Fuel prices

There's an interesting debate at Testy Copy Editors about when a record price is a record price.
Here's an Australian take on the matter from this morning's issue of our paper.

The US media has recently reported huge increases in the cost of fuelling the world's biggest and thirstiest cars. They bemoan petrol hitting $US1.80 a gallon. That equates to about 63 cents a litre. Sad, ain't it! [Sydneysiders pay 90 cents to 96 cents a litre at the moment]

Thus the expression, ''On ya bike son!''