>My keen eye detects a difference of 40 pounds between unladen weight and
>kerbside weight. Obviously, the kerbside weight does not include a
>driver, even an anorexic one. If we assume a pint of gas weighs a little
>less than a pint of water, and a pint of water weighs a pound (a pint's a
>pound, the world around)(but a pint isn't a pint the world around, but
>wotthehell) then a 10 gallon tank would weigh a bit less than 80 pounds,
>but not as little as 40 pounds, so they are not figuring a full tank of
>gas. My WAG is that they include oil and coolant in both figures, but
>maybe only gas in the kerbside weight. Anyway, who cares.
>
>Speaking of british measures, I once heard that Sterling Moss lost 14
>pounds during a long, hot race. Clear proof that a rolling Moss gathers
>no stone.
>
>WRG
>
> Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
> Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
> gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
>
>
Got a good chuckle out of this one Ray. Keep up the good posts!
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Paul Parkanzky
Ohio Northern University
p-parkanzky@onu.edu
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