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Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
 
I was watching CNN a little bit ago, while I was eating breakfast (there was NOTHING on TV) and they were doing a breakdown of where all the money from each gallon of gas went. They had a sort of list. A 'specialist' on the 'field' was doing commentary on it, explaining it to the news anchor in the studio.

Specialist: The first expense goes to the crude oil prices, which take... (blah blah blah) ...and so the price per gallon for this expense is about a dollar and 48 cents.

$1.479

Then she goes onto the second expense, which I don't remember what it was for.

Specialist: The second expense is for... and that comes out to about 60 cents.

.599¢
$1.479

She SAYS 60 cents, and then the list SHE made shows about 6/10 of a cent. There should be a dollar sign there if the decimal is in front of the 5. No one seems to notice, or at least care, but I see this done all the time! It drives me crazy!

(The specialist does this a couple more times, but since you already got the jist of my rant, I'll stop now)
 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
You poor dear. Lie down in a darkened room with a cool cloth across your brow, and you should start feeling better.
 

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Posted by DarkKnight (Member # 7536) on :
 
Life is hard at times, we must find a way to struggle on...

 

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Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
 
I don't know about the rest of you, but with a topic like this, I'd complain more about the rediculous prices than about the misplacement of a decimal point.

What're gas prices like for the rest of you?
In Wisconsin, Milwaukee area, prices for regular are still under three dollars but only by a nickle or so.
 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
*ahem*
 

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Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
 
Tante, when you do the throat-clearing link post to enlighten a newb, does that make you officially not a newb anymore? Prolific postcount aside, I mean. It just seems like a rite of passage.

--Enigmatic
 

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Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
 
So sorry.
 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
I wasn't born yesterday, you know. My birthday is in July.

I don't feel like a newbie anymore. And I've just been itchin' to do the throat-clearing link post, so I could be cool like the rest of you.

*ahem*
 

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Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 

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Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
I wasn't born yesterday, you know. My birthday is in July.

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