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Re: [TR] Refuelling a Spitfire

To: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] Refuelling a Spitfire
From: bill beecher <notakitcar@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:07:35 -0600
Cc: Triumphs list <triumphs@autox.team.net>, John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.com>
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Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in Texas.=20

=E2=80=9CLast night I saw upon the stair,
A little man who wasn't there,
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away=E2=80=9D.... Mearns

On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF
I bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states and paid =C2=A30.80/=
L ($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed a sigh of relief that I did a drivin=
g trip from Missouri to California and back -- 4700 miles -- in January!   C=
alifornia is headed the UK's way on pricing faster than the US midwest.=20

Don

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.com> wro=
te:
> I=E2=80=99ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and today=
 decided to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Toured aro=
und the local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might be avai=
lable. To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is effectivel=
y 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the cheapest was on=
e US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the same gas station wh=
ere the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12.  Diesel was e=
ven more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer hasn=E2=80=99t changed - y=
et.
>=20
> Jonmac
>=20
> Is the latest definition of being =E2=80=9Clearned and well-informed=E2=80=
=9D showing the world on your =E2=80=98Teams=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98Zoom=E2=80=
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legible?
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in=
 Texas.&nbsp;<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(=
255, 255, 255, 0);">=E2=80=9CLast night I saw upon the stair,<br>A little ma=
n who wasn't there,<br>He wasn't there again today<br>Oh, how I wish he'd go=
 away=E2=80=9D.... Mearns</span></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Mar 10, 2022, a=
t 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock &lt;don.hiscock@gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D=
"font-size:small">I bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states an=
d paid =C2=A30.80/L ($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed a sigh of relief t=
hat I did a driving trip from Missouri to California and back -- 4700 miles -=
- in January! &nbsp; California is headed the UK's way on pricing faster tha=
n the US midwest.&nbsp;</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size=
:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Don=
</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_a=
ttr">On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:j=
ohnbmacartney@gmx.com">johnbmacartney@gmx.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-wi=
dth:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-l=
eft:1ex">I=E2=80=99ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days an=
d today decided to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Tou=
red around the local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might b=
e available. To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is effe=
ctively 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the cheapest w=
as one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the same gas stati=
on where the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12.&nbsp; D=
iesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer hasn=E2=80=99t c=
hanged - yet.<br>
<br>
Jonmac<br>
<br>
Is the latest definition of being =E2=80=9Clearned and well-informed=E2=80=9D=
 showing the world on your =E2=80=98Teams=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98Zoom=E2=80=99=
 meetings that you have a book-lined study full of titles that are all illeg=
ible?<br>
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