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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:59:07 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> wrote:
> Rob Doucette wrote:
> > http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561451642-ba3
>
> I loved that last paragraph: "There are other signs that the United States is
> *INCHING* toward acceptance of the metric system..." [emphasis mine]
>
> I saw it noted somewhere that the 2-liter soda bottle is a 2-liter bottle and
> not a 2.11-quart bottle *only* because the imperial measurement is not given
> as an alternative. So, goes the line of thought, if we were to start calling
> 12-oz cans 340-g cans, they'd still be 12-oz cans a decade later.
How widespread are the three-liter milk jugs? At my local store, they have
the gallon (3.785L) jugs next to the 3-liter jugs. It takes some quick
math to figure which is the better deal. The price levels seem to switch
weekly.
Steve
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