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Re: Easy Question

To: Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net>,
Subject: Re: Easy Question
From: "B. Vibert" <blur@ican.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 10:38:03 -0400

Phil Ethier wrote:
If you Americans would just switch to metric like the rest of the world you
wouldn't have this problem;-)


Burl Vibert
83 911SC A/SS CASC
Kingston, Ontario

> 
> >This should be an easy one for Team-dot-netters:
> 
> Especially if they work for a municipality and answer questions about sewer
> charges.
> >
> >How much volume does a gallon of gasoline, or any liquid for that
> >matter, occupy?  Answer in ft3 or inches3.
> 
> Just ask the Saint Paul Public Works sewer-charge administrator.  The Saint
> Paul Water Utility thinks in CCF and most of the people who live in the city
> think in gallons.  So, to explain sewer charges to customers, I must know
> that there are 748 USA gallons in one CCF.
> 
> One cubic foot = 7.48 gallons
> One gallon = .1337 cubic feet
> One gallon = 231.02 cubic inches
>

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