--On 28 May 2002 00:20 -0500 Jim Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear JP, > >> compare to a pint bottle of wine (or milk) which is about >> a pound. > > A pint's a pound the world around. at the risk of sounding like a pantomime dame, oh no it isn't... > That is, 16 fluid ounces > of water is exactly, by definition, a pound of water. If I was to get handed a pint of beer in a pub which only had 16 fluid ounces in it, I'd hand it straight back and ask for the rest of it - we have 20 fluid ounces to the pint over here... hence the UK saying "a pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter" :-) vive la difference! Rachel --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
