Comments on 4 L water: I remember that Hinkley water came in 4 L jugs, but they called it a "gallon plus" or something like that, but I have not seen it lately. For all outward appearances, the jug appeared like a 1 gallon plastic milk jug. The difference was that some (if not all?) milk jugs have an indentation in the side that takes up the extra 0.2 L, so that they appear full. I suspect that if that indentation was removed the jug would be 4 L. I was told about the purpose of this indentation by Louis Sokol, former USMA President. Anyone else noticed it? Don -----Original Message----- From: Nat Hager III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 2001 July 09 07:45 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:14231] Re: 4L water? If I see more of these bottles I'll do exactly that, as we have plenty of 1 Liter beakers over in the chemistry wing of our building. Something in me crawls, however, at the idea of paying a couple dollars for 4 Liters of *water*. If it is 4 Liters it shows the ridiculousness of the situation. Do you advertise the same quantity as 5% less - to be "politically correct", or the full amount - to give consumers more for their money? Could give rise to an interesting competitive situation, I hope P&G enters the bottled water market. Nat >>>The only way to find out for sure is to buy a bottle and measure it. If you have a 1 litre measuring cup, you can pore out 1 L into the cup and then pore it into a big pot. Repeating the procedure 4 times. If on the fourth pore the water only comes up to 800 ml, then you know it is a true 3.8 L. If it comes up to 1 L or more, then you will know it is a true 4 L fill. If that is the case, then you can write the people who produce it, tell them what you did, and ask them to relabel the product. If they want to keep the "1 gallon" indication on the label because they feel people can relate to that term better than say 1.05 gallons or 4.21 quarts, then suggest they label it as 4 L (1 US gallon). We really don't care what the gallons are, as long as the 4 L is first and noticeable. John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2001-07-08 20:27 Subject: [USMA:14217] 4L water? > Just saw what looked like 4 Liter Dannon spring water at the supermarket. It > was a short squatty version of the 2 Liter soda bottle, perfectly round > clear plastic with a small handle on top. It was unfortunately labeled 3.78 > L, but then I remember seeing a competing brand a couple months ago that was > labeled 4 L or "Gallon Plus". > > I checked to see if it was a underfill and noticed it wasn't, but then > thought - heck, this is *WATER* we're talking about, even the most tightwad > bean counters aren't going to worry about giving away 220 ml of water. > > So it may be another hidden metric, anyone seen anything similar? > > Nat > >
