On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 09:08:24 +0100, "Hairy One Kenobi"
]> wrote:

>"Bob Muse" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:49:20 +0100, > wrote:
>>
>> >On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:19:33 +0100, Tom Boltwood >,
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >>I can't believe you meant England in the UK
>> >Ah but this an American's perception of what Brits think. <LMAO>
>> >
>> >As with most of these perceived views of life outside
>> >the actual USA, the reality is rather different. :-)
>> >
>> >I would hate to post anything that smacked of politics,
>> >but fuel taxation is politics, and so is the American perception of the
>> >UK. Just because President B Liar and Prime Minister Bush are
>> >interchangeable doesn't mean US fantasy swops with Real Life . <LOL>
>
>> My perceptions of the UK were turned upside down when I visited there.
>> They aren't from my armchair here in the states, they were formulated
>> through dinner conversations with more than 40-50 people. Their
>> opinions and attitudes varied of course, but they usually felt like
>> the gas taxes were the right thing to do even if it created a hardship
>> for them or at least guided their lifestyle where fuel was concerned..
>
>Hmm. Where did you visit? An anti-car convention? ;o)
>
>(More likely, somewhere like a leafy suburb of London, where a car is too
>expensive to run when compared to plentiful public transport)
>
>I must confess that I only know of one person who was happy with fuel prices
>over here.
>
>Finnish, and a fanatical anti-car cyclist, he found himself in the situation
>of needing a license for his job, passed the test, and promptly moved to
>Spain. Complaining about "rip-off Britain" as he packed..
>
>Consider yourself trumped )
The people I interacted with the most were in Cleveland up on the
North Sea Coast. Not leafy and certainly different than the people
around London.