Yes, it's idiotic. Pretty much any time I hear some fool comment "gas is 4.99 there" I have to say no, it's five bucks.
On Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 10:57 AM gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > The joke here in the US is that gasoline has been priced at xxx.9 cents > per gallon for as long as I can remember, which makes the ".9" financially > meaningless, though it's believed by marketing dorks that there is a > perception that a gallon of gas costing 4.999 is a lot cheaper than 5.00 . > > On Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 1:29:52 AM UTC-7 Jon wrote: > >> Guessing they might've been used in petrol (gasoline) pump price >> displays? I have a childhood memory of watching what I now know to be a >> numitron display on the pump with a 1/2 oscillating on and off as the total >> mounted. Back when a 1/2p was actually a relevant concept with a physical >> coin too... >> >> Jon. >> >> On Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 3:02:39 AM UTC+1 Nicholas Stock wrote: >> >>> [image: 20230821_164810.jpg] >>> >>> Nick >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a4ca3f5e-ba56-4bcc-ad6e-b78ac3aeb844n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a4ca3f5e-ba56-4bcc-ad6e-b78ac3aeb844n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-j8EB0E5h7BsxNbZRROqB1010D7sCNB8POmNq4T1mCB%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.
