US: 2 cups - 8 by 2 = 16 oz IMPERIAL: 2.5 cups = 20 oz 1 IMP gallon = 10 lb (water) 1 US gallon = 8 lb
1 IMP gallon = 160 oz 1 US = 128 oz In both systems: 1 oz weighs 1 oz (water) 1 millilitres of water = 1 gramme. As far as I know, the US is the only country that still uses the 16 oz pint. Of course, it may also be the only non-metric country left, as well. - Ted MacNEIL [email protected] Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -----Original Message----- From: Shane <[email protected]> