At 14:03 -0400 2000/10/28, kilopascal wrote:
I'm not surprised that people don't go around figuring their fuel
consumption, whether it is in litres per 100 kilometres, or miles per
gallon. What purpose is there in it anyway? If you already own the car and
you have to get around, what reason
Joe Reid wrote:
My Eudora produced a tall rectangle for the circumflexed letters
that Bill quoted.
The Shorter Oxford dictionary confirms the diaerisis (also
dierisis) comes from Greek.
I hope those aren't the spellings they give. g
It's diæresis or dieresis. (The ae ligature on the first
2000-10-29
I was in the supermarket today and noticed a selection of beer from Guinness
of Eire in 14.9 oz cans. There was no SI at all on the cans. But, I
figured 14.9 oz was a conversion of rational SI. I checked it when I got
home and found it to be 440 mL, not as rational as I had hoped.
On 2000-10-29 at 20:42, kilopascal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Some of you might want to visit their web site at: http://www.guinness.ie
and remind them that US law requires a declaration on all packages of the
size in SI units in addition to FFU.
Actually, I believe that alcoholic beverages
What kind of "ounces" were those, John?
Jim
kilopascal wrote:
2000-10-29
I was in the supermarket today and noticed a selection of beer from Guinness
of Eire in 14.9 oz cans. There was no SI at all on the cans. But, I
figured 14.9 oz was a conversion of rational SI. I checked it when
I asked because the type of ounce (US or UK) affects its size and hence
the conversion to milliliters.
Jim
kilopascal wrote:
2000-10-29
I think it was the floozy ounce. I keep forgetting, there is more than one
type. Why, do you ask?
John
2000-10-29
There was no indication on the can as to whether the ounces were US or UK.
Therefore, I assumed because it was sold in the USA, the importer or
Guinness itself would see to it that it is in US fluid ounces stated. but,
it can be an error and the 14.9 could be imperial. Any chance of
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Subject: It is too late to do much about metric
From the Hungersite you can click to other sites where you can make
donations. I even make the donation of '14.4 sq.ft' on the Rainforest site.
They preserve '30 acres' of land each day. I will continue to do, although I
will have to overcome my revulsion of their ifp goonery each time. I once
