Subject: Re: [TR] Refuelling a Spitfire

From: John Innis <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:49:15 -0600

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Just be glad the Spit sips fuel. At those prices a fella could go bankrupt
putting fuel in a Jag or Big Healy!

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 11:47 AM John Macartney <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> I=E2=80=99ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and toda=
y decided
> to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Toured around th=
e
> local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might be available=
.
> To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is effectively 3.=
8
> litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the cheapest was one U=
S
> gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the same gas station wher=
e
> the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12.  Diesel was
> even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer hasn=E2=80=99t changed=
 - yet.
>
> Jonmac
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Just be glad the Spit sips fuel. At those prices a fella c=
ould go bankrupt putting fuel in a Jag or Big Healy!<br></div><br><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 10, 202=
2 at 11:47 AM John Macartney &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">=
[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,2=
04);padding-left:1ex">I=E2=80=99ve been using a friends Spitfire for the la=
st ten days and today decided to top off the tank, even though it was still=
 half full. Toured around the local gas stations to find out where the chea=
pest fuel might be available. To compare like with like and remembering one=
 US gallon is effectively 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the =
U.K.) the cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I pass=
ed the same gas station where the price I paid this morning had risen from =
8.77 to 9..12.=C2=A0 Diesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favouri=
te beer hasn=E2=80=99t changed - yet.<br>
<br>
Jonmac<br>
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From: Bob <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:27:30 -0500

Jonmac,

Regular gas here in Upstate NY ranges from 4.40 to 4.60. And I use the 
non alcohol high test in my 3 Triumphs, I bet it will be around 6$ a 
gallon by the time winter is over. I am guessing your taxes are a bit 
higher than here in the US.

But good news on the brew front. A  16oz draft at my local American 
Legion is still $2! And when we visit Florida, a 16oz draft is 1.50! But 
at the local pubs the craft brews range from 5 to 8$ a 16oz draft.

Soon the price we pay for gas will rise ad we pump.

Bob

On 3/10/22 12:43 PM, John Macartney wrote:
> I’ve 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 around the local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might be available. To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is effectively 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the same gas station where the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12.  Diesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer hasn’t changed - yet.
>
> Jonmac
>
> Is the latest definition of being “learned and well-informed” showing the world on your ‘Teams’ and ‘Zoom’ meetings that you have a book-lined study full of titles that are all illegible?
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From: Don Hiscock <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:57:06 -0500

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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 driving
trip from Missouri to California and back -- 4700 miles -- in January!
California is headed the UK's way on pricing faster than the US midwest.

Don

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I b=
ought 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 driving=
 trip from Missouri to California and back -- 4700 miles -- in January! =C2=
=A0 California is headed the UK&#39;s way on pricing faster than the US mid=
west.=C2=A0</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></di=
v><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On T=
hu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:johnbmaca=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1p=
x;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1=
ex">I=E2=80=99ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and to=
day decided to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Toured=
 around the local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might be=
 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=
 was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the same gas st=
ation where the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12.=C2=
=A0 Diesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer hasn=E2=
=80=99t changed - 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 al=
l illegible?<br>
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