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I owe the world -- and you, gentle readers -- several real posts. But this one is topical and loses all meaning if not done now. Er, not that it has much meaning to anyone who isn't as big a numbers geek as I am.
I filled Wally, our 2003 red Rover, with diesel fuel this afternoon. Of itself, this is quite ordinary and not the least bit interesting. However, when entering the expense on the spreadsheet that I use to track fuel consumption, I noticed that today's purchase had put us just over the £2000 mark for fuel put into Wally since we bought him in October 2011[*].
Since I am indeed a numbers geek, I decided to check how many days it had taken us to reach this mark.[**] Out came the trusty calculator and, after a few seconds, I had my answer. We bought Wally 500 days ago, exactly.
I see then. We have spent a touch over £2000 in 500 days on diesel. Thus, when rounded to the nearest penny, the daily fuel cost of our household is £4.00 even. Nice!
(Actually, since it costs about 15p per mile that I drive, I can further estimate that we drive about 26 - 27 miles per day. This is the mean, of course, and there is a rather wide spread. But still, tis nice to know...)
Right. We now return you to your regularly scheduled evening, dear friends. Hopefully more interesting posts will follow soon...
[*] Given the bevy problems that we experienced with Peter, our previous red Rover, I am delighted to say that we have had absolutely no trouble whatsoever with Wally in the nearly seventeen months since we brought him home.
[**] I was going to say "milestone", but that really isn't the right word here, is it?
I filled Wally, our 2003 red Rover, with diesel fuel this afternoon. Of itself, this is quite ordinary and not the least bit interesting. However, when entering the expense on the spreadsheet that I use to track fuel consumption, I noticed that today's purchase had put us just over the £2000 mark for fuel put into Wally since we bought him in October 2011[*].
Since I am indeed a numbers geek, I decided to check how many days it had taken us to reach this mark.[**] Out came the trusty calculator and, after a few seconds, I had my answer. We bought Wally 500 days ago, exactly.
I see then. We have spent a touch over £2000 in 500 days on diesel. Thus, when rounded to the nearest penny, the daily fuel cost of our household is £4.00 even. Nice!
(Actually, since it costs about 15p per mile that I drive, I can further estimate that we drive about 26 - 27 miles per day. This is the mean, of course, and there is a rather wide spread. But still, tis nice to know...)
Right. We now return you to your regularly scheduled evening, dear friends. Hopefully more interesting posts will follow soon...
[*] Given the bevy problems that we experienced with Peter, our previous red Rover, I am delighted to say that we have had absolutely no trouble whatsoever with Wally in the nearly seventeen months since we brought him home.
[**] I was going to say "milestone", but that really isn't the right word here, is it?
