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Re: [TR] Refuelling a Spitfire

To: Patrick Baize <pbaize@satx.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] Refuelling a Spitfire
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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:30:19 -0800
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I saw this joke. Fuel prices don't affect me I always put in $20 worth

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 7:15 PM Patrick Baize <pbaize@satx.rr.com> wrote:

> Australia (my wifes cousins ) is at 10.00 per gallon   first time in my
> life I paid 105.34  for gas 3.999 a gallon
>
>
> On 3/10/2022 9:06 PM, Don Hiscock wrote:
>
> A TR friend in the Netherlands reported the equivalent of $9.73/US gallon
> there this afternoon.
>
> On Thursday, March 10, 2022, bill beecher <notakitcar@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in Texas.
>>
>> =E2=80=9CLast night I saw upon the stair,
>> A little man who wasn't there,
>> He wasn't there again today
>> Oh, how I wish he'd go away=E2=80=9D.... Mearns
>>
>> On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> =EF=BB=BF
>> I bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states and paid =C2=A30=
.80/L
>> ($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed a sigh of relief that I did a driv=
ing
>> trip from Missouri to California and back -- 4700 miles -- in January!
>> California is headed the UK's way on pricing faster than the US midwest.
>>
>> Don
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I=E2=80=99ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and to=
day
>>> decided to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Toured
>>> around the local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might=
 be
>>> available. To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is
>>> effectively 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the
>>> cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the
>>> same gas station where the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.7=
7 to
>>> 9..12.  Diesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer
>>> hasn=E2=80=99t changed - yet.
>>>
>>> Jonmac
>>>
>>> Is the latest definition of being =E2=80=9Clearned and well-informed=E2=
=80=9D showing
>>> the world on your =E2=80=98Teams=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98Zoom=E2=80=99 me=
etings that you have a book-lined
>>> study full of titles that are all illegible?
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<div dir=3D"auto">I saw this joke. Fuel prices don&#39;t affect me I always=
 put in $20 worth=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr=
" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 7:15 PM Patrick Baize &lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:pbaize@satx.rr.com"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">pbai=
ze@satx.rr.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
 =20
   =20
 =20
  <div>
    <p>Australia (my wifes cousins ) is at 10.00 per gallon =C2=A0 first ti=
me
      in my life I paid 105.34=C2=A0 for gas 3.999 a gallon</p>
    <p> <br>
    </p>
    <div>On 3/10/2022 9:06 PM, Don Hiscock
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type=3D"cite">
     =20
      A TR friend in the Netherlands reported the equivalent of $9.73/US
      gallon there this afternoon.=C2=A0<br>
      <br>
      On Thursday, March 10, 2022, bill beecher &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:notak=
itcar@yahoo.com" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">notakitcar=
@yahoo.com</a>&gt;
      wrote:<br>
      <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-l=
eft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
        <div dir=3D"auto">Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in
          Texas.=C2=A0<br>
          <br>
          <div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255=
,0)">=E2=80=9CLast night I
              saw upon the stair,<br>
              A little man who wasn&#39;t there,<br>
              He wasn&#39;t there again today<br>
              Oh, how I wish he&#39;d go away=E2=80=9D.... Mearns</span></d=
iv>
          <div dir=3D"ltr"><br>
            On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock &lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:don.hiscock@gmail.com" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">don=
.hiscock@gmail.com</a>&gt;
            wrote:<br>
            <br>
          </div>
          <div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF
            <div dir=3D"ltr">
              <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I
                bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states
                and paid =C2=A30.80/L ($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed=
 a
                sigh of relief that I did a driving trip from Missouri
                to California and back -- 4700 miles -- in January! =C2=A0
                California is headed the UK&#39;s way on pricing faster tha=
n
                the US midwest.=C2=A0</div>
              <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br>
              </div>
              <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Don</d=
iv>
            </div>
            <br>
            <div class=3D"gmail_quote">
              <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at
                12:47 PM John Macartney &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:johnbmacartne=
y@gmx.com" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">johnbmacartney@g=
mx.com</a>&gt;
                wrote:<br>
              </div>
              <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px=
 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(=
204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I=E2=80=99ve
                been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and
                today decided to top off the tank, even though it was
                still half full. Toured around the local gas stations to
                find out where the cheapest fuel might be available. To
                compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is
                effectively 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in
                the U.K.) the cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77.
                Just after lunch I passed the same gas station where the
                price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12.=C2=
=A0
                Diesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite
                beer hasn=E2=80=99t changed - yet.<br>
                <br>
                Jonmac<br>
                <br>
                Is the latest definition of being =E2=80=9Clearned and
                well-informed=E2=80=9D showing the world on your =E2=80=98T=
eams=E2=80=99 and
                =E2=80=98Zoom=E2=80=99 meetings that you have a book-lined =
study full of
                titles that are all illegible?<br>
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