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Rob.
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 Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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Chris Bolus wrote:
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:05:51 +1000, "Rob." <mesa@mine.com.> wrote:
Adrian wrote:
"Rob." <mesa@mine.com.> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:
What's the current fuel price in the UK
petrol and diesel
£1.10 unleaded, £1.20 diesel.
Thanks, when were there in mid 2006 petrol just touched 1 pound.
Our petrol is about 70p and the diesel at 75p this has just taken a big
hit up about 15p since Christmas
I was in Canada in February and theirs was the same price as ours.
Except that was in Canadian $, of which there are around two to the
pound... Makes it about half the price it is here.
However my Libyan colleague delights in pointing out that they pay 7p a
litre in Libya. B*****ds.
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So are you going to nip over and fill up?  |
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Rob.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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Stuart H. wrote:
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Chris Bolus wrote:
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:05:51 +1000, "Rob." <mesa@mine.com.> wrote:
Adrian wrote:
"Rob." <mesa@mine.com.> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:
What's the current fuel price in the UK
petrol and diesel
£1.10 unleaded, £1.20 diesel.
Thanks, when were there in mid 2006 petrol just touched 1 pound.
Our petrol is about 70p and the diesel at 75p this has just taken a
big hit up about 15p since Christmas
I was in Canada in February and theirs was the same price as ours.
Except that was in Canadian $, of which there are around two to the
pound... Makes it about half the price it is here.
However my Libyan colleague delights in pointing out that they pay 7p a
litre in Libya. B*****ds.
Current price here in Alberta, Canada (where the oil comes from!) is
C$1.25/litre unleaded, C$1.30/litre for Diesel. Rough equivalent is
62.5p and 65p respectively, and everyone is screaming at how high it is!
Stuart H.
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Do they use real gallons in Canada, the British gallon or is every thing
been decimalised? |
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Dave Plowman (News)
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:16 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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In article <48181f8c$1_2@news.peopletelecom.com.au>,
Rob. <mesa@mine.com.> wrote:
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Do they use real gallons in Canada, the British gallon or is every thing
been decimalised?
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The 'real' gallon is actually the US one since it predates the current UK
one. Seems the UK size was changed after US independence and they chose to
keep the original.
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Roger
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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The message <48181f8c$1_2@news.peopletelecom.com.au>
from "Rob." <mesa@mine.com.> contains these words:
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Do they use real gallons in Canada, the British gallon or is every thing
been decimalised?
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The British Gallon is the real gallon. Don't be taken in my the inferior
Merkin version.
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My next Computer
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Richard Porter
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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The date being 30 Apr 2008, Roger <Roger@nospam.zetnet.co.uk> decided
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The message <48181f8c$1_2@news.peopletelecom.com.au
from "Rob." <mesa@mine.com.> contains these words:
Do they use real gallons in Canada, the British gallon or is every thing
been decimalised?
The British Gallon is the real gallon. Don't be taken in my the inferior
Merkin version.
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Why are we going on about gallons? I haven't bought a gallon of petrol
since 1979, and that was only because I was about to run out. How many
people bother to convert the price to per gallon? If £1 per litre
wasn't a psychological barrier £5 a gallon certainly isn't!
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Richard Porter
ricp@ / www. minijem.plus.com
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Jim Warren
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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The 'real' gallon is actually the US one since it predates the current UK
one. Seems the UK size was changed after US independence and they chose to
keep the original.
That seems highly unlikely. Britain had gallons in use before Columbus |
discovered America.
Besides, a Winchester Quart (an old measure for chemicals) doesn't
convert into any of the US measures conveniently. It is a very easy
Imperial conversion though.
Jim |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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In article <fv9mvb$ro8$1@registered.motzarella.org>, Adrian says...
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Jim Warren <jimwarren@OMITblueyonder.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:
The 'real' gallon is actually the US one since it predates the current
UK one. Seems the UK size was changed after US independence and they
chose to keep the original.
That seems highly unlikely. Britain had gallons in use before Columbus
discovered America.
As ever, it's just plain "not that easy"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon
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Rob.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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In article <48181f8c$1_2@news.peopletelecom.com.au>,
Rob. <mesa@mine.com.> wrote:
Do they use real gallons in Canada, the British gallon or is every thing
been decimalised?
