Or they may be downsizing. It is obvious though that those who do make out the labels don't understand significant digits. Are the fills that precise to two (2) decimal places? What if the cans really all contained 3.84 L? In this case, stating a fill amount of 3.8 L would be accurate enough.
----- Original Message ---- From: Stephen Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:14:49 PM Subject: [USMA:38127] Re: Label Typo On 10-Mar-07, at 22:08 , Nat Hager III wrote: > Don't think that's a typo! > > Check out a paint store next time you're in the US. Paint cans are > *routinely* filled to a little less than the common 3.78 L "gallon" > size, > probably so they can add pigment for custom color sales. > > Last time I was at the hardware store, they were *all* in the 3.6 - > 3.7 L > range, with the correspondng floozy designation. > > Nat > It's just that I have another can of the same paint from a bit over a year ago, and the label then said 3.78 L. The label has since been designed. I guess I could write to the company and ask. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front
