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shamrock1018 Housemate |
posted 06-09-2004 11:38 AM
  
I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere ... if you preorder movie tickets online (fandango or whatever it's called) you can save $1-$2! I found this out when I preordered HP3 tickets for only $7 at Loews movie theater that usually charges around $9 - plus I didn't have to worry about the movie being sold out. I agree totally with the idea of getting dvd/videos through your library. My library even has where you can request online (from any library in our county and it gets delievered to your local library) and they call/email you when it's ready to be picked up. IP: Logged |
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Merimoo Housemate |
posted 06-09-2004 11:41 AM
Oooh! I usually get movie passes through AAA - around here it works out to about $6/ticket, which is still less than the freaking expensive matinee price! Theoretically, they're not valid for the first two weeks of a new movie, but I've only found that to be a problem for really big movies like LOTR. Most of the theater employees don't pay attention. [This message has been edited by Merimoo (edited 06-09-2004).] IP: Logged |
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Drea D Housemate |
posted 06-09-2004 11:53 AM
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hbdanielle Housemate |
posted 06-09-2004 11:57 AM
i hear ya...i paid $2.44 at an arco this morning. arco is supposed to be cheap, dammit! IP: Logged |
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chitowngal Housesitter |
posted 06-09-2004 12:21 PM
2.49 baby!!! IP: Logged |
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bekkaboo Housesitter |
posted 06-09-2004 12:54 PM
OUCH! At the highest, I pay about $2.15, but there's a grocery store w/gas pumps by my apt. that's managed to keep it around $1.99. That's for the cheap stuff, though - thank God I don't still have to fill up my gas-sucking (may it rest in peace) Nova, which required the good stuff. IP: Logged |
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Princessjeanne Housemate |
posted 06-09-2004 01:05 PM
Move to omaha. I bought gas yesterday for $1.89. Nyaaah! 
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Jezabel Housesitter |
posted 06-09-2004 02:35 PM
Long live the dollar cinema, baby! We saw Elf on Easter, but it was only a buck. IP: Logged |
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bekkaboo Housesitter |
posted 06-09-2004 02:56 PM
We used to have one of those where I grew up, where you could see a movie for $1.50 like, months after it was out of all the other theaters. I wish there was one around here. IP: Logged |
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quarkiegirl Housemate |
posted 06-09-2004 03:35 PM
geez, the cheap theatre here is $5.75, and i thought that was a good deal! you tell your $1 theatre people to get their butts up to boston, pronto! IP: Logged |
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Jezabel Housesitter |
posted 06-09-2004 03:41 PM
I know. I grew up in the Boston area, and every time I go home to visit my family, I'm shocked by how expensive everything is. The low cost of living is a big part of what's kept me down here in Texas so long. It's sad, really, to know I am unlikely to ever be able to afford to move back home. IP: Logged |
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jstrizzy Housemate |
posted 06-09-2004 03:49 PM
I can't even remember the last time I paid less than $2 for a gallon of gas. IP: Logged |
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Shadowhand Housemate |
posted 06-10-2004 02:54 AM
You think your fuel is expensive? Come to the UK, it costs us £4 (more than $7) per gallon. And 3/4 of that is Duty and goes straight into the Government's bloated pockets 
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becca11 Housesitter |
posted 06-10-2004 04:29 AM
We'd be paying about $3.50 US a gallon down here IP: Logged |
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amie Housemate |
posted 06-10-2004 05:05 AM
really? i always thought we had it reasonably good down here... then again, i could just be reading into the govt propoganda on that one. I'm yet to pay over a dollar because I try not to fill up on weekends and i use the vouchers from the supermarket. i paid about 93.9c yesterday (for a litre), down from 97.9c, not bad. IP: Logged |
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Jezabel Housesitter |
posted 06-10-2004 08:07 AM
Yeah, when I lived in Europe, I remember being stunned by the price of gas/petrol. They paid for the liter what we paid for the gallon. 3.78 liters to the gallon= DANG! No wonder they have such good public transport. IP: Logged |
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BerdsTheWord Housemate |
posted 06-10-2004 02:59 PM
My cousin lives in Alaska and she said it's currently abou $3.53 a gallon up there! When the next barge comes in (I guess it's delivered by barge?), they estimate it will be up to 4 bucks a gallon! Good thing she lives in a small town! IP: Logged |
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becca11 Housesitter |
posted 06-10-2004 03:24 PM
quote: Government excise is about 48% of the cost of a litre of petrol, then you have gst on top. so relatively highly taxed. and in perth the public transport isn't flash unless you work in the cbd. IP: Logged |
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breana Housemate |
posted 06-10-2004 03:39 PM
quote: I remember learning that the public transportation system in Denmark was failing, so the government increased gas prices to something like $4/L (and this was back in the early 90s, goodness only knows how much they pay now) to encourage the use of mass transit. Pretty good trick, you know. IP: Logged |
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jstrizzy Housemate |
posted 06-10-2004 04:43 PM
although it doesn't seem to work on Americans. you'd think that between the rising gas prices and the SUVs that consume an insane amount of the stuff, people would be driving less. yet every time the local news does a story on gas prices, they have plenty of footage of people saying, "it sucks that gas is so expensive, but it's not really having any effect on my driving habits." IP: Logged |
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Jezabel Housesitter |
posted 06-10-2004 09:01 PM
quote: Becca, I'm sorry, but I have no idea what this sentence means. IP: Logged |
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Bjerica Housesitter |
posted 06-10-2004 09:50 PM
Here's a translation: In Perth (capital city of Western Australia, state of Australia), unless you are travelling within the Central Business District (CBD), public transport isn't good (flash). Does that help? [This message has been edited by Bjerica (edited 06-10-2004).] IP: Logged |
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jazzberry Housemate |
