Seriously though, I think that this humorous discussion shows just how much
variation there is in a dram. The US fluid dram is 3.7 ml while the
Apothecaries dram is 10.3 g. In the UK, the legal units of measure by which
spirits may be sold is 25 ml or 35 ml - choice of unit is the landlord's
My wife is in a nursing home in NYC and I go there on Amtrak every week to
visit her and take her out in her wheelchair. (The fare is helped by the
fact that I work for Amtrak.) I usually come home on an Acela Express train
and we can purchase a first class seat at a low cost but only within one
It is permissible to ask the barman for a double.
In British pubs, the size of drink is carefully controlled - such control is
demanded by Her Majesy's Customs and Revenue. WE normally have spill
trays under the taps for draught beer or cider. Spillage is then caught,
returned to the supplier
http://www.aa.co.za/content/World%20Wide%20Fuel%20List.pdf
Interesting chart from the Automobile Association in South Africa which shows
fuel prices worldwide, the local currency and the unit fuel is sold in.
Interesting that fuel in some Central American countries and Peru is in US
Gallons,
Along these lines I came across this article in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon#Worldwide_usage_of_gallons
-- Ezra
- Original Message -
From: Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 5:31:39
Edward,
Thanks for sending a copy of the Hawaii Bill.
I must say that it is not acceptable as written!
Note that it prescribes Customary units and SI units as though they are of
equal merit.
That is the main objection to the present FPLA, requiring inch-pound units in
duality with SI units!
Future Chinese bus. All the measurements are metric
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=t1gTzc7-IbQfeature=player_embedded
Http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=t1gTzc7-IbQfeature=player_embedded
