He wrote about *imperial* gallons, which is ~4.55 liters/litres and, I believe, is 5 quarts. It comes about due to it being the volume and English measure of 10 pounds of distilled water. Seems to me it oughtta be 5 quints, not quarts Anon On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca> wrote: > Hi Carl, > > Your math is fine but a US gallon is a mere 3.78 liters. Here in Regina > today it is 1.319 which equates to $4.98 Cdn for one US gallon--or more or > less $5.00 per liter given the current exchange rates. > > At 12:52 PM 5/15/2008 -0500, you wrote: > > Takes roughly 5 litres for an imperial gal. ( little larger than an > >american gal ). Sooooooo, if I can remember when gas was 29c a > >gallon. A friend in the auto business said, when prices started to > >increase almost daily, that when price gets to $ 75c a gal. " WRONG." > >They will never Carl ----- Original Message ----- > From: > > Will Wickham To: Pianotech List Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 > >11:41 AM Subject: Re: Gas I gasped! > >I'll second the Prius plug. I've had mine just under a year. While I > >don't think my mileage here in the north-east equals Terry's (the cold > >winter seems to lower the efficiency for some reason) I'm still right > >around 50 MPG. Until recently a fill up has been less than $30 and I've > >been refilling less than half as often as I was with the Caravan. > > will > > > > On May 14, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Farrell wrote: Gasoline > - > >that's just so yesterday....... over the past two+ years. > > At least the high fuel efficiency dampens the sting. > > Working on an all-electric solution (electric motorcycle)....... > > Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- > > Just wanted to complain to someone who would know how I > >feel. Shawn > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: > >8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1434 - Release Date: 5/15/2008 7:24 AM > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 > 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080515/3736aad6/attachment.html
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