以下是引用icyscorpio在2006-6-12 18:55:00的发言：

MM度假回来了我还记得你说英国的网费也很贵呢

是啊。度假回来了。感觉肥了一圈，可能吃得太多了吧

英国是什么都贵，价格基本是美国的两倍，一英镑就当一美金在用。油价就更不用说了，是这里的两倍都还不止。怪不得满地都是小小的的车子，很多法国产的标致，还看到不少SMART。当然好车也好多。一天看到10多辆Bentley....看看只能流口水啦

真想念当时$1/gallon的时候啊！

是啊，所以生活质量还是美国高。在英国买东西才傻帽呢。我是除了一些小的纪念品和一个在美国很难找到的watch之外，什么都没买。就是英国的牌子都是在美国买便宜。真是奇怪！

以下是引用icyscorpio在2006-6-12 19:08:00的发言：

现在$2的油都令我怀念了

不过我觉得都被迫习惯了,油不能不加,车不能不开,现在对油价更加敏感了,降$0.1都觉得要赶快加满

Seriously? That's a lot of added pressure! Accept the fact if you can't change it.

这句话说的有理的。反正我回国都不买衣服的，100$跟1000RMB也差不了多少，但是多了个零感觉好像贵了很多。再说样子也很少有看得上眼的。

The Body Shop 价钱这里也还好啊，我也没看英国的Body shop 有什么promotion之类的，可能错过了吧

以下是引用icyscorpio在2006-6-12 19:28:00的发言：

不是说习惯成自然,自然不习惯么

以前加满一次油$20多,现在动辄快$40了,也只能见惯不怪了

以前看CA的油比我这贵,还觉得正常,现在我们这的油价貌似已经奋起直追了,可是工资水平却不涨啊

Is it possible that your gas tank is twice as big as your old one?

Maybe you can replace your car with a SMART....still as a transportation tool, but a lot more gas efficient. lol

Canada的消费水平跟美国差不多。Merchandise 跟 restaurants 都还算是comparable to the States. The sales taxes are EXPENSIVE! It is 14% in Vancouver. 7% GST (Federal Government Sales Tax) and 7% PST (Provincial Sales Tax). Absolutely outrageous! However, when a visitor departs Canada, he/she can file the tax refund to get the GST taxes back, but only on hotel and merchandise, not on restaurants and services.

I have a gas guzzler, but I don't care really care. I am gone quite a bit, and don't really drive all that much.

I finally took out my sports bike from the storage tonight. 想要锻炼身体，可是一年多没用了，两个轮胎都没气！把我给气翻了。只能以跑步来代替。

我们这里的public transportation 也是非常pathetic. You literally can't get anywhere fast without a car. 没办法，被ripped off 就 ripped off 啦~~