From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: October 20, 2001 12:04 Subject: Re: [USMA:15734] Re: Milk churn
>2001-10-22 > >We shouldn't include 10 gallon hats in this group. In this case the gallon >is derived from the Spanish gal�n and means a braid or a stripe. It refers >to a decoration on the hat itself and never was meant to express the >capacity of the hat. Of course, a hat that large would be ridiculous. None-the-less, Joe Sixpack thinks in terms of volume, not braids. AND, it doesn't matter! Duncan > >If someone doesn't understand this, then it should be explained to them. > >John
