Re: IS PRICING OFF ALREADY UP AND RUNNING
- From: Ross <junk.trap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:59:14 +0000
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:46:55 +0000 (GMT), David H Wild wrote in
<4de82689f9dhwild@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, seen in uk.railway:
> In article <v5mcs1p2e8spaecibpure02etn4ckbamst@xxxxxxx>,
> Ross <junk.trap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
> > People in general see the cost of a journey as being *only* the fuel
> > cost; wear and tear is just one of those things that happens and seems
> > to be treated as an unrelated cost.
>
> I'm sure that my wife thinks that petrol is free **as long as it's already
> in the tank**. :-))
There's that, too.
I suspect there are plenty of people out there who don't really
correlate fuel costs to the mileage they cover, any more than people
think "If I spend all day playing <online multiplayer game>, I'm going
to have to pay another fiver for my electricity".
--
Ross, in Lincoln, being cynical or sarcastic, as ever.
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