[AT] OT Gasoline prices

[Rob Wilson]

I can't blame you. I'm just glad the USA didn't go all metric but with
all the Ba$*ard standard and metric makes it fun to work on. I like
the old stuff. That is unless you need British tools to work :)

Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Gasoline prices


> Rob, officially, we went to the metric system some 30 years ago but most
of
> us in my age group are more comfortable using the old imperial gallon when
> we talk mileage or fuel consumption. Sure our vehicles are all calibrated
> with metric speedometers (except my old 71 Chev and the Internationals)
and
> we have kind of gotten used to measuring distance in kilometres but I
still
> do that imperial conversion in my head when somebody speaks to me in
metric.
> I can't help it, I was educated in the imperial system of weights and
> measures, still speak farenheit degrees of temperature. Maybe I'm just
> stubborn and don't want to change.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Wilson <rowilson at infinet.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Gasoling prices
>
>
> > Actually it's only :) $3.04 a gallon. I was under the impression that
> Canada
> > quit using the Imperial gallon some time back. A US gallon equals 3.8
> > litres.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] OT Gasoling prices
> >
> >
> > Well its not quite that bad Tom. I make it about $3.63 for a Canadian
> > gallon. But remember that our gallons are bigger and our dollars are
> smaller
> > than yours.
>
>
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