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Re: [tlug] Emergency nomikai August 17th?



On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 01:37:56PM +0200, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 19:12:31 +0900, <burlingk@example.com> wrote:
> 
> > No internet at the moment, so I can't look at
> Of course, this is all compunded by the differences between UK and US
> liquid measurements.
> 
> UK and US >> 1 gallon == 8 pints
> 
> UK only >> 1 pint == 20 floz, or roughly 568 ml.
> Memory helper learned as a child: "A pint of pure water weighs a pound and
> a quarter."
> 
> US only >> 1 pint == 16 floz, or roughly 454 ml.
> "A pint of pure water weighs a pound without the quarter" ??

No, remember we're quite country-centric to the point of solipsism.

We learned, "A pint's a pound, the whole world round."


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