Just for those who never grew up around explosive barrels...

The barrels in things like HL2 are what Americans call "55 gallon drums." 
It's how things like grease or oil for your automobile gets shipped to 
retailers like service stations or auto dealers.

55 gallons is the amount of oil in a "barrel of oil."

So when you hear on the news that some country is exporting 2 million 
barrels a day of oil or something, you have an idea what they mean. A barrel 
of oil is the size of one of the barrels in HL2 (or most other games, for 
that matter), aka a "55-gallon drum."

Impress your metric friends with this obscure knowledge, brought to you by 
someone whose dad owned a gas station for many years.
-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   How come I never get only one kudo?

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