in EU I think. But it still does not stop Brown from ripping us off. Economists have worked out that he can reduce the duty on petrol which equates to 15p per liter and still rake in billions each day.
15p per litre is a lot of money you would save Robert. How much petrol do you need in 100km?
Have you guys considered the "Browns Gas" option?
does it stain carl? :emot19:
It's not "THAT" gas that I'm referring to jnr. Although it would probably work too if you were able to collect enough.
The Gas jnr refers to burns in all kind of coulours, blue and green iknow
I'm sure you know oldman. arse laughpoint
You need to take precautions though to prevent a flashback. Could get painfull. Unwanted hair loss is also a problem, if done incorrectly.
Anybody who has ever been to the army, or spent time in a boys only hostel should know what I'm on about.
Expert opinion about the economy of diesel versus petrol is divided in certain quarters. I still think that over 12 months, diesel could be more economical than a petrol driven vehicle. But the jury is still out.
Today a group of North Sea oil exploration chappies went to meet the doos at Number 10 and his Darling exchequer to discuss matters such as the price reduction of fuel.
But guess what - they did not discuss fuel price reduction. They spoke investment in North Sea Oil which makes no frigging difference to the petrol pump price at my local garage today, tomorrow or even next year.
Only the groot doosie can change that and do you think he is straining at the reins to get at the crowded price reduction keyboard....?! Nope. Because why? Darling is coining it. At the current prices, the government tax % is amounting to millions and millions of GBP each day that ends up at the Treasury to be spent on financing the British armed forces staying in Iraq & Afghanistan and not on:
1. cleaning up hospitals here where if you go in you can die from the MRS bug and not from the illness you are diagnosed with
2. Providing increased pensions to all the older generation to keep starvation at bay, a roof over their heads and their dignity intact
3. Increasing the police force to prevent crime and the latest fad - stabbing youngsters to death.
No, the groot doos wants to keep the armed forces occupied fighting a war which this country should never have been involved in.
And this is a 1st world economy.....................?! Jawelnofine.
Thanks for letting me rant!
No problem Robert. I think our ability to rant is what differentiates us from the boxes residing at Nr.10 and at the Union Buildings. I think most governments, excluding the middle east, derive great income from petrol tax. I believe here in SA it's about 45% of the cost per liter that goes to the Union Buildings.
I am no economist but if the % was reduced, wouldn't it spark greater economic activity? Transportation of goods would be reduced, retail prices would fall, purchasing would increase, economy gets better, normal VAT or GST volume increases which can then be ploughed back into a country's infrastructure and thus keep the (cheaper) wheels of economics going around.
Or is this pie in the sky thinking?
Same problem here in Aus - we have nearly 40% taxes on our fuel. There is talk that the federal government wants to give a 5 cents cut on the fule prices. !!!!!!! That a saving of about $1.50 on a tank of petrol costing $75-80. Dont know why the hell they are bothering.
Ridiculous.
@ Robert - It would definately bring down the price of consumer goods, thereby leading to a better standard of living for the majority of the population. Unfortunately, the shortfall in the state coffers will just be made up then by an increase somewhere else. What needs to happen is deregulation of the global oil price. Let each fuel supplier determine his own price. Promote some competition between the major oil companies of the world.
Sadly though, this is definately pie in the sky thinking. As long as OPEC calls the shots, we're screwed!
Quote from: RobertBruce on May 28, 2008, 02:25:57 PM
I am no economist but if the % was reduced, wouldn't it spark greater economic activity? Transportation of goods would be reduced, retail prices would fall, purchasing would increase, economy gets better, normal VAT or GST volume increases which can then be ploughed back into a country's infrastructure and thus keep the (cheaper) wheels of economics going around.
Or is this pie in the sky thinking?
That is the right thinking, same discussions here.
That would mean the Gvnmt has to be more inventive, why should they, if its so easy to milk the poulation.
The prices and Tax in our country go up and up. I see the $ price doubled, no one mentions here that the value of the $ is almost only half of what it was.
The camparison.
1 $ costs 1,26 €
Now
1$ costs 0,65 €
To me that equates to paying almost half for the $ , that should balance off the crude oil price increase
Oil is paid in $ not €, in other words where is the factual price increase here in Europe
Who are then the big winners apart from Gvnmts
All lies and nothing but lies dayly, monthly, yearly.......
