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Thread: Iranians are rioting.
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20-11-2019, 13:47 #1
Iranians are rioting.
Because their petrol price is increased from 13 cents per liter, to 19 cents per liter.
What shock. What horror. Poor, opressed masses.
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20-11-2019, 13:59 #2
Re: Iranians are rioting.
They capped the amount of fuel that can be bought at once and over that gets taxed more ( or something like that )
live out your imagination , not your history.
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20-11-2019, 16:13 #3
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20-11-2019, 16:19 #4
Re: Iranians are rioting.
Rather not advertise your fathers illegal activity on an open forum.
The apartheid government had the restrictions but there was some reasonable exception that could have been used ie go to the Station Commander and tell him that you had a family emergency and needed to travel unexpectedly ( in the days when racists had some compassion)live out your imagination , not your history.
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20-11-2019, 17:15 #5
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Re: Iranians are rioting.
That was in about 1976, fuel crises due to Opec blockade. Worldwide, not isolated.
Speed limit was also reduced to 60 km/h on highways. A lot of people wen't the LPG route.
It did not last for long though.
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20-11-2019, 20:10 #6
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20-11-2019, 20:28 #7
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Re: Iranians are rioting.
Pain in the butt travelling from Pta to Durban at 80km/h.
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21-11-2019, 10:01 #8
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21-11-2019, 10:12 #9
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Re: Iranians are rioting.
Well from 13c to 19c is an almost 50% increase. It's pretty big.
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21-11-2019, 10:42 #10
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Re: Iranians are rioting.
On a lighter note, in those days of restrictions, an acquaintance was heading off to some far-flung river for a kayak race. On the way, in the middle of nowhere, they saw a chap broken down next to the road. On enquiry, he said he'd run out of petrol. They immediately hauled a jerry can out of one of the kayaks to help him. No sooner than they had transferred petrol to his car, that his fine book came out and he started writing. Not on!!! After the race, they travelled back on the same route, but in another vehicle. Lo and behold, same car, same place, same story. No problem, out came the jerry can and 20 litres transferred. The cop pulled out his book and started writing. On being asked, he said he's fining them for illegally transporting petrol. The reply was classic, "that's not petrol, that's sugar water!", and it was. He must have had a bit of fun getting his vehicle back to civilization.
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