Hello and welcome to Carrots Arc on National Public Radio with us clicking

plaque to Tappet Brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the campus of

Tappet Brothers University or old TPU as we call it during orientation week for

the upcoming fall semester. In other schools orientation this is a bunch of

baloney. That's a waste of time. But here it's not a waste of time. We start

right at orientation teaching mechanics useful concepts like you know the

difference between bring and take. How many mechanics know that? Left and right

up and down all those important things and stuff. Are we sure to sort of

fight the teacher to bring in taking a? Oh yeah. I'm extra. I prepared a small

quiz for you next week on on the essence of bring and take. I am prepared. Have

you studied? I have a little quiz for you actually. Okay. Here's this is

something. Maybe this has bothered lots of people. It has certainly bothered me

for many many years and here's a letter from none other than where is this guy

from? Gore New Zealand. Yes I have to be quite the expert on New Zealand. I too.

Are you mostly from the North Island or the South Island? New Zealand is an island?

It's too. Here it is. Where does this guy? Steve Porter or Pontiac or something.

It's a displaced American far from home. I take great pleasure in listening to

you. Someone sends him tapes. That's all right. Anyway I have a question for you.

Here in New Zealand we pay for our petrol with New Zealand dollars. It is measured

in leaders and distances are measured in kilometers. I have never heard the

metric form for mileage miles per gallon. What is it? KPL. I suppose so. So what's the essence of the question?

That's the question. What is it he wants to know? People don't talk about it evidently

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