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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