I don't find pouring milk for the Costco container any more difficult to pour.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: John M. Steele
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: [USMA:43451] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices!
My Costco has them too. I refuse to buy them.
Costco introduced a 4 L container in one part of the country. There
was even an article in "Metric Today." However, in many areas they are using
the container but only filling to 1 gallon. The metric marking (3.79 L if I
recall) is consistent with that fill, and there is a LOT of headspace (0.21 L
of excess headspace to be precise).
There are reports that the design (which saves space) is hard to pour
without spilling. I don't know if they went to 1 gallon fill to help the
spilling problem, or if it makes a difference.
--- On Sat, 3/7/09, Jeremiah MacGregor
<jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
From: Jeremiah MacGregor <jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com>
Subject: [USMA:43431] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one
notices!
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 12:41 PM
Are you sure it only contains one US gallon if it is in a 4 L
container? It just may be labeled as one gallon to keep it simple. Have you
verified the fill to know for sure?
Jerry
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From: Carleton MacDonald <carlet...@comcast.net>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 11:44:20 AM
Subject: [USMA:43415] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one
notices!
A pint of milk certainly doesn’t seem like a lot, so I wonder why
they delivered such a small size. In our house we go through three large
Costco bottles a week. (These are the rectangular four-liter bottles that
Costco fills with only one US gallon.)
Carleton