Now they talk about new tax again. The so called CO2 Tax
I still wait for someone to explain to me:
My car uses 8 Litres of fuel that equals about 8 kg of liquid
Yet our clever enviroment minister says that 8 L produces 12 kg of Gaz namely CO2
Pleeeeeeeeeeeease some expert elaborate and explain that ????? idontknow
The Namibian Newspaper, the Economist reported last week that Tullow oil might have found oil in Namibian waters, with reserves of at least 10 Billion Barrels..needless to say their SHare price doubled...
@ Robert, you constantly amaze me, that you have never forgotten your African Slang.... :sorriso2:
Quote from: Michael Alexander on May 28, 2008, 03:33:46 PM
@ Robert, you constantly amaze me, that you have never forgotten your African Slang....
Jislaaik Mike, dink julle ek's 'n befokte soutie wat alles van Suid Wes vergeet? As they say, you can take a poephol out of South West but you can't take the South West out of a poephol!
WHen I arrived in UK mid 90's my staff at work in London was comprised of 60% SAFFERS and a couple of Zimbabweans and then as the 90's moved on, more and more SAFFERS seemed to arrive and make camp everywhere. So you could be stood at the checkout at Sainsbury's Oxford and hear the vloeking behind you. Was great to turn around and let rip back....! The shock on the faces was worth a million.
So ja, I are still vloeking like I are at 21-1st Avenue!
allgood
@ Robert :emot19:
And the frikking petrol price is going up AGAIN by 50c next week - sigh!
Quote from: Cherry (Alcock) on May 30, 2008, 04:42:07 PM
@ Robert :emot19:
And the frikking petrol price is going up AGAIN by 50c next week - sigh!
I think the truckers protest that occured this week in London might become a regular event if the price keeps rising here too.
Messr Bruce .. still so very serf efrikan .. good on you .. see the monkeys running around O'mund ?/ incentive to continue writing ..
robert when we arrived omund 1974 we stayed in 25-1st ave with ted and sister muriel webster as our neibouhrs.
Robby, eyes likes your style.
Quote from: Chris Macpherson on May 30, 2008, 07:20:36 PM
robert when we arrived omund 1974 we stayed in 25-1st ave with ted and sister muriel webster as our neibouhrs.
Chris,
As a 1st Avenuer, you are an honorary Trees person too! But did you learn the trick of how to fall from thos (then) huge fir trees? Oh man that was fun once you'd mastered the technique.
I can't recall the Websters. Maybe a piccie will trigger the cells in the brain.
We did that Robert (E7-1st Ave) , you used the branches as slides...... but we never went from a great height....in the 70's there were quite a few port Jacksons around....they made the most excellent slides.....
The Websters...their mother was a nurse,the one that would come and check on the new mommy's after they left the hospital.
RobertBruce
I is also a 1st Avenuer (55 1st to be exact) Just don't think I am an honorary Trees person tho. NEVER used the branches as slides ..... swink
us kids used to torture the life out of the first avenue residents,great place for a game of TOK TOKKIE,the trees gave us perfect cover from the purple faced oomies n tannies that tried to catch us,never did get caught,ha ha
I was a tree-dweller myself. Also had a great tree-house in E10/11. Not so much 1st avenue - a bit too far from 11th where we stayed. Only when I went to Mickey Steyn to play. They also stayed in the beginning of first or second avenue. (Parents Dan and Renata, sister Daphne). I still have a pic of his 6th birthday party. Our Moms expected us at the same time - if I remember correctly, his birthday is 13 July, 12 days before me. Yes, and sister Webster also came to see how we were doing after we were taken home from hospital. My Mom says she was excellent with the babies. We had a nice row of trees to climb which ran almost all the way from the abattoir to I think 7th avenue.
How did you guys get up the rees? Petrol or diesel?
bling1
:emot19:
hehehehehe Oops we have done it again... TOTALLY OFF THE SUBJECT...
....meanwhile back on topic, the BBC has a nice piece about how to generate cheaper diesel BUT that Godron Doos Bruin, still taxes the diesel by-product at the same rate. How utterly ridiculous when you consider that the used oils and chip shop oil would have just gone down the drain to help degrade the environment even more.
Here is the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7425988.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7425988.stm)
They tested the used "chip" oil on Mythbusters recently, and it works like a bomb. Problem is your exhaust smells like the inside of a fish 'n chips shop. :sorriso2:
There's a guy here in Germany he collects the oil from restaurants. After letting it through a special filter he uses it as diesel. Quite cheap in the end.
