Let me guess, Dave................it's a rainy afternoon and there's nowt
worth watching on the telly.........?!!!!
Cheers,
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: David Hill <davhill@cwcom.net>
To: Lawrie Alexander <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, February 27, 2000 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out (LBC? Maybe....)
>Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out (LBC? Maybe....)
>
>Hi, Lawrie.
>
>>Sorry, Dave, your math went the wrong way! $25 is presently about 15
>pounds,65 pence.
>
>Sorry my friend, I am no number-cruncher and I'm proud to admit it ;-)
>
>>And let's not try and calculate the cost of your fuel,
>> which is sold by the liter, into English gallons, which are 25% larger
>than
>> US gallons, and then compare it to our cost per gallon. That math is even
>> harder than getting the exchange rate to go the right way!)
>
>Aw, why not? It's fun! What's more, I'm going to do it anyway...
>
>£15.65 divided by £0.76 (price per litre) equals 20.6 litres.
>Multiplied by 1.76 equals 36.2 pints.
>Divided by 8 equals 4.5 UK gallons
>Minus 25% equals 3.4 US gallons.
>
>Do I get a cigar now?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Dave Hill
>
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>
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