The Fuel tanker at the airport measured out fuel in Liters, the Lavatory service truck measured out water in US Gallons, Burma is a mix of anything they can get, it's poor and there are probably trade sanctions. I did not see any Service Stations that had new pumps and hence non that sold in Liters. I only spent a couple of days in Yangon (Rangoon), things could be different in other parts of the country.
I doubt wether you could buy a meter calibrated in Imperial Gallons, who would want one? Most people in the world probably think the US Gallon and the UK Gallon are the same. Mike Payne > [Original Message] > From: Mighty Chimp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; USMA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 26/10/03 22:18:21 > Subject: Re: [USMA:27305] Imperial gallon > > Did you see any selling by the litre? If so, what did these pumps look > like? New or old looking? > > In other words, in order to sell in gallons, one has to use extremely old > equipment. I wonder if there is any new equipment made in imperial gallons. > If someone wanted to buy a new pump in imperial gallons, could they get it > as a standard or must it be a "special order"? > > I wonder how they keep the old equipment going and accurate, or don't they > care if the pump is accurate or not? > > Euric > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mighty Chimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 2003-10-26 21:25 > Subject: RE: [USMA:27305] Imperial gallon > > > > About 6 years ago I saw some service stations in Burma still selling by > the > > imperial Gallon, but they were very old fuel pumps. > > > > Michael Payne > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Mighty Chimp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: 26/10/03 21:19:14 > > > Subject: [USMA:27305] Imperial gallon > > > > > > With the conversion of petrol pumps from imperial gallons to litres in > the > > > Commonwealth countries, including the UK, it would seem to me the > imperial > > > gallon is a dead unit. Does anyone who posts to this site have any > other > > > further examples where imperial gallons are still used? > > > > > > > > --- Michael Payne > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. > > > > > > --- Michael Payne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
