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How do,

On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 08:57 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 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.

Pertaining to bottles, if ya live in da hood & hang out on da hardrock,
dere's also da ever popular "foutys" (40 oz) bottle. Made famous by "8
Ball" a.k.a. Old English 800 Malt Liquor ;-)

> >
> >Anne
> 
> -- 
> Cheers, Gene
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taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.


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