Nessmuck,
Here in the UK where gasoline is the equivalent of ca 8.50 USD/US gallon, the miminum wage is ca 9.60 USD/hour for over 21's.
Have fun !
Best regards
Russ
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Nessmuck,
Here in the UK where gasoline is the equivalent of ca 8.50 USD/US gallon, the miminum wage is ca 9.60 USD/hour for over 21's.
Have fun !
Best regards
Russ
hahaha, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by nessmuck
€8,43 an hour for over 23 years old.....so $10,70 at the current rates.
Well, seeing as flyboy was referencing the Norwegian prices in his post, I figured I'd give the Norwegian minimum wage to him. Yes, it is about USD 25 in most lines of work a bit more in many areas. With a degree you' get more
When I got my drivers license at age 16 ( 1972 ) the min.wage was 1.60 us and gas was .39 cents .So with some simple math, 1 hour of my labor would buy me 4 gallons of gas. Today the min.wage here is 7.50 and gas today is 3.38 or less than 2 gallons for 1 hour of labor, I like the good old days !!!!!!!
Holy carp!Quote:
Originally Posted by Birnando
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oops a little more than 2 gallonsQuote:
Originally Posted by nessmuck
I remember when the minimum wage was $1 an hour and gas cost 26 cents a gallon.
Of course horses don't eat gas so I suppose that's why gas was so cheap back then.:)
On a side note:
I get a kick out of us comparing gas prices between European countries and America.
In Europe, many of th countries tax oil insanely high because they have the infrasructure to provide alternatives - like high speed trains. Moreover, Europeans as a whold don't travel the expansive distances Americans do.
If prices for gas in America ever went as high as our European brothers - America and the world would fall into a depression on a scale that would make our past "recession" seem like the good old days lol!!
That is 100LL ( low lead ) NOT for use on highway. But it sure used to make my old shovel head run run like a scalded cat. AND it smells like car exhaust used to smell "back in the day".Quote:
Originally Posted by Crotalus
This ethanol enhanced crap their selling us now is great for ruining small engine parts.
well min wage here in pa is 7.25 an hr and gass is 3.35 a gal and it cost me about 3 gal of gas just to ge to work and back one time of course thats a 18 mile trip one way. so i have to have a minimum of 35 hrs a week just to break even.
wullie i couldnet agree more about the (moonshine) they are putting in our it reaks havioc on my truck too its carburated and you can tell a diffrence in the stuff than older gass without it. the good side of a carb is you can adjust it pretty easy for diffrent fuel mixtures.
It appears the bigger problem is the lack of proficiency in second grade math. If your employer is aware of the situation they could be paying you a third of your wages while you're convinced you're getting a bonus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995
Your looking at ~8$US an hour and half the guys running for political office this year want to lower it. You have to remember that our economy is based on the concept that if we take care of the rich some how the Tide will rise us all. One day it way.Quote:
Originally Posted by nessmuck
If you look at our gas prices you have to remember it so low because the taxes go back to our Military-Industrial Complex and not for Education, Health, or InfaStructure Improvements.
I would not doubt it at all. Of course I have no proof, if I did I would be a part of it and would not tell you, after all I have now got my slice of the pie and I had taken from you. Steal your own.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
In the US we tend to travel much further to work and public transit is not nearly as good. I mean I used to drive right at 30 miles, one way, to high school.
