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    Default Re: Iranians are rioting.

    If the society can riot for 6c per liter, what can they do when the Guptas push their electricity bill up by 300 % ?

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    Default Re: Iranians are rioting.

    Quote Originally Posted by KK20 View Post
    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)

    Yeah I REALLY don't want the world to know that my dad had a 20L jerry can of fuel in his boot during a fuel crisis
    He also stayed out past curfew on a few occasions, but shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the DONS might be wanting this crucial info

    Come one man, alot of people had to survive during sanctions

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    Default Re: Iranians are rioting.

    Quote Originally Posted by mikecollinge View Post
    I was very young back then, but I remember participating in making plans for fuel :)
    Both South Africa and Zim (Rhodesia then) have some pretty amazing stories

    ALOT of my clients are ex RLI, and they tell me of being 16 and manning twin machine guns on fuel convoys.

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    Default Re: Iranians are rioting.

    Quote Originally Posted by GAZZAMCK View Post
    Both South Africa and Zim (Rhodesia then) have some pretty amazing stories

    ALOT of my clients are ex RLI, and they tell me of being 16 and manning twin machine guns on fuel convoys.
    Some of those stories may even be true.
    Cattle die, kindred die, every man is mortal:
    But I know one thing that never dies,
    the glory of the great dead.
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    Default Re: Iranians are rioting.

    Quote Originally Posted by SSP View Post
    Some of those stories may even be true.
    I sure hope so, I haven't heard "I was a recce sniper", "hit a R1 coin from 2km away!" as yet haha
    Granted some of these gents are well old now, but man it's awesome to chat with them, plus they are super happy to have someone to show
    their old army pics and such too

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    Default Re: Iranians are rioting.

    Apparently Iran has to import fuel because they do not have enough refining capacity to meet domestic demand for gasoline.
    No, I am not making this up. Iran (one of the largest oil producers in the world) has to import fuel.

    https://www.eia.gov/beta/internation...background.htm

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