On 15 Oct 2008 00:22:08 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>
>Your gallons are bigger than ours.  That's how you manage 55 MPG in your 
>cars.  ;-)
>

Not in my car I don't :)


>>>That makes it *really* difficult to figure out fuel efficiency if you
>>>don't have a computer to do that in your car.
>> 
>> Only if you're innumerate :P
>
>You forget that America is the land of the innumerate. ;-)

The young here are not much better. But then I was brought up before calculators
were affordable. In fact they were not allowed in exams. Today's kids look
aghast if you offer the correct money in a shop. Sad!
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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