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 > "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. taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
