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One of the most useful aspects of the metric system is that there are separate units for liquid and dry measure, liters and grams. the "ounce" in the legacy system is completely confusing: is it a regular (avoidupois) ounce or a fluid ounce (with commodities like ice cream it is hard to tell) Or is it a troy ounce (most financial people don't even know that there is a difference). My favorite it the "dry pint" that is use on some containers of berries, among other commodities. We all know about a pint of milk, but what in the heck is a "dry pint." It made no sense to me until I found a container that bore the metric unit. And some Americans say that the understand the legacy system. Just ask them how many tablespoons there are in an ounce! --Martin Morrison _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
