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"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
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>>>> I guess you will all have to put up with me blogging about my new
>>>> computer.
>>> Don't worry about it.
>>
>> As if you had any right to complain. LOL!
>
> Actually I was speaking from experience. ;-)
>
>>> I'm loving the arbitrary mixture of Celsius and Farenheit.
>>
>> I actually noticed that when I typed it up. CPU temps, I think about C,
>> but ambient/room temps, I think of F. I guess that's how we Americans
>> are... Perhaps I should also mention that the CPU cooler is about 6
>> inches high, leaving my case with only about 1 cm of clearance. ;-)
>
> I guess we won't even get into the whole craziness that I know that I'm 6
> feet 2 inches tall, but I have no idea how many meters that is. Or that
> they sell petrol in litres, but all cars measure fuel in gallons...
<snip>
Unless of course you live in Australia where cars measure fuel in litres...
Cheers Dre
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"scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> >> Why would you want to put a certain number of gallons into your car?
> >
> > Because I don't have to keep track of prices.
> >
> > My car is half full. I want it near full.
>
> Yeh but why would anyone want to do that? I can understand asking for
> "full" or for $10 worth, but why would anyone want to ask for 2 gallons?
Yes, exactly - which is why almost nobody asks for fuel by volume, which
probably means if you're a gas station attendant and somebody drives up in a car
and asks you for "ten gallons of regular", they probably *really* meant $10
worth." Plus it probably doesn't help that you've been hearing repetitively
similar phrases all day long.
Charles
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>> What *I* don't understand is those 1-litre petrol cans. I mean, how far
>> can you possibly drive with 1 L of fuel??
>
> My 5.7 litre V8 ute will do about 10k on a litre of fuel if I dont drive it
> like I stole it...
According to Wolfram Alpha, a "gallon", depending on which one you mean,
is somewhere between 3 L and 4 L. (I actually thought it was more like
25 L, but apparently not.)
My new car gets about 35 miles/gallon, which works out to about 9
miles/litre.
So I guess, hypothetically, you can drive 9 miles. (Obviously the real
distance will be shorter than that, because it takes fuel to start the
engine, and once the tank is nearly empty the engine stops working.)
9 miles is in fact about 14 Km.
I just wonder why they don't make 2 L or even 5 L petrol cans. I presume
it's to do with fire safety or something...
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>>> What *I* don't understand is those 1-litre petrol cans. I mean, how far
>>> can you possibly drive with 1 L of fuel??
>>
>> My 5.7 litre V8 ute will do about 10k on a litre of fuel if I dont drive
>> it like I stole it...
>
> According to Wolfram Alpha, a "gallon", depending on which one you mean,
> is somewhere between 3 L and 4 L. (I actually thought it was more like 25
> L, but apparently not.)
>
> My new car gets about 35 miles/gallon, which works out to about 9
> miles/litre.
>
> 9 miles is in fact about 14 Km.
If I drive mine sensibly I should be able to get 20 km (handy that my car
displays the fuel consumption in litres per 100 km).
> I just wonder why they don't make 2 L or even 5 L petrol cans. I presume
> it's to do with fire safety or something...
Dunno, I thought we had a few 5 L ones at home, also don't pumps have a
minimum delivery of 2 litres? (the ones round here do)
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scott wrote:
> also don't pumps have a
> minimum delivery of 2 litres? (the ones round here do)
Hmm. Actually yes... so I wonder how the hell you fill a 1 L can? o_O
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>> I guess we won't even get into the whole craziness that I know that I'm 6
>> feet 2 inches tall, but I have no idea how many meters that is. Or that
>> they sell petrol in litres, but all cars measure fuel in gallons...
> <snip>
> Unless of course you live in Australia where cars measure fuel in
> litres...
Or any European country apart from the UK.
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"scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote in message
news:4b8510d5$1@news.povray.org...
>>> I guess we won't even get into the whole craziness that I know that I'm
>>> 6 feet 2 inches tall, but I have no idea how many meters that is. Or
>>> that they sell petrol in litres, but all cars measure fuel in gallons...
>> <snip>
>> Unless of course you live in Australia where cars measure fuel in
>> litres...
>
> Or any European country apart from the UK.
>
Even Canada measures fuel in litres.
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Invisible wrote:
> I just wonder why they don't make 2 L or even 5 L petrol cans. I presume
> it's to do with fire safety or something...
I have two 2-gallon cans and a 5-gallon can in the garage. Must be your laws
or something.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
The question in today's corporate environment is not
so much "what color is your parachute?" as it is
"what color is your nose?"
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Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
>> also don't pumps have a minimum delivery of 2 litres? (the ones round
>> here do)
Wha? You have weirdness over there.
> Hmm. Actually yes... so I wonder how the hell you fill a 1 L can? o_O
Usually after filling your car, I'd guess.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
The question in today's corporate environment is not
so much "what color is your parachute?" as it is
"what color is your nose?"
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On 02/23/10 18:38, Darren New wrote:
>> Well, with a gas station attendant, that may be OK. I usually pay
>> cash,
>> and you often have to pre-pay, so it becomes a headache to overpay, and
>> then return to get the change. When I pay with a CC, then it's not a
>> problem.
>
> OK. So why not full? Or some number of dollars? How does some number of
> gallons prevent you from having to go in and get your change?
If it's prepay and full, I have to go in and pay in advance. They will
want me to pay SOME amount, and so it has to be more than what's needed
to be full, and then I have to go back in and get the change.
If it's just some number of gallons, I can say that amount (and it will
be less than full, obviously). However, since I can't say gallons, I
have to do the math.
--
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