The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

[caseydog]

Gas at the pumps just hit 2.00 a liter in British Columbia and NFLD or 9.00 a gallon.

It is about $3.50 a gallon for Regular in Frisco. My cars require premium, so I pay more per gallon, but I don't drive a lot, so my fuel costs are reasonable.

CD

 

[garlichead]

It is about $3.50 a gallon for Regular in Frisco. My cars require premium, so I pay more per gallon, but I don't drive a lot, so my fuel costs are reasonable.

CD

Yeah, me as well. Regular gas in Ontario is around 1.60 a liter or 7.20

 

[garlichead]

Today is -8 degrees and tomorrow is +13 a change of 22 degrees F. Yep it's March in Ontario.

 

[Morning Glory]

Regular gas in Ontario is around 1.60 a liter or 7.20

Is that 1.60 Canadian dollars per litre?

 

[garlichead]

Is that 1.60 Canadian dollars per litre?

Yep. 2.00 a liter in 2 other Provinces.

 

[Morning Glory]

That is cheaper than the UK. The current price here is currently £1.53 per litre (which is 2.58 Canadian dollars).

Translating that to gallons and US dollars makes my brain hurt!

 

[garlichead]

That is cheaper than the UK. The current price here is currently £1.53 per litre (which is 2.58 Canadian dollars).

Translating that to gallons and US dollars makes my brain hurt!

I remember when I was a kid living as an army brat, my dad mentioning the gas prices in Lahr Germany when we lived there being so much more than what it cost in Canada, and it's still the case obviously.

 

[Rocklobster]

If i could convince gf to walk to work and back with me we could go 6 days a week without using a vehicle. But, we do need something at work with us incase there is ever an issue or emergency. When I hassle her about it she usually says something that starts with an F and ends with a U.

 

[TastyReuben]

When I hassle her about it she usually says something that starts with an F and ends with a U.

“Fine, I understand.”

Not it, huh?

 

[garlichead]

Whoops lol, gas this morning went up to 184.9 a liter in Ontario..

 

[Rocklobster]

Whoops lol, gas this morning went up to 184.9 a liter in Ontario..

1.72 here in The ‘Frew

 

[Rocklobster]

“Fine, I understand.”

Not it, huh?

Not by a long shot

 

[garlichead]

1.72 here in The ‘Frew

Can't wait until biking weather. 25.00 is a fill up, so maybe 30.00 now.

 

[Windigo]

You may want to re-read your first sentence, and edit it???

Sweets and Candy are both used here, but sweets is a broader term, that includes pastries, cookies, cakes and pies. Basically anything "sweet."

CD

Why should I edit it? I don't understand what's unclear about it. I guess I am using the word 'distinction' in the wrong place, but my brain is too fogged up to make anything else out of it right now.

 

[Morning Glory]

Candy is also candy in the US

Candy is not used in the UK. We call them sweets, so its the wrong way round. Sweets here also refers to desserts. There are various other odd translations. Capiscum? Not usually. They are also called bell peppers or simply 'peppers' in the UK. A griller? We call it a grill.

I've yet to see a decent translation tool/chart - and that includes an ancient one buried somewhere in the annals of CookingBites!