BUT "1U.S.gal/4U.S.oz" is, surely, incorrect. AND 1U.S.gal should have been 3.8 L Can you write to them? Duncan -----Original Message----- From: James R. Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: July 14, 2001 21:01 Subject: [USMA:14389] Confusing units >Today was a rare summer day in Charleston. High barely over 30 and a low >humidity, thanks to a cold front that passed through yesterday. That >provided the occasion for Sally and me to go out and catch up a bit on >yard work. > >Part way through edging the lawn (a semiannual affair at the Frysinger >lot) I had to refuel my Ryobi Universal Yard Tool. As I picked up the >Rubbermaid fuel can to refuel it, I noticed that the label on that >plastic container said "1U.S.gal/4U.S.oz/3.90L". I'm glad they didn't >let that complicated metric system throw them off too much to provide >good old, familiar American HodgePodge. ;-) > >Jim > >-- >Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" >James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ >10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 >
