Message-ID: <20090404115532.722652e1@berwin5>
Date: 2009-04-04T03:55:32Z
From: Berwin A Turlach
Subject: [OT ?] rant (was : Re: Conversions From standard to metricunits)
In-Reply-To: <320E6227A2EE4D8798BA30B556850930@ownerc86c2419d>
G'day Murray,
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:01:30 -0400
"Murray Cooper" <myrmail at earthlink.net> wrote:
> For science yes. For pleasure I'll still take a pint instead of 570ml!
And you might experience a disappointment then if you order it in the
US where the pint is apparently 450ml; at least, I won several bets
on whether a pint is less or more than half a litre against American
visitors.... The stake being, of course, the next round of drinks. :)
And, if memory serves correctly, here in Singapore I once ordered a
pint of draught beer and was served half a litre... Confused me
completely... That's when I thought that the metric system is so much
safer until I ordered my next beer, according to the menu a bottled
beer of 400ml, it came in a 333ml bottle...
Cheers,
Berwin
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