Yes it did. But I don't pay much attention to those units. Nat
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Potts Sent: Saturday, 2004 February 28 18:26 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:29010] RE: Wisconsin Ice Cream Something is wrong here. !.2 L is a volume; 40 oz is a mass. Nat: Did the container say oz or fl oz? Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of J. Ward >Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 14:39 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:29007] RE: Wisconsin Ice Cream > > >Hi Nat, > >Are you sure they rounded off the metric value and not the number >of ounces? >>From the way you have typed it, it gives the impression that they >really mean >1.2 L, and put (40 oz.) as the approximate conversion. > >John > >On Saturday 28 February 2004 13:19, Nat Hager III wrote: >> Proctor and Gamble has been doing that properly for years. Downy >> fabric softener is listed as 1.2 L (40 oz) rather than 1.18L (40 oz). >> Dawn dish detergent is listed as 740 ml (25 oz), rather than 739 ml >> (25 oz). They obviously put some thinking into their rounding, others >> can too if they try. >
