OT - guess the year

[hugh]

In message , Tim Lamb writes

Yes, petrol had got really expensive by then - you could no longer get 5 gallons for a quid.

[Dave Liquorice]

Now you can't get a gallon for five quid.

[Clive George]

Still haven't got to the hundred quid tank on mine yet, but the 50 quid limit on pay-at-pump is a bit of a joke :-)

[The Other Mike]

Who imposes a 50 quid limit?

I regularly fill mine and pay at the pump with more than that.

[Tim Streater]

[Hugh - Was Invisible]

My mastercard comes up with GBP90 or GBP99. Ample for 50L tanks

[polygonum]

, =

That must have been why he looked so old and tired...

[jgharston]

When I left school in the '80s my similar ambition was =A310,000 ;)

JGH

[Owain]

Mine still is, some years ;(

Owain

[jgharston]

Well, I managed to crawl up to =A311,600 by the time I lost my job last year ;)

JGH

[Tim Watts]

I'm 10k down PA on what I was getting in 2006, but now I have:

1) 60 minutes less commute (10 mins borisbike vs 30-40 mins walking and tube from Charing Cross)

2) Therefore also 1.5k approx up again not needing a travelcard on my ticket, including now being able to buy Robertsbridge -> Oxted via London which is 400 quid or so cheaper PA than Robertsbridge->London (WTF?)

3) Guaranteed working from home each week

4) I'm in charge of what I do and the politics is low (for now).

Guess which one I prefer, now vs 2006? :)

[Dave Liquorice]

Lucky you If I let mine get close to empty it's over =A3100.

That must vary, but I rarely use Pay@Pump and avoid Asda for that very reason (I don't think nay of thier stations have a kiosk now). The =A3100 limit at kiosks was a PITA last time fuel was around =A31.30 but that has disappeared this time around.

[djc]

My first job in 1973 paid £750, and was promised I might be earning as much as £3,000 by age 30. I left after a month and a year later I was getting over £1200. and ten times that by my 30th birthday. Mostly inflation of course,

[charles]

when I left university in 1952, we were told that the really goood ones will be earning £2000 a year by age 30.