[USMA:32497] RE: FW: Milk containers

[Mike Panfil]

Whoops.  I mentally think of 1 gallon as 4 liters (or nearly) so I made a reverse conversion error when typing my message.  Thank you.   Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Bill Potts Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 13:50 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32489] RE: FW: Milk containers 4 gallon milk jug?   Looks like you conflated 4 liters with 1 gallon. J Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Mike Panfil Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 09:40 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32487] FW: Milk containers I had the same thought regarding the indent in the 4 gallon plastic milk jug, but have never measured the difference in volume.    I lived in Michigan for 3 winters (yes, that is how I remember Michigan) in the early 1990s and there was a 4 liter plastic jug of water that was sold in the Meijer food stores.  It was the same "style" as the milk jug without an indent.  I wish I could remember the brand.   Mike    -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of John Nichols Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:06 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32486] FW: Milk containers Dear All:   Just a short note to say that me and the missus have been given approval by the CIS to import a baby from China.  She will be pure metric when she arrives in about 8 months.  Excuse the grammar, but I am excited.   If you look at the original movie with Mel Gibson - Lethal Weapon you will see that he takes milk out of the frig in a gallon container.  I noticed once that the container had an indentation on the side. So I bought one of these milk containers and measured the bump in the side.  It turns out that the containers has a complete volume of 4 litres and the bump or indent reduces the size to a gallon.  Difference is 0.13 litres or thereabouts. It is several years since I did the calcs so excuse me if there is a mistake.   I have given a lecture to students on the ethical issues associated with the delivery of milk in the boggy container - the extra cost of transport for the volume delivered results in a quantifiable death cost.  I have started a paper on this topic but it is stalled till I can find a manufacturer of the plastic bottles to talk to about the issue.  I tried through Albertsons but got no where - I tried through the Dairy Industry and got a very nasty letter in response.   So I can finish the paper if someone can find me a plastic milk bottle manufacturer.   Any ideas?   My intention is to publish in the ASCE - (sound familiar Don)  as an ethical dilemma and target the construction lobby.    Just a thought.     John M. Nichols Assistant Professor Room A414 Langford AC  MS 3137 Department of Construction Science College of Architecture Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843-3137   Phone: (979) 845 6541 Fax:     (979) 862 1572 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   From: owner-usma@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-usma@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of john mercer Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2005 2:43 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32469] Milk containers   Hello I have a question. If the US dairy industry changed the containers of milk from 1 gal to 4 liters does anyone know how much larger approximately the 4 l container wood be? I have seen the US gal container and the 4 liter container we use in Canada and there doesn't seem to be much difference in size. If the dary industry went to 4 l containers people would probably call them gallons for a long time. People still call the 4 l containers gallons in Canada sometimes, and it has been 25 years since the Canadian dairy industry changed.