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Re: NTC: Gas Prices
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Brian Ellis <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:21:26 +0300
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No problem. I flight of stairs to my office, each way. Say 10 metres, 4 
x/day. I drink ~2½ litres of tea/day =6250 l/100 km = 0.04 mpg :-)

Brian

Valerie St.Cyr wrote:
> (this was just sent to me ....)
> 
> 
>>Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the
> 
> pump...
> 
>>Think a gallon of gas is expensive?
>>(This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.)
>>
>>Compared with Gasoline:
>>
>>Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ........ $10.32 per gallon
>>
>>Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ...........$9.52 per gallon
>>
>>Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 .. $10.17 per gallon
>>
>>Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 . $10.00 per gallon
>>
>>Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 . $33.60 per gallon
>>
>>Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 .... $178.13 per gallon
>>
>>Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 ..... $123.20 per gallon
>>
>>Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ......... .. $25.42 per gallon
>>
>>Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 .......$84.48 per gallon
>>
>>And this is the REAL KICKER...
>>
>>
>>Evian water 9 oz $1.49..........$21.19 per gallon?! $21.19 for WATER -
> 
> and
> 
>>the buyers don't even know the source. (Evian spelled backwards is
> 
> Naive.)
> 
>>
>>So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on
>>water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid Pepto Bismal or Nyquil.
> 
> 
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