Petrol sign
Saw this petrol sign on the way back to Cairns. I was struck by the foolishness of its design. What happens when Unleaded goes above $.999 per liter? Or can it?
- Photo 37 of 132
- 12 October 2004
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Saw this petrol sign on the way back to Cairns. I was struck by the foolishness of its design. What happens when Unleaded goes above $.999 per liter? Or can it?
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Er… If I read this correctly, it’s at $1.02 per litre in the photo, so it’d have to go above $9.99 to outgrow the design.
Hey Dan — You may have missed the “Unleaded” portion of my comment. There’s no way to fit an extra number on that line (or the “Auto Gas” line, for that matter).
And technically, no other number other than “1” would fit on the Diesel line anyway right now. So as soon as diesel goes over 1.99, they’ll have to get a new sign, or hack it again (maybe putting “Die” on one line, and “sel” on the next…