WOMBAT is part of the woodwork.
Quoting Carleton MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I went to a farm store a couple weekends ago to buy a few things. > > Some of the tomatoes were sold by the pound. > Some of the tomatoes were sold by a peck or by half a peck. > Some of the other fruit was sold by the dry quart. > > I asked why it was all so different and I got looked at like a city slicker > asking the country folk all those damfool questions. > > Carleton > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Pierre Abbat > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 18:13 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:39548] Re: visit to Canada > > On Monday 08 October 2007 16:43, Richard M wrote: > > Actually that would be correct, a US dry pint is 550 mL; it is a US fluid > > pint that is 473 mL. > > > > All the more the reason to change to metric... > > Metrication aside, I think the dry pint and its multiples should be > abolished > and such foods should be sold by mass. I have never seen a dry pint on a > measuring cup; all the cups I find here have fluid ounces and thirds of cups > > on one side and milliliters on the other. Kitchen scales are a bit harder to > > find than measuring cups, but not too hard; I got my Salter at the same > store > where I used to buy my food before I moved, though they no longer carry it. > I've seen packs of cherry tomatoes labeled in dry pints and milliliters next > > to big tomatoes sold by mass, and wondered how they expect anyone to compare > > the prices. > > Pierre > > -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Phone +1(432)528-7724 www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://oleapothecary.blog.com
