> On 24 Feb 2019, at 14:29, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Old measures die hard was the takeaway. So 
> we still buy milk etc by the gallon or meats by the pound

In the UK we buy milk by the litre. Either 0.568litres, 1.13 litres or 3.408 
litres. 

The Student Union Bar At Imperial College is called “568” in recognition of the 
customary volume in which its wares are supped. 
(There is another bar called “H-bar”. Probably babes by Physicists. 

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