did anyone else go to MIT?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
>>>> Hmmm..  A new way to define ones collection - by the space it takes up! :)
>>> Hm.  Mine takes 30 gallons per hundred miles to move.
>> Of gas or diesel?
> 
> Petrol.  Switching to the same model of car but a diesel engine would
> reduce that to about 20 gallons.

Mine would use a lot more fuel than that.  I think the last time I had 
to move my collection it was something like 10-12 times that amount, for 
only a part of my collection.  Plus most of my machines don't fit into a 
car.  I need a 53' tractor-trailer.  (Or segmented lorry?)  And, even 
then, it takes more than one load.

> Horribly off-topic (sorry Jay) but it gets confusing when people on the
> other side of the pond talk about running their cars on "gas".  When we
> talk about running a car on gas we mean LPG.

Sorry about that.  It slipped my mind.  I usually use "gasoline" when 
talking to someone outside of North America.

Peace...  Sridhar