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Where I live, it's 85p or about $1.52. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3658200.stm[^] pseudonym67 My Articles[^] "They say there are strangers who threaten us, In our immigrants and infidels. They say there is strangeness too dangerous In our theaters and bookstore shelves. That those who know what's best for us Must rise and save us from ourselves." Rush
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How many litres in a gallon? I wish the US would go metric. I love everything else about this country. I bought a Dell XPS gaming system, started a fan site, and never looked back.
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steven shingler wrote: 1 litre = 0.264172051 US gallons So that's what? Almost $6 a gallon? Please don't write back telling us how little it is in the US Ok, I won't tell you how much it is here (DC and Maryland). But the extra money you paid is staying in your country, right? So eventually you get something back, like free health care, better retirement benefits, and/or fat politicians. :-D[
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Where I live, it's 85p or about $1.52. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
Mike Dimmick wrote: Where I live, it's 85p or about $1.52. I'll bet dollars to donuts your talking US Gallons while as his post says, he's talking litres. From memory there is about 3.5 litres to the US Gallon and closer to 4.5 in the Imperial. Therefore petrol (gas) is about 3 times more expensive in Britain than where you are in the US. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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How many litres in a gallon? I wish the US would go metric. I love everything else about this country. I bought a Dell XPS gaming system, started a fan site, and never looked back.
One liter is close enough to one quart for most purposes. Different, but not enough to care when estimating. Therefore 1 US gallon = 4 quarts = 4 liters. Close enough, wrong, but not by enough that you would care. metric is not perfect. The largest advantage is everyone else uses it.
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Mike Dimmick wrote: Where I live, it's 85p or about $1.52. I'll bet dollars to donuts your talking US Gallons while as his post says, he's talking litres. From memory there is about 3.5 litres to the US Gallon and closer to 4.5 in the Imperial. Therefore petrol (gas) is about 3 times more expensive in Britain than where you are in the US. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
... you've got to be kidding. That's almost punitive gas prices. If I had to pay that much for gas I would consider carefully anywhere I drove.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3658200.stm[^] pseudonym67 My Articles[^] "They say there are strangers who threaten us, In our immigrants and infidels. They say there is strangeness too dangerous In our theaters and bookstore shelves. That those who know what's best for us Must rise and save us from ourselves." Rush
Another case: here in South Africa they manufacture BMW luxury sedans for export to USA. They cost 30% MORE here than in the USA. What the? I believe it's because our society DOES NOT COMPLAIN. There are not enought watchdog groups. Not enough people making it their business to kick rip-off butt. We pay R4.42 per liter for petrol (gas), that's USD 0.67 per liter, about 38p in UK money. The price has gone up by 20% in the last 12-18 months. :(
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One liter is close enough to one quart for most purposes. Different, but not enough to care when estimating. Therefore 1 US gallon = 4 quarts = 4 liters. Close enough, wrong, but not by enough that you would care. metric is not perfect. The largest advantage is everyone else uses it.
Henry miller wrote: metric is not perfect What? Whaaat? Explain!
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One liter is close enough to one quart for most purposes. Different, but not enough to care when estimating. Therefore 1 US gallon = 4 quarts = 4 liters. Close enough, wrong, but not by enough that you would care. metric is not perfect. The largest advantage is everyone else uses it.
Henry miller wrote: metric is not perfect. The largest advantage is everyone else uses it. BS! A simple example: First, using imperial units The hold of a ship has a length of 20 yards, a width of 23 feet and a height of 5 feet and 2 inches: Please calculate the volume. Next, using metric units: The hold of a ship has a length of 18.288 meters, a width of 7.0104 m and a height of 1.5748 m: its volume is 18.288 * 7.0104 * 1.5748 = 201.899116 m3 Anything else? ;P
Fold With Us! War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men - Georges Clémenceau (1841-1929)
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... you've got to be kidding. That's almost punitive gas prices. If I had to pay that much for gas I would consider carefully anywhere I drove.
Allen Anderson wrote: ... you've got to be kidding. That's almost punitive gas prices. If I had to pay that much for gas I would consider carefully anywhere I drove. Unfortunately no. Here in Australia it has crept up to AUD$1.05 (about USD$0.70-72) a litre which equates to I suppose USD$2.70-2.80 a gallon. Not as dear as the UK but still too much. It is these prices that probably get so many of us non-US citizens pissed off with the US's blase (the E should have a apostrophe thingy over it but I'm too lazy to try and find how to do it) attitude (I speaking generic not you personally) towards fuel usage with ridiculous sized SUV's and the like. Part of it could be jealousy of an economy/government that allows for the cheap prices, most though is knowing that the more that is used up the more our prices will be jacked up by the old supply and demand theory and greedy politicians. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004