[thechat] RE: Gasoline/Petrol prices
Paul Cowan
evolt at funkwit.com
Thu Apr 29 20:28:25 CDT 2004
> Well, since I want to use a rather neutral currency,
> some offbeat measure of volume would be great too.
In recognition of the many north-of-the-border folk on thechat, I humbly
propose the old Scots measurement of the mutchkin (used, unsuprisingly, for
measuring whisky, it seems). No calculator I can find, but from playing
around at <http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/volume.htm>, here's a
handy conversion chart:
1 mutchkin
= 4 (Scots) gills
= 2.996 imperial gills
= 0.4247 litres
= 0.0936 imperial gallons
= 0.1124 US gallons
Which, combined with the currency converter at
<http://www.ozforex.com.au/cgi-bin/Convert.asp>, makes the current price in
the Northern suburbs of Melbourne (AU$0.897/L for regular unleaded) about
(drumroll):
32.9 Albanian leks per mutchkin.
Cheap at twice the price!
Paul
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