Yea, and it compares very well with the real stuff. They raced two similar cars against eachother, one on diesel, the other on chip oil. The diesel car won, but only by a meter or two.
A win is a win!
I think the government do not want us to use any cheaper form of fuel. It goes against their 'let's rip-off the public as long as we can' ethos. God forbid that we should use a cheaper non-regulated fuel!
Do you remember in the late 80's in SA. Raymond Ackerman from Pick 'n Pay found a loophole in the fuel retail laws, and started selling petrol at his supermarkets. It wasn't even a week before the Government shut him down.
I once again urge all of you to head down to the local video shop and hire the DVD , Who killed the Electric Car?
IMDB link---> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/
""I can't believe I cried over a car", 2 May 2006
10/10
Author: maguffinator from United States
I just saw this at the festival. Wow. What an awesome film (and soundtrack)!! This isn't just a film about a car, it's film about us, but more than that, it's an uplifting film about us. Most documentaries make me want to jump off a bridge after I leave the theater, but this one gave me hope. In the pre-hybrid days, the EV1 fully electric car was released by GM in the 1990s with great fanfare and hubris from Roger Smith (yes, the same Roger Smith as "Roger & Me".) It caught on quickly with consumers and gave GM a 3 year technological head start over the other manufactures. GM, however, had inadvertently built a car that required no gas, no oil, and no replacement parts. If they'd stayed the course, GM would be where Toyota is today with the Prius, but with no gas required. But they, and a host of others, chose a different course. This films chronicles the struggle of the dedicated EV drivers (men and women, everyday folks) who decided to take a stand. A stand against who? A stand against auto manufacturers, big oil, the federal government, the state of California, and ultimately their fellow consumers. If one person can make a difference, wait until you see what a growing coalition of one-persons can do (and are doing)! Be afraid, Goliath, be very afraid. As one girl in the audience put it, "I can't believe I cried over a car...twice."
Michael, Michael, Michael!
You are a sad videogeek aren't you......indeed! What other anorak in the Namib desert or the planet would recall this movie?
I am fast losing faith in your chance of rehabilitation into the wild n wicked world of Blu-Ray hardcore porn!!
:wow1:
They have Blue ray porn out already? Nobody told me this, I must endevour to rush of to the local Video shop, anorak and all and request this new video phenomenum.... Oh! Wonders never cease..... Now if only Michele would allow me....... swink
:emot19:
Hey what's wrong with the site? There's hoolahoop1 poledancing1 boobs arse on almost every topic today. Are you all getting blue pils in sa today?
:emot19:
Damn, thats whats wrong with the pills I'm taking - they are green and not blue!
:emot19:
Maybe we should try the red ones for a change Michele...
:36_2_35:
notfair all this discrimination against the green pills.
And why do you use the blue smiley....
laughpoint
Don't hand out the green pills freely, Carl, let's keep them between the handful of us in the green corner, what they're for is our secret!!! I'm sure Mike has a few in his store! Push up the prices Mike!
:36_2_24:
I know the colour of Mike's pills - they are a mixture of pink, yellow and white! No green or blue!
Time to get out the food colouring I guess!
laughpoint
laughpoint :emot19:
From petrol & diesel to Smarties.
How off topic can this thread go....?
bling1
Well I see a thread Robert.
Petrol -> trafficlights -> smarties.
It's as easy as that.
:36_2_35:
Ooooooooooh so sharp so early this morning George?
daman
bling1
Must've been a fluke....!!
:emot172:
So anyway - diesel is up by 2p again! The only shock is that Esso are selling it cheap unless it is old stock.
Got to tell you this - sad, but funny.
My mom's youngest brother rushed to the petrol station on Tuesday evening to fill up his car before the prices were raised again. On his way to the farm (he's visiting currently) his vehicle stalled. When he tried to switch it on again -= poof - smoke and flames. This was about 4km from the house. Needless to say, when Cobus and Boet got there, uncle Neels's car was nearly cremated. They had to cut the pipline to blaze the fire.
That's now a hike in price, I would say. Not just petrol - a whole new car!
What caused the fire ?
idontknow
Also don't know. Something with the fuel stuff and corborator - that's what I understand. Still waiting for the asessor from his insurance to come and asess to see what the cause was. Scary - one minute you drive in your car, the next moment it goes up in flames!
QUICK QUIZ?:"If i SAID the following line...."One day your car goes Boom!", who would know to what I am referring to?"
