Those are "imperial pints", in the US a pint is 16 fluid onces so nearer to 464 (I think) grams...
> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of tony duell > Sent: 05 August 2015 18:43 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: RE: Saved DEC kit > > > > Hmm.. 55 pints? > > In the UK, the pint (as used, I assume for beer) is 568ml. So assuming that > 'pint' means the drink commonly called that over here and assuming beer has > a density similar to water [1] then 44 pints is very close. > > [1] No jokes about making love in a canoe, please. > > More seriously, and ignoring things like '25 bags of sugar', what about the > sort of weights used by those misguided people who do not get their > exercise from lifting PDP's into racks? > > -tony
