On Tuesday 12 July 2016 21:42:44 Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 10:58:14 AM UTC+12, alister wrote: > > a US gallon is smaller than an Imperial Gallon > > a US Mile is shorter than an Imperial mile > > and probably most importantly (because it means they keep serving me > > short measures) a US pint is smaller than an Imperial Pint > > I thought everything was bigger in the USA...
Only the lies the pols tell us thru the mainsleaze media we loosely call news. And although Texas is indeed pretty good sized, they still use the std definition for a foot, mile or gallon. Been there, checked it out personally. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list