Re: NASA has released the first damage assessment for the Kennedy Space Center:

From: Christopher M. Jones (christopher.m.jones_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:40:51 -0500

Andre Lieven wrote:
> In tonight's running about, getting bills paid and shopping done,
> we saw gas prices at their moments of flux, here in the Ottawa
> market. There were several stations as yet just before they
> all gang ratchet their prices up, as low for that moment as
> 64.9 cents a litre. The ones that had already gone up were
> all at 82.9-83.9/l.
[snip]

Geez, you freakin' Canadians think you're the whole world
doncha? Not everyone uses Canadian dollars, ya know.
Not everyone uses liters even, let alone "litres".

(Just balancing out the always inevitable snarks when
imperial units are used...) =)

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