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Thread: 3003 posts!!
WildBil2Me
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:19 pm
#14
Calculus_Entropy wrote:
Owen-Lars wrote:
Calc Wrote:
"That's kinda like putting $10.04 worth of gas in the car, eh?"
One thing ive never got (of many many wierd american things) what do you call gas (proper gas) if you call petrol, gas?
And $10 of petrol? Thats like what? 1/10th of a tank worth?
Gas is usually gasoline (or petrol, which is also a misnomer. Gas can also be Natural Gas. Gas can also be stinky.
As far as putting $10 in a car, that can be half a tank given the right car, and using the cheap gas.It costs me about $35 to fill up my gas guzzling SUV.
My volvo (which I affectionately refer to as "The riding mower of death") also takes about $35.
What it lacks in gas millage though it more than makes up for in noise.
Owen-Lars
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:23 pm
#15
Phenix Wrote:
"prices were well over 2 bucks a gallon"
Over £1 a GALLON?Wow, it costs me around 80pa LITRE over here hehe.
Just imagine the savings you could make if you had good cars over there 
Calculus_Entropy
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:23 pm
#16
Owen-Lars wrote:Ah not too shoddy thenCosts me arond 25-30 squid (so around 50-60 dollars) to fill my car up. And i thought us brits had too many words that mean different things.
You pay in seafood? That's very Flinstones of you!
Calculus_Entropy
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:25 pm
#19
Owen-Lars wrote:Phenix Wrote:"prices were well over 2 bucks a gallon"Over £1 a GALLON?Wow, it costs me around 80pa LITRE over here hehe.Just imagine the savings you could make if you had good cars over there
A gallon is bigger than a liter (note the spelling
), you know...it still works out to, around $6 US per gallon over there, vs our $2 a gallon.BTW, for those interested, gasonline has not inflated at the same rate as every other commodity otu there, so don't complain about the price
. Guess what line of work I am in?
Phenix1050
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:27 pm
#20
by the way Calc, you might as well make your 7k post right now. only 2 away. don't be a fool like me.
Owen-Lars
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:31 pm
#21
Calc Wrote:
"A gallon is bigger than a liter (note the spelling ), you know...it still works out to, around $6 US per gallon over there, vs our $2 a gallon"
Yeah i know its bigger heh, thats whay im saying.
Costs you 2$ per gallon (3.8 litres in a us gallon) compared to us paying $1.60 per Litre over here hehe. Would cost you about $7.20 or somthing equivilant for a US Gallon over here eheh.
Message Edited by Owen-Lars on 03-10-2005 11:34 PM
Calculus_Entropy
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:32 pm
#22
Owen-Lars wrote:A gallon is bigger than a liter (note the spelling ), you know...it still works out to, around $6 US per gallon over there, vs our $2 a gallon.Yeah i know its bigger heh, thats whay im saying.Costs you 2$ per gallon (3.8 litres in a us gallon) compared to us paying $1.60 per Litre over here hehe. Would cost you about $7.20 or somthing equivilant for a US Gallon over here eheh.
Umm...yeah...we seem to have a disconnect here...
Owen-Lars
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:35 pm
#23
bah lithium
All fixed. Basically you almost get paid to use petrol heh conpared to we get ripped off over here, nothing knew there then.
Phenix1050
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:37 pm
#24
In Iraq, the premium fuel costs the equivalent of 2 U.S. cents per gallon <-- according to an articleI read back in school.
Message Edited by Phenix1050 on 03-10-2005 06:37 PM
Calculus_Entropy
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:37 pm
#25
Owen-Lars wrote:bah lithiumAll fixed. Basically you almost get paid to use petrol heh conpared to we get ripped off over here, nothing knew there then.
I see that you see my point
. We don't get 'free' health care though (or am I thinking of Norway, or something?).Message Edited by Calculus_Entropy on 03-10-2005 04:39 PM
Calculus_Entropy
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:38 pm
#26
Phenix1050 wrote:In Iraq, the premium fuel costs the equivalent of 2 U.S. cents per gallon <-- according to an articleI read back in school.Message Edited by Phenix1050 on 03-10-2005 06:37 PM
Uh oh..politics alert...if we were allowed to drill for oil here, our costs would go down too
./waitsfortheobligatory"wedon'tneedoil"post