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On Jun 24, 1:32 pm, sd > wrote:

>
> I'm waiting for the first petroleum company to have the /chutzpah/
> to redefine a gallon of gasoline as, say, 100 ounces, so they can
> keep the price under $3 a gallon.
>
> sd



Don't they (or did they?) already do that in Hawaii -- where it is by
liters? Can't really remember, but I know I used to always go thru
mental gyrations trying to convert the price to gallons. Real PITA.

Dee Dee