posted 06-10-2004 10:00 PM
public transport is called "flash"? That is so much cooler sounding than "transit". I didn't know you lived in Perth, becca...a friend of mine lived there for a year (2003). IP: Logged |
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Lulue Housemate |
posted 06-10-2004 11:21 PM
public transport isn't called flash specifically - it's just a local expression I guess. If something/anything is "not too flash" that means it's "not too good" so in other words, public transport in Perth (or Adelaide) isn't all that useful if you're trying to get anywhere other than right into the city centre. IP: Logged |
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noraneither Housemate |
posted 06-10-2004 11:48 PM
quote: This is bizarre to me... I thought much of the oil/gasoline in the rest of the US came from Alaska. I'm not denying your price report; I just think that must be weird. I actually think gas prices should be high. It's not that I have money to, well, burn (in my internal combustion engine), but it would encourage people to take public transit, look for more fuel-efficient cars, or seek alternative sources of fuel altogether. At least, that's my premise, but, as jstrizzy points out, prices keep going up, especially in California, and every other person here still has an SUV, so who knows what it'll take. Even a staunch Republican once admitted to me how much more Americans are paying for gas than we pay at the pump, in the form of tax dollars that then fund various international activities designed to keep oil prices down. Bah. [This message has been edited by noraneither (edited 06-10-2004).] IP: Logged |
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sassyllama Housemate |
posted 06-11-2004 09:20 AM
quote: For a while I lived in a town where the bus really was called FLASH-- it was an acronym for Free Local Area SHuttle. We used it as a verb, like "Let's flash on down and get some gyros!" IP: Logged |
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jstrizzy Housemate |
posted 06-11-2004 09:59 AM
people around here talk about the public transit system like that too, but it doesn't sound quite as cool, since the system is called BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit): "let's BART into San Francisco for dinner." Just doesn't have the same ring to it. IP: Logged |
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quarkiegirl Housemate |
posted 06-11-2004 10:03 AM
my friends and i say it. "let's T it to harvard tomorrow night." etc. IP: Logged |
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chitowngal Housesitter |
posted 06-11-2004 10:12 AM
I'd love to be able to take public transportation more places, however in order to take it to work it would take me probably in excess of 2 hours and 2 transfers to get here...and a lot of standing outside in Chicago's LOVELY weather!!! IP: Logged |
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Nieci Housemate |
posted 06-11-2004 10:26 AM
We have the Philly Phlash, but it's sadly not free. I've never been on it tho. I'm scared of stuff like that. I was here for 3 years before I finally hailed a cab for the first time. Still, I blush every time for some weird reason. And I've taken the subway and railway, but I've never been on a Philly bus. Too scary. IP: Logged |
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bekkaboo Housesitter |
posted 06-11-2004 10:38 AM
I used to take SEPTA everywhere when I lived outside Philly and had no car. I took both train and the bus when I went to school in Center City. DE's public transportation kinda sucks, unless you wanna go to the hospital, the slots or the mall - at least w/SEPTA there's an El/bus every 2.5 minutes. I can't really cut down my driving - public trans. around here doesn't go where I need it to, or often enough, and already b/c my car uses so much gas, I hardly drive anywhere exceot to work. I'm really hoping that if gas stays as ridiculous as it is now, we'll see more hybrids/alternative fuels. I hope I hope I hope. IP: Logged |
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chitowngal Housesitter |
posted 06-11-2004 11:08 AM
when super T & I were looking at new cars, we looked at the hybrid that T0y0ta has and there's a 1 year waiting list for it. Doesn't make it very desierable for those of us who have an immediate need for transportation. IP: Logged |
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bekkaboo Housesitter |
posted 06-11-2004 11:13 AM
Not to mention that most of them are very new, and I couldn't afford a new car without selling my body on the side. My current car is 5 yrs old, and it's the newest I've ever owned. The last one was 12 yrs old when I got rid of it, and the one before that, 23! IP: Logged |
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Jezabel Housesitter |
posted 06-11-2004 11:40 AM
quote: Yup! Thanks IP: Logged |
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Isabel Housemate |
posted 06-11-2004 01:00 PM
quote: Ooooh, we have the GO train in Toronto.. so we say "Let's GO it!" IP: Logged |
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chitowngal Housesitter |
posted 06-11-2004 01:18 PM
I can just see one of my friends saying "lets go GO" and then someone else breaking out into "We've Got The Beat" IP: Logged |
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Merimoo Housemate |
posted 06-11-2004 06:25 PM
Even in Boston, which has a pretty good public transportation system, there are some places you can't get to without a car. They keep on talking about putting in a subway line that will circle around the city, but that won't happen for years, if ever. For the majority of the population, it just doesn't make sense. The next car I buy will be a hybrid, that's for sure. This one ought to last me long enough until I'm in a position to do so. IP: Logged |
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jazzberry Housemate |
posted 06-11-2004 11:13 PM
quote: We've got the beat, we've got the beeeat! yeeeeahhh! WE'VE GOT THE BEEEEAT! IP: Logged |
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becca11 Housesitter |
posted 06-12-2004 12:36 AM
The free buses in the city are called CATs "City Area Transport" but generally the public transport is called transperth. Which sounds a little like an operation -ie "Poor Harvey, he's going in tomorrow for his third transperth". But for me to get to work I would have to go bus, train, train, bus, walk and it would take about two hours. So I'm stuck with my car. Luckily it's pretty efficient. IP: Logged |
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JenMKat Housemate |
posted 06-13-2004 03:41 PM
If I absolutely have to go to Starbucks, I order 3 shots over ice in a paper venti cup. Then have them add a little soy milk. I add half a splenda packet and stir. It's really good and only costs $2-something, tastes just like a fancy fourbucks drink. IP: Logged |
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