& I was one of those not_so_bemused US tourists in the UK during the great petrol scandal a year or two ago. If everyone on the list had broadband connections, i could tell you stories of how a 3 day business trip extended to a 3 week "lets drive around the UK for a couple of weeks" trip turned into something quite interesting. I also went through two similar US episodes, esp the "big one" back in '77 I think - Americans used guns and clubs and lots of foul words to keep their places on gasoline lines (you know- cueing for petrol) overnight. In England, Wales and Ireland, the only ones who got tough were the Irish tanker drivers who blockaded the road from the Cork ferry port. I was amazed about the average persons ability to stay calm and friendly during it all. Just try increasing fuel priced to 1/2 of those prices in the good ol' US and watch the riots start straight away! (Learned some proper Queen's English, also). The only thing I don't understand is why some pubs welcomed us warmly while others let us know that we definitely didn't belong there. The later ones reminded me of my original home, NY. Anyway, people were generally much friendlier there - just don't go into the wrong pub. OK, one more - why are some fairly simple electronic parts and supplies so expensive there also?? C -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Bond, Peter Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 6:10 AM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [PIC]: Bitscope > >PS $1.14 per gallon - eat your heart out POMs! > > Well at 70.9p/litre for unleaded at about US$1.45/GBP, and around 4.45 > l/imperial gallon (don't know what it is to a US gallon), that's about > US1.02/litre, about US$4.57/imp gallon. Its not called "rip > off Britain" for > nothing. 4 Star and Diesel are even more. 1 US gallon = 8 * 16flOz = 3.785l 1 Imperial gallon = 8 * 20 US flOz = 4.546l (and, apparently, 1 US fl Oz = 1.0408 Imperial fl Oz, which wasn't one I knew before) Hence bemused British tourists getting something they don't quite recognise as a pint in the US... Peter This email, its content and any attachments is PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL to TANDBERG Television. If received in error please notify the sender and destroy the original message and attachments. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.