Answer: My poor uncle Neels?
there's a bomb under your car????!!!!!!!
cheers quickdop
Quote from: Paula Gottsch (Willson) on June 05, 2008, 11:31:01 AM
there's a bomb under your car????!!!!!!!
No way - it's doosface Godron Bruin putting the price of diesel up again!
:emot19:
maybe he should then get something that goes "boom"!
:36_2_35:
:emot19:
The car's probably smoking!!!! Here in my area they say in Afr - "Check'ie haze, die jongetjies rook al weer boom!"
spinningweed
HINT: it's from a book.....
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
Animated book, translated into 21 different languages....
Quote from: Michael Alexander on June 05, 2008, 04:17:05 PM
Animated book, translated into 21 different languages....
Animated book?! Mmmmm it is the Kama Sutra isn't it.......................??!
Nope... and it ain't Jamie Oliver either.....
HERBIE spinningweed
Wasn't Herbie a VW Beatle?
Volksie nr.53
Havn't heard that word in 30 years Carl.
Volksie.
Thought some-one would get it through the night!
It's Mike's favorite books (after Asterix of course!)
TINTIN!!!!!!
Way to go Bertie.... the answer was Tintin, know which book? Who was in the car? What kind of car was it? What colour was the car?
bravo
Must've been the Thompson twins and/or Captain Haddock??
And the book could've been "Black Gold".
Read them all in the childrens library in OM. Long time ago. 35 years??
It was the Thompson Twins and haddock in the book Black gold..... well done!
What were they driving?
A jeep in the dessert.
How much was the fuel?
In the 50s?In Saudi Arabia? Maybe 5p Robert.
laughpoint
A red 1943 Willys Jeep!
Way to go.... Haddock was not in it.... Tintin was driving..the guy next to him, is some german doctor..... they put a chemical into the fuel tank that makes your car go BOOM! thus ends the lesson....
Quote from: georg ruf jr. on June 06, 2008, 08:58:13 AM
In the 50s?In Saudi Arabia? Maybe 5p Robert.
Precisely my point George. Factor in all the costs and inflation etc and what price will you get in today's money to do the same trip? I doubt you would find it financially viable to do the trip.
As at this morning, the cost per barrel of crude has dropped but the government and the fuel companies still maintain high prices. Just proves how we are all being ripped off by the demands of oil company and the refiners' shareholders to return a profit for subsequent increased dividend and also the greedy Exchequer at Number 11 Downing St has not signalled a decrease in the 66% tax they levy per litre.
Shame on them all.
The poor get poorer and those b****rds just keep getting richer and our roads remain the worst in Europe and are really a national discgrace. How can the rest of Europe keep their infrastructures so well maintained while this government expects us to fork out more and more money to them for....what? Death by virus in unclean hospitals, rising unemployment, starving pensioners etc etc etc etc.
Villefranche Sur Mer is calling me loudly! I think it is time to pack up and leave England.
Hey! You know Villefranche Sur Mer? I passed the place just recently.
Quote from: georg ruf jr. on June 06, 2008, 09:39:57 AM
Hey! You know Villefranche Sur Mer? I passed the place just recently.
My home from home. Family have a house there.
Are you referring to Villefranche-sur-Mer between Nice and Monaco? Awesome place ... spent many summer holidays down there ...
Good question Patricia.
We went to VF in the Pyrenees.
http://www.oranjemundonline.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1605.msg33504#new
I'm sure we passed a VF sur mer on our way to Montpellier. Don't know what Robert is refering to.
Quote from: Patricia Lotte on June 08, 2008, 03:49:55 AM
Are you referring to Villefranche-sur-Mer between Nice and Monaco? Awesome place ... spent many summer holidays down there ...
Yes this is the place. I love it.
When I first went their years ago I thought it is just so like Cape Town in terms of fauna, topography and climate. Well it is.
A scene from the Robert De Niro movie, "Ronin" was filmed down at the Villefranche harbour front. The scene is where he asks his old CIA buddy to locate (by triangulating the signal) a cellphone.
See the attached photo of the actual location! Michael Caine also shot a scene in one of his movies at the same spot.
Must agree with Robert. There are many places along the Mediteranian coust that remind me of the Southern Cape. Nice athmosphere.
Was the Michael Caine movie called Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Steve Martin?
Has anyone tried one of these or know of someone who has?
http://www.spindrift.co.za/super_fuel_saver.htm
Quote from: Michael Alexander on June 09, 2008, 08:03:05 AM
Was the Michael Caine movie called Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Steve Martin?
