On 3 Nov 2011 20:16:18 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main Ted MacNEIL wrote: >US: 2 cups - 8 by 2 = 16 oz >IMPERIAL: 2.5 cups = 20 oz > >1 IMP gallon = 10 lb (water) >1 US gallon = 8 lb > >1 IMP gallon = 160 oz >1 US = 128 oz > >In both systems: 1 oz weighs 1 oz (water) > >1 millilitres of water = 1 gramme. > >As far as I know, the US is the only country that still uses the 16 oz pint. > >Of course, it may also be the only non-metric country left, as well.
Canada may be officially metric but I am looking at an advertisement for meat at $4.99 a pound at my local grocery here in Nova Scotia, Canada. Clark Morris >- >Ted MacNEIL >eamacn...@yahoo.ca >Twitter: @TedMacNEIL > >> rest snipped ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