The 'real' gallon is actually the US one since it predates the current UK
one. Seems the UK size was changed after US independence and they chose to
keep the original.
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I did elude to that above, real gallon.
Its the British tax system that altered the volume of the British gallon
as they could not reduce the tax, what they did was increase the volume.
The US retained the original size of the gallon, which came from the
British system. |
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Rob.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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Roger wrote:
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The message <48181f8c$1_2@news.peopletelecom.com.au
from "Rob." <mesa@mine.com.> contains these words:
Do they use real gallons in Canada, the British gallon or is every thing
been decimalised?
The British Gallon is the real gallon. Don't be taken in my the inferior
Merkin version.
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Nup! |
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Rob.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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Adrian wrote:
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Richard Porter <dontusethis@address.uk.invalid> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:
Why are we going on about gallons? I haven't bought a gallon of petrol
since 1979, and that was only because I was about to run out. How many
people bother to convert the price to per gallon? If £1 per litre wasn't
a psychological barrier £5 a gallon certainly isn't!
What fuel economy do you get from your car, roughly?
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With my 12 gallon tank I do about 30 miles per gallon according to my
speedo - gets awkward using them litres. |
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Rob.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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Jim Warren wrote:
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
The 'real' gallon is actually the US one since it predates the current UK
one. Seems the UK size was changed after US independence and they
chose to
keep the original.
That seems highly unlikely. Britain had gallons in use before Columbus
discovered America.
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Happened in 1824 in which the British went metric with their gallon
which weighed in at 10 pounds.
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Besides, a Winchester Quart (an old measure for chemicals) doesn't
convert into any of the US measures conveniently. It is a very easy
Imperial conversion though.
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The Winchester gallon, was 282 cu in and used to measure ale. And the
Wine gallon which measured 231 cu inches which teh US kept. |
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Rob.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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Adrian wrote:
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Jim Warren <jimwarren@OMITblueyonder.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:
The 'real' gallon is actually the US one since it predates the current
UK one. Seems the UK size was changed after US independence and they
chose to keep the original.
That seems highly unlikely. Britain had gallons in use before Columbus
discovered America.
As ever, it's just plain "not that easy"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon
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When you look through that sure does complicate things. Its like trying
to justify, written by a University Professor in the world of words.
Although its written in Wiki, there is more history, as to why they
changed the standard.
Its to do with this bit " Although the wine gallon had been used for
centuries for import duty purposes there was no legal standard of it in
the Exchequer and a smaller gallon (224 cu in) was actually in use, so
this statute became necessary." They didn't/couldn't reduce the tax on
the measure and the King at the time was instrumental in having the
volume altered to the imperial standard. |
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Stuart H.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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Rob. wrote:
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Adrian wrote:
Richard Porter <dontusethis@address.uk.invalid> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:
Why are we going on about gallons? I haven't bought a gallon of petrol
since 1979, and that was only because I was about to run out. How many
people bother to convert the price to per gallon? If £1 per litre wasn't
a psychological barrier £5 a gallon certainly isn't!
What fuel economy do you get from your car, roughly?
With my 12 gallon tank I do about 30 miles per gallon according to my
speedo - gets awkward using them litres.
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We have to express fuel economy in "Litres/hundred km". Most folks
convert back to the old MPG (Imperial) in Canada. Looks 20% better than
US! We can brag that our petrol is better than theirs (tongue firmly
planted in cheek)
Stuart H.
Alberta, Canada |
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Richard Porter
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:59 am Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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The date being 30 Apr 2008, Adrian <toomany2cvs@gmail.com> decided to
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Richard Porter <dontusethis@address.uk.invalid> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:
Why are we going on about gallons? I haven't bought a gallon of petrol
since 1979, and that was only because I was about to run out. How many
people bother to convert the price to per gallon? If £1 per litre wasn't
a psychological barrier £5 a gallon certainly isn't!
What fuel economy do you get from your car, roughly?
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I know I should work it out in litres per 100km, but I usually work on
8 miles per litre, up to about 10 on long steady journeys.
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Richard Porter
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Richard Porter
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:02 am Post subject: Re: Q fuel price |
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The date being 30 Apr 2008, "Rob." <mesa@mine.com.> decided to write:
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Happened in 1824 in which the British went metric with their gallon
which weighed in at 10 pounds.
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That may be decimal, but it's not metric!
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Richard Porter
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