John wrote in his email "A ounce is 28.3 g and a an ouncie fluid is 29.5 mL." and the maths professor Robert Prener said that the fluid ounce of water weighs an ounce. Either being afraid of decimals, the professor should have rounded up the ounce to 29 g and rounded down the ouncie fluid to 29 mL and found that both are same. Or finding "twenty nine" difficult, he must have rounded both to "thirty" and found that both are same. Also many companies do this rounding business, particularly perfumes come with labels like this "30 mL 1 FL.OZ.". Anyway for the professor who finds imperial units easier, its time to quit maths and teach the history of Kings & Queens, or better take up law practice to work for those 2 metric martyrs "Steven Thoburn and Neil Herron" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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