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[LOCKED] [update] I HAVE A PARCEL!
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djrazz
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 		ok by comparison taking into account exchange rates that make minmum wage here £2.75
(it's diffrent depending on what state you live in but not by much. mostly cost of living diffrence)
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 		Also, remember that everyone pays tax on their earnings - even if you are earning minimum wage, if you work enough hours, you will pay tax and national insurance.

I must admit - I am a bit peeved about the cards. For someone who is pretty skint - its a bummer.

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 		Cough! Cough! Off-topic! Cough! Cough!
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djrazz
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u05mpb wrote:
Also, remember that everyone pays tax on their earnings - even if you are earning minimum wage, if you work enough hours, you will pay tax and national insurance.


same here it adds up to about 33% of your income .so much for getting rid of taxes by leaving britton e.g. 1776 plus we pay taxes on everything we buy thats another 6.5% to 9.0% depending on where you live
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Marduk wrote:
Cough! Cough! Off-topic! Cough! Cough!


the real topic smells bad so im trying to get some internationa relations going and find out if i should move to the uk


how are the health benifits over there do you have to pay every time you see a doctor?
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Djrazz wrote:
same here it adds up to about 33% of your income .so much for getting rid of taxes by leaving britton e.g. 1776 plus we pay taxes on everything we buy thats another 6.5% to 9.0% depending on where you live


Dude, you're totally killing my buzz. I'm a colleged student and I can afford a pack of cards a week. Besides, all the cards will eventually be posted online. *sigh*

On a less peevish note, I completely agree with Marduk and have been saying as much. This game IS global. Americans or Canadians or Japanese aren't going to be thrown by the wayside just because the PMs are based in the UK. Beyond even all that, this game is far more rich and deep than just solving puzzles on a stinking card. We still have all the in game sites, three of them are still being updated on a regular basis.

It seems the people who are complaining about it not being global are just the people who are in a twist about the cash prize. And that's just sad.
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Marrec wrote:


It seems the people who are complaining about it not being global are just the people who are in a twist about the cash prize. And that's just sad.


actually im more upset cause i most likey won't get a package cause i entered my name about 6 minutes before the site went down cause i was at work fo 12 hours staright today beiging my first day off in 3 weeks

that and the fact im -5 hours in eastern stndard time

i posted at 9:14 gmt it was about 9:25 gmt when it went down as an estimate


.../rant Evil or Very Mad man i't's really starting to look like mad max here



on a side note i have one more question for uker's just curious how much is a liter of peterol ?
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on a side note i have one more question for uker's just curious how much is a litre of petrol ?


OT- Pah! Don't get us Brits started on the price of petrol!

He-hee!

(Sorry for OTness)

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 		I'm in Glasgow, a litre of petrol is about 89p.
178 = M on my letter, entered about 3:48.

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Marrec
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djrazz wrote:
.../rant Evil or Very Mad man i't's really starting to look like mad max here


Don't worry, I wasn't singling you out as someone in a twist about the money. There were many people who started complaining when they found out what this phase of the game was about, some even more vocal than you. *heh* It's all good though, I think everyone is settling down now and starting to remember that there are fun times to be had here. *wooo*

You were still killing my buzz though. Wink

Edit: On a more OT note... 89p? Do people still... you know, drive cars there? I mean, I stopped driving around here, and it's $2.21 a gallon... Besides, a good walk is, uh... good.
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 		it.s only 2.04 a gallon here
thats liike 63p a liter if i did the math right
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 		I remember the days when it was in the 40p range, and I'm not that old. It's over 70% tax these days. Grr grumble grumble. Then again I don't really care because I can't afford both buying a car and paying insurance at the same time. Woe is me. Then again (again), I also remember when the price of petrol was measured in how much of your neighbours blood you were willing to spill to get it. Every time there's talk of industrial action on the part of anyone in the industry (like recently I think) the news try to whip us into a frenzy again.

Anything else you'd like to compare costs on?

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PuzzledPineapple wrote:
Anything else you'd like to compare costs on?


How much is a pint of Bass in a pub?

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 		Minimum wage is about to go up to £5.05 ($9.63).

Petrol is pretty expensive (use a bus!)

Healthcare is free, but also available privately.

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 		Which pub? The price of drinks varies so much round me that I really couldn't say. That and I don't drink much beer. And I don't the pubs round me seem to change their beers so frequently that I never remember what they sell. In other words I don't know.

Coincidentally, my dad used to work for Bass Breweries. That I do know.

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