On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 10:58:47 -0800, Jim Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>On 2002-03-18 at 08:21, Jim Elwell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>> "1 PINT 9.3 FL.OZ."
>> 
>> No metric anywhere on the can, although it is a 750 mL can. Makes no sense 
>> to me.
>
>Beer is the one food product that doesn't have to have metric on it, so
>I guess they figure they'll save the ink.  Stupid, I know.

Just back from Maryland: a colleague had a bottle of Sam Adams (?)
beer (the Boston brew) and I had to search hard for any size
indication. Finally found a solitary "12 oz". But what surprised me
was that there was no indication of alcoholic strength.

Chris

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UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/

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