@Michael - I can't recall but I do now for sure that the movie was shot in and around Beaulieu-sur-mer two towns along the road toward Monaco.
Below are some photos from Beaulieu-sur-mer. Very chic town. One is of the public toilettes outside the church at Beaulieu where a friend was holding her art exhibition. The chapel in which she displayed her work was over 900 years old. I wanted to get the toilette into the picture because I am certain it is the swankiest and best kept pissoir you will ever see or use!
The palms with lights just proves how chic the area is! And the 3rd picture is a street scene at Beaulieu a couple of days before Christmas near the market.
@Jeremy - will have to do some investigation into the effect magnets will have. I can't understand how they would ionise the fuel. However - I do have the best source for this type of information in the shape of my brother-in-law, a scientist lecturer at Adelaide University who just happens to be involved in a project involving magnets and energy storage.
I'll let you know the response.
Quote from: Jeremy Dixon on June 09, 2008, 09:04:13 AM
Has anyone tried one of these or know of someone who has?
http://www.spindrift.co.za/super_fuel_saver.htm
I dont know that one....
Our AA and TV made tests, all negative results image14
@ Michael - Scoundrels was also shot at the Royal on Cap St Jean Ferrat. This is the official name for Cap Ferrat
Ferrat is a peninsula that juts out to sea from Villefranche and forms the bay into which ocean liners drop anchor. During summer breaks at Villefranche, we use the 1st 'strand' on Ferrat at the end of the promenade out of Villefranche.
The final photo is a view of Villefranche from Cap Ferrat. Evening promenades around the bay toward Ferrat are traditional and a nice way to end off a day. The Ronin scene was shot outside the Welcom Hotel which is the larger structure behind the large single masted blue yacht. At extrem left of the photo is the Citadel - a fort that protected the town and country from invading Moors etc.
Quote from: Jeremy Dixon on June 09, 2008, 09:04:13 AM
Has anyone tried one of these or know of someone who has?
http://www.spindrift.co.za/super_fuel_saver.htm
Jeremy, this one is definately busted. It started out as an Urban Myth quite a few years ago, and somebody seized the opportunity to make a quick buck.
The dead give-away on the website is "this system works on Neodymium Super Conductor Magnets". Huhh? :nono1:
Yeah some guy contacted me today trying to sell me one! You know what they say if its too good to be true it probably is!
Great pics Robert. Could've been a topic for the holiday board.
They actually sold quite a few. Nobody wants to admit having bought one though... :emot19:
The obvious problem is trying to get their "super conductor" magnets to -273 degrees celsius. laughpoint
Quote from: georg ruf jr. on June 09, 2008, 11:13:43 AM
Great pics Robert. Could've been a topic for the holiday board.
You have a valid point & I apologise if the size causes some of you readers long download time. I just uploaded without thinking some people would not have broadband.
The final photo is a view of Villefranche from Cap Ferrat. Evening promenades around the bay toward Ferrat are traditional and a nice way to end off a day. The Ronin scene was shot outside the Welcom Hotel which is the larger structure behind the large single masted blue yacht. At extrem left of the photo is the Citadel - a fort that protected the town and country from invading Moors etc.
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You're so right Rob, that area of the Cote d'Azur is stunning. I have family from my mom's side that live in Beaulieu, so am lucky to be able to go there as often as I want. If you've done the walk around St Jean Cap Ferrat, you'll have seen the statue of the Madone and its liitle church. Absolutely gorgeous! You might also have bumped into nudists along the way! There're quite a few down there. Have you been to Eze? Again, a beautiful place. And then all the way to Monaco. That to brings back great memories as I dated one of the palace guards for quite some time. Just luv men in uniform!
Hey Dalene! What do the rules say about uniforms?
Well, if you're talking about the rules for petrol & diesel price increases, then I must admit I haven't got the faintest idea what article number under what law of what year printed in what gazette refers to the issue of uniforms.
It this was posted in the wrong topic - referring to the rules for Swingers - THEN WAIT TILL WE GET TO THAT RULE - don't jump the gun!
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QuoteHave you been to Eze? Again, a beautifull place.
The only part of Eze that is lovely is the ancient town perched on top of the mountain!
If you leave Eze to drive into Monte Carlo on the bas corniche in your petrol or diesel fuelled vehicle, you will go past Bono's house. We join the grand corniche at the top of the back wall of the Eze jardin (drive up the hillpast the perfumerie), each morning to drive to La Turbie to get fresh bread.
