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Jamez wrote:
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No. It spies on its users.

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Who in turn use google, do they not?
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From Monday, it will be illegal in the UK for anyone below the age of 18 to buy cigarettes.
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SPAM stands for Spiced Ham

iPods were introduced in October 2001. However, the word "ipod" did not become a registered trademark of Apple until 2005, having been assigned to a series of internet access phone kiosks since 2000.

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Hitler was a vegetarian and enjoyed urolagnia.
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Alexia wrote:Hitler was a vegetarian and enjoyed urolagnia.
Well of course. Everybody likes Italian food.
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Here's a good one.

In 1974 there were 74,000 petrol stations in the UK. Today there are less than 9,500 - the lowest level since 1912.
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rdobbie wrote:In 1974 there were 74,000 petrol stations in the UK. Today there are less than 9,500 - the lowest level since 1912.
That's probably misleading. In 1974 the average petrol station probably had 2 or 3 pumps. These says many of the Megastores have integral petrol stations with 20-30 pumps. Chances are the actual number of petrol pumps has increased over the intervening 34 years.

Nevertheless, it's an interesting fact and represents a significant change. It's not often these days that you come across a small independent petrol station.
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What happened to all the petrol stations then, given that the amount of cars on the roads has increased massively in that time, hence there'd be enough of a market to keep them all afloat.
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Beardy Bob wrote:What happened to all the petrol stations then, given that the amount of cars on the roads has increased massively in that time, hence there'd be enough of a market to keep them all afloat.
Competition ground them down to the numbers we have now, especially after supermarkets got on board.
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StuartPlymouth wrote:It's not often these days that you come across a small independent petrol station.
I think there are nearly as many as there are small, independent ITV companies.
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There's quite a few small indie stations in west wales.

Usually quite expensive, though. I had to stop off at one today and unleaded was 98.9p a litre. :cry:
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You lucky bugger!

Round here, unleaded's gone to 99.9p a litre, yesterday, thanks to Mr Phuquing Brown, and deisel's gone to 102.9p.

That's at the major chains; I hate to think what an independent would charge, if I could find one.
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