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Mookie <Mookie1@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Metric is bigger than Imperial.. a 2 liter soda bottle holds more per
> "ounce" than a 2 quart bottle... same with a gallon of milk.. 4 quarts
> is less than 4 liters.
Saying that one of the systems is bigger or smaller than the other is
meaningless. A meter is bigger than a foot, but smaller than a yard. And
_my_ foot is the same length, no matter what you measure it with. [1]
It's just a matter of conversion factors. The manufacturers apparently chose
to make the new product sizes come out to integer values (sensible enough),
and also chose to round down rather than up. (Again, sensible from their
point of view!)
[1] assuming non-destructive measurements please!
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Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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| Matthew Miller wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) chose (...) A yard is not bigger than a meter, a meter is roughly 39.39 inches, so a little more than a yard ;-) Mike (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) <nitpick> It's not. A meter is a little over 39 inches; a yard is 36. A furlong maybe? Something perhaps for us to fathom (please, no, don't send me to lugnet.off-topic.pun!)... </nitpick> (Actually, this just shows how confusing it is. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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