Filling my tank just topped $50 for the first time. I'm glad I work out of the house, if I was still commuting to Carlsbad everyday, I'd be out an extra $300-400 a month.
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:19 AM, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > So CNN just reported that gas prices in the UK are like $11 a gallon! > > How the heck do you guys afford to go anywhere? > > I'm not sure that's a very accurate number. Petrol is about one pound > per liter right now (unless it's gone up substantially since I spoke > to my mum last week!) and there are about 3.8 liters in a US gallon > (which is smaller than a UK gallon). So that's about $7.60 per US > gallon. Considering gas in the Bay Area just hit an average $4, it's > "only" about twice the price I'm used to paying :) > > Bear in mind that Brits drive cars that get sensible mpg - not like > the ridiculous sub-20-mpg monsters that many Americans drive. > -- > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259142 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