Here is a photo of Eze, the medieval fortified town perched on top of a mountain:
notfair I'm NOT playing with you anymore! You all go to these most beautifull places - (sniff) - and just make me jealous! How much petrol do you think I'm going to use to get there?
This is actually a very good topic - reference to places all over the world - should someone take a hike somewhere one of us should be able to answer something or post a few pics & give info etc etc -
Okay - I'll play again...
Quote from: RobertBruce on June 10, 2008, 11:48:25 AM
QuoteHave you been to Eze? Again, a beautifull place.
The only part of Eze that is lovely is the ancient town perched on top of the mountain!
If you leave Eze to drive into Monte Carlo on the bas corniche in your petrol or diesel fuelled vehicle, you will go past Bono's house. We join the grand corniche at the top of the back wall of the Eze jardin (drive up the hillpast the perfumerie), each morning to drive to La Turbie to get fresh bread.
Here is a photo of Eze, the medieval fortified town perched on top of a mountain:
Great pic Robert. So typical the the (more or less) Mediteranean erea.
Quote from: Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee) on June 10, 2008, 12:00:50 PMThis is actually a very good topic - reference to places all over the world - should someone take a hike somewhere one of us should be able to answer something or post a few pics & give info etc etc -
Okay - I'll play again...
Dalene, stop getting jealous.
Just picture in your mind me in a wet, gray, sunless freezeingwinters dealing with morons on the motorways in their petrol or diesel guzzling cars and trucks acting like doosies and not giving way to quicker drivers like me. Then at the office I have to deal with the doos deluxes of this wet and rain-spoiled , nanny state of an island with the biggest doos for a Prime Minister!
Click the link to see what it is like when a few drops of water fall while I am driving down the motorway with Allman Brothers Band blaring out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U17Kv6ibzm4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U17Kv6ibzm4)
and here is part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YMHM1S560o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YMHM1S560o)
And lastly - remember that I do miss sonskyn, chevrolet, braaivleis, and the stroppie chinas who get pissed on Klipdrift n coke before rugby or cricket matches at Newlands.
Finally, I miss my Ford diesel bakkie! Very much. We okes get so attached to our bakkies. We love the sound of the bakkie and the smell of diesel early in the mornings much in the same why or more passionately than we do crave our women................................!
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One tends to wonder, why one did not take one's powerful automobile and drive oneself into the empty right hand lane like one would do if one was residing in SOuth Africa......!
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Quote from: Michael Alexander on June 10, 2008, 06:10:34 PM
One tends to wonder, why one did not take one's powerful automobile and drive oneself into the empty right hand lane like one would do if one was residing in SOuth Africa......!{/quote]
One is getting a tad cheeky isn't one....!!!
I was going to. Beind in a Land Rover allowed me to do that BUT I wanted to video the event on my mobile.
So I elected to remain calm as one does , clearheaded as one should and not fall prey as one does to that demon daredevil inside and act like a bosbefok Namibian who has never seen it rain before. And boy did it chuck it down this day.
I had driven in the opposite direction only 45 minutes earlier, gone to Tesco and this is what occured while I was delayed at the blerry checkout.
You have untied my jealous buttons, Robert. As for the d's - we have quite a few champions in our own government here in SA - I'd better not start a list with names!
Do you guys watch Planet Mechanics on Discovery channel. Those two guys have just presented a program where they converted a petrol engine to a 'wood gas' engine. Made notes and even took a pic or two of the contraption they built - using it in London for some or other "Green Plant a tree" project and the thing actually works!
This said it all
Bwahaahaahaa!
Well I can't beat that illustration of how we are getting shafted.....! Yesterday the panic buying was full on. Diesel is at GBP1.31 a litre and the government still does nothing. The press (Daily Mail) headlined yesterdays news with something that is certain to calm down us motorists - Pumps Are Running Dry! So guess where a load of people will be today - at the nearest petrol station!
@Robert, that story really irked me, watched it on SKYNEWS...it's 1 in 10 pumps that do not have stock...only for four days..... actually 2 if you think about it.... the media sensationalised this story and caused panic buying..... Oh! A HOrse...My kingdom for a Horse......
And now Suadia Arabia has said they will increase crude oil production to help lower the cost. And a plea from the King to governments is to lower the tax on fuel to help us consumers.
Guess where the plea will go - in the bin!
...and thats where it went in ZA today, the government refuses to lower fuel tax....... suffer the people.... one just has to ask the question...who is making all that money?
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