Re: [lro] Re: vacuum guage was (Roverdrive)

From: chris johnston (cgj94@sympatico.ca)
Date: Fri Apr 18 2003 - 16:20:00 EDT

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    whats a gallon? ;)
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Peter Ogilvie" <roverhi@yahoo.com>
    To: <lro@koan.team.net>
    Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 4:23 PM
    Subject: Re: [lro] Re: vacuum guage was (Roverdrive)

    >
    > Can sympathize with our British friends. Gas has been
    > over $2 a gallon, here in paradise, for many many
    > months. Was just starting to get close to $2.00 when
    > the latest uptick hit. Seem to remember $2.30 a
    > gallon the other day. In more normal times it seems
    > to hover around $1.80 a gallon which still isn't
    > cheap. Makes me want to move to SF to get cheap gas
    > (that's a joke, btw).
    >
    > Aloha
    > Peter O.
    >
    >
    > --- offroaddesign@softhome.net wrote:
    > >
    > > > None in particular - any reputable brand should be
    > > fine.
    > > > Vacuum gauges are pretty simple little beast. Mine
    > > is a
    > > > Stewart-Warner I got from Burden Sales (surplus)
    > > for about
    > > > 10-12 dollars.
    > >
    > > It's not one of those life-depends-on-it gauges. I'd
    > > go for the cheapest one
    > > I could find that looked halfway decent. But, I'm a
    > > cheap bugger ;-)
    > >
    > > >
    > > >> a 1.48 a gallon. I guess it is relative.
    > > >
    > > > Yup - gassed up my Rangie (and cried a lot)
    > > yesterday at
    > > > 1.61/gallon...and that's down 12 cents from where
    > > it's
    > > > been.
    > >
    > > Gas is down here too, but it probably won't be for
    > > too long. I do miss
    > > driving Valdez everyday, but when you can get 350
    > > kms out of 10$ canadian
    > > worth of fuel, I don't mind my new little fuel mizer
    > > a bit. Of course, no
    > > longer being able to intimidate semis takes some
    > > getting used to, as being
    > > pushed around by Exploders and Jimmys. Perhaps a
    > > push bar and winch would
    > > help ;-)
    > >
    > > Funny seeing the two parked next to each other, you
    > > can almost see the
    > > Saturn's door handles when looking under Valdez!
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