look what the postie brought me this morning

[A Stuart]

... not to mention petrol at £4 15 and sixpence ha'penny a gallon !
... and not even any lead included either !

Alastair

[pre65]

When i started motoring (in the swinging 60s) i can remember getting 4 gallons for a pound (£1).

But what i always forget is to judge it against what people earn !

[andrew ivimey]

you also got 4 shots included for a pound!

You know, the use of and sales of SUVs (or whatever they are called) and 4by4s in general have gone up in the US since we all started talking about global warming. They pay less than a dollar a litre for gas and they moan about it.

They deserve George Bush. The rest of the world does not deserve America.

[Shian7]

Look on the bright side, at least they might all shoot each other sometime soon. Well, we can hope

[soulminer]

I can't believe we are now paying ~£1.05 for a litre of diesel and £1 for petrol, AGAIN. I'm just glad my car does 70+ mpg. I can see another fuel blockade coming. Rip off Britain - as usual!!!

PS: Whatever happened to my Green Shield stamps or free wine glasses with every £1 spent ??

[david counter]

not the same as stamps or free glasses but every time we shop at waitrose they give us a voucher for 4p off a litre at the local garage,

[colin.hepburn]

Yes i agree with what you all are saying but if you think about it fuel is still cheap a pint of beer cost more in my local its £2.50 a pint even bottled water cost more

[steve s]

i would not worry too much about testing them..

the tv types are generally worthless
if they look unused in the box, they are usually good ones
if they look used they may work.. or may not
only worth testing if they are el84 or ecc83's, ecc88's or the like

had you phographed from the ends of the boxes we could have given you some advice on value quite easily

some later valves tend not to be english and of little value (even the ecc83's)
but many of my tungsram valves are mullards in disguise...

i one put a box of 500 assorted tv types that on a stall.. no one looked.. could not sell them at a fiver for the lot.. i throw most them out now..

steve