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OT English System vs Imperial System of Measure
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:
It's worse than the difference in ounces per pint (or gallon). The US fluid ounce is not the same as the Imperial fluid ounce either. The interesting thing is you can agree over what is in a bottle of scotch. A US fifth (one fifth of a US gal) is the same as one sixth of an Imperial gallon which was the traditional size for wine and spirit bottles. So all those bottles of Laphroaig were despatched for US consumption only needed new labels. With metric conversion those scotch bottles were rounded to 750ml and now somehow to 700ml. The universe is clearly shrinking. David We're Doomed And I thought the universe was expanding according to the latest news on astrophysics. Time to get a bottle of scotch -- Enjoy Life... Nad R Garden in zone 5a All postings uses the American System of Measures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ustomary_units |
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