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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by yarp on Friday May 01 2015, @03:48PM

    by yarp (2665) on Friday May 01 2015, @03:48PM (#177490)

    Metric system?!
    My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by TK on Tuesday May 05 2015, @02:30PM

    by TK (2760) on Tuesday May 05 2015, @02:30PM (#179106)

    40 rods = 0.13 mi = 0.20 km
    1 hogshead = 63 gal = 240 l

    So that's just under 12 feet per gallon, or 0.83 meters per liter.

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