On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:23:40 +0100, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Gasoline >> >> Litre pricing started some time in the 80s, I believe, but it only >> became widespread as we got to the 90s and then standard shortly >> after. Gallon prices can still be included, but it's almost never seen >> now. > >Yes. It is difficult to prove a negative but I would raise your 'almost >never' to 'never'.
I qualified it by 'almost' as our local Tesco (surprise, surprise!) still has a gallon price on one of its signs. My local Sainsbury's has just been refurbished, and the last vestige of gallon pricing disappeared during that. Chris -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
