From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 21 10:11:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA28563 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 10:11:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA28556 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 10:11:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id LAA25407; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:11:34 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19981221111011.06c2e7b0@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:10:58 -0700 To: Mark Ovens , Juergen Nickelsen From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Cool, A White Snowy Christmas in Sunnyvale, California 8) Cc: Drew Baxter , Ollivier Robert , chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <367E53A1.66F44F8@uk.radan.com> References: <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <199812202020.MAA46296@rah.star-gate.com> <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981220213341.009a9160@genesis.ispace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 01:56 PM 12/21/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: >I think we get ripped off for just about everything in Europe (when >compared to the States). Air fares are another example. The last >(only) time I went to the States (OK it was 18 years ago), your neck >of the woods Drew - New England, for the cost of my return flight >UK-US-UK I could purchase a 7 day, unlimited travel air ticket for the >whole US mainland and for most things, e.g. petrol, beer, tobacco, >clothes etc, what cost a Pound in England cost a Dollar in the US (the >exchange rate was ~$2.40/UKP, thats 60% cheaper!). I'll bet things are >still the same, although we're down to ~$1.60/UKP. No wonder Americans >are rich ;-). I don't think you could EVER get an unlimited air travel ticket. I think you mean a rail pass. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message