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amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#705627
A 2007 study found that the average Australian walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study found that Australians drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year.

That means, on average, Australians get about 41 miles per gallon.'

Bloody good value that!

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#705635
Hang on I have to convert that into real measurements:

Walk 1,450 km and drink 100 litres in one year = 6.90 L/100 km.

Yeah pretty good! I think I must be like a Kombi as I consume more 'fuel' than that.

h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#705638
what if you dont drink? huh
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amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#705642
thats OK, because its average. It will have slightly improved because I have cut right back for city 2 surf training. Now I understand peer group pressure.

h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#705740
amazeer wrote:It will have slightly improved because I have cut right back for city 2 surf training. Now I understand peer group pressure.
😂 soft coq
fractal geometry; the inner most limits of mind altering abuse

Fantasy http://seventhchronicle.com

Z = Z2 + C1/r = 1/0 = infinity

Barrels www.barrelman.com.au

VW Workshop - aircooledgarage.com.au
allcooled.com.au

grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#705792
That is an amazing useless piece of information,but funny!😁😁😁

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#705802
I don't even drive My beetle 900 miles a year... lol

so I must get more miles per gallon...

but I don't drink alcohol at all...

but plenty of water etc.... lol

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colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#705813
amazeer wrote:thats OK, because its average.

How can it be average if you dont drink at all... the average of 0 is 0. You cant be included if you are 0 (in this case).....

So I get alot of miles... Kilometers on 0.

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#705820
errr its elementary. if you add helbuses 900 miles + my miles and phils miles and everybody elses miles then divide that by my 15 gallons plus helbuses 220 gallons plus all the gallons of everyone else, then that will give you an average of 41mpg 🤓

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#705837
I'll just go with the flow ... but I did like the sound of 'beer group pressure' 🤓
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colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#705838
So if I supposedly consume this amount but in reality I don't... Do you all combined owe me that amount??

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#705864
It's an average. Some people drink more beer than that (eg. Birchall, me, a few others), some less, some none. It averages out at 100 litres - which really usn't that much - a middy per day. In the '70s Australians would have consumed twice that, on average. The Czechs and the Germans twice that again.

Likewise, walking 1,450 km per year is an average. Some do more, some less.

You could come up with a statistic that says the average Australian family has 2.3 kids. How do you have 0.3 of a kid? It's just a mathematical average of the whole lot.

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#705868
Phil74Camper wrote:It's an average. Some people drink more beer than that (eg. Birchall, me, a few others), some less, some none. It averages out at 100 litres - which really usn't that much - a middy per day. In the '70s Australians would have consumed twice that, on average. The Czechs and the Germans twice that again.

Likewise, walking 1,450 km per year is an average. Some do more, some less.

You could come up with a statistic that says the average Australian family has 2.3 kids. How do you have 0.3 of a kid? It's just a mathematical average of the whole lot.
Gee Phil, thanks for clearing all that up 🤓
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dr strapp Commited Dubber

56 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#705916
I enjoy my Jim Beam - does that mean it's like using AVGAS, does that improve my economy??😵
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Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#705931
More like rocket fuel!

AVGAS is such a pretty blue-green colour, just like Midori - or maybe Absinth.