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TechTMW · #31 Unread post by **TechTMW** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:58 pm

sv-wolf wrote: I didn't realise till I looked it up just now that you have bigger gallons in the U.S. than we do here in the UK. Presumably that means you also have bigger pints. And that, in turn, means you must drink more beer than we do. (I wonder what a German gallon must look like?)

LOL, no most Americans drink beer out of 12oz bottles. And I'm not exactly sure i'd call it 'beer' either, but that's another matter entirely.

Hey White, bring your Vino, and if you really want to get some bang for your buck, do like the neapolitans do and Hook up an LPG fitting to the intake. LPG is Much cheaper than gasoline, and nothing looks cooler (in an insane kinda way) than a grown man tootling along on a 50cc scoot w/ a huge pressurized LPG tank strapped on behind him !!

BuzZz · #32 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:03 pm

sv-wolf wrote:
I didn't realise till I looked it up just now that you have bigger gallons in the U.S. than we do here in the UK. Presumably that means you also have bigger pints. And that, in turn, means you must drink more beer than we do. (I wonder what a German gallon must look like?)

Imperial gallons are larger than U.S. gallons.
U.S. gallon=4 liters, Imp. Gallon=4.45 liters.

You do use Imerial gallons over there don't you? I was purdy sure that where we got 'em from.....

oldnslo · #33 Unread post by **oldnslo** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:31 pm

I thought that was true, too, Buzz. In some states down here, we have what is called "Texas Fifths" of booze, which are really US quarts, I hear.

BuzZz · #34 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:10 pm

We have 'Texas Micky's'..... not sure how big they are (I bet someone 'round here will enlighten us

), but they are at least 60 ounces....

#35 Unread post by **sv-wolf** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:44 pm

BuzZz wrote:
sv-wolf wrote:
I didn't realise till I looked it up just now that you have bigger gallons in the U.S. than we do here in the UK. Presumably that means you also have bigger pints. And that, in turn, means you must drink more beer than we do. (I wonder what a German gallon must look like?)
Imperial gallons are larger than U.S. gallons.
U.S. gallon=4 liters, Imp. Gallon=4.45 liters.

You do use Imerial gallons over there don't you? I was purdy sure that where we got 'em from.....

Um... ahh.. 1 Imperial gallon equals 1.2 U.S... Whoops. Yep. You're definitely right there.

So does that mean you have smaller pints, or fewer of them? Or do you use litres now?

BuzZz · #36 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:25 am

Canada is Officially Metric so we are stuck with liters and kilometers

But lots of people still function in Imperial or a mixture of the 2. It gets really messed up sometimes......

#37 Unread post by **sv-wolf** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:01 am

Messed is right.

We are supposed to be metric - you can now be prosecuted for selling turnips by the pound - so tough if it costs the greengrocer on the corner a fortune to convert his business, but we still have miles on our roads and speedos because it would cost the government too much to convert theirs.

Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:04 am

i have a lovely Portugese Travel Trunk(aka-milk crate) on my Vino that a lpg cylinder will fit nicely in.my only concern is a tank slapper situation with the extra weight so high up.