On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 23:44:36 -0400, Joe Jansen wrote:

> South Carolina, US....  Most things are sold by gallon, but using the
> google-supplied multiplier to get to litres....

Well these are the prices I pay, including tax (the usual way to do it he=
re - none of this paying $3.20 for a=20
$2.99 burger that I've seen in the US!  :-)  All converted to US$ at $1.8=
0 =3D =A31 which may be a tad high at the=20
moment, but was about right a couple of weeks ago.

UK > South Carolina > New Zealand > ...... Mauricio Jancic (Argentina?)
>=20
1.44  > 0.46  > 0.85    > 1 Liter of The best quality fuel: U$S .7
15.28 > ?     > ?       > 1 PIC18F452: U$S 8.3 (low qtys)
63.00 >       > 25      > 1 400W power supply for a PC (biswal or anythin=
g like that): U$S14
6.50  > 1.25  > 1.40    > 1 liter of bear (national) : U$S .56
2.50  > 0.99  > 1.40    > 1 bottle of coke (2.25 L) : U$S 0.83
5.00  > 2.50  > 2.40    > 1 McDonald's BIG MAC : U$S 2.15
0.30  > 0.24  > 0.70    > 1 CD-R (TDK 700MB) : U$S 0.50
1.26  > 0.85  > 0.85    > 1 Liter of milk : U$S .45
1.39  > 0.45  > 1.00    > 1 Kg of bread : U$S .60

Notes:  Where I mention "pint" below, I mean an Imperial pint, which is 2=
0fl.oz (25% larger than a US pint, I=20
think).

The fuel price is for the cheapest ("Unleaded", also the most popular) at=
 my local supermarket - it's more bit=20
more expensive in most other places, and up to 10% more at Motorway servi=
ces!  Diesel is a penny a litre more.

The prices for the PIC and the PC PSU are from the Maplin catalogue - I'd=
 never buy these from there!  The PIC=20
'452 I'd get mail-order ($12.39 from Wouter (quickest) or $6.97 from Glit=
chbuster).  I would get the PC PSU=20
from a computer fair, for about $30.

I presume "bear" is "beer"!  :-)  It's not sold in litres - I've scaled-u=
p the price of a bottle of Fuller's=20
"London Pride" at a supermarket.  This is definately a high-end Real Ale!=
  In a pub it would be about $4 a=20
pint, about $7 a litre.  You can get beer much cheaper than this, though.=
..

Coke isn't sold in 2.25l bottles - this is for a 2l bottle scaled up.  Th=
ere are normally 2-for-1 or other=20
offers going, though.  In single 0.33l cans you can pay anything from $0.=
70 to $1.25 ($2.10 to $3.75 a litre).

I'm guessing the Big Mac - I haven't had one for years, but I think this =
is about right.  Again, they would be=20
more expensive at Motorway Services.

CD-R is from a computer fair, as part of a 50-CD stack.

Milk is delivered to the door in 1pt reusable glass bottles.  It would be=
 cheaper in throwaway plastic bottles=20
from a supermarket.

Bread is sold here in 400g & 800g loaves.  This is scaled up from an 800g=
 Wholemeal loaf from a national=20
Supermarket chain (baked on the premises).  From a local bakery it would =
cost about 50% more.

It looks like it's expensive to live here!  I'm a tad surprised at the si=
ze of the differences, but some of=20
this is due to the US$ being weak at the moment (or is it the UK=A3 is st=
rong?  I don't know how you tell the=20
difference).

I'd be interested to see what prices are like on Continental Europe...

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England



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