On Thursday 26 October 2006 07:24, Anne Wilson wrote: >On Wednesday 25 October 2006 23:18, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: >> On Wednesday 25 October 2006 14:17, Anne Wilson wrote: >> > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 21:32, Robin Laing wrote: >> > > 16 or 20 ounces to a pint, depending on where you are. Of course >> > > the ounces are different. I have yet to see a litre be different >> > > than a litre. >> > >> > A pint of water >> > weighs a pound and a quarter >> >> thought it was "A Pint is a Pound The World around" > >I don't know where that comes from, but it just isn't true. Ask the lady > in your life how many fluid ounces in a pint - if she cooks/bakes she > will tell you that there are 20. > On this side of the pond, its 16, but the ounces are avordupoise(check my spelling on that one:) std, not troy. So here, yes, a pints a pound. >> BTW what does a pint cost at the pub? > >I don't drink beer, but I think it's around £2-£2.50. > >> litres don't wok for beer > >All hell let loose when it was suggested ;-) Same here, its 12 or 16 oz cans or 12, 16, 32 oz in bottles. Pricing sounds similar, a 6 pack of 12 oz throwaway bottles is around 6 dollars. I don't drink out of alu containers if there's another choice due to the alu-alzheimers connection. But I am a 1 or 2 a night alcoholic, so I do partake regularly. > >Anne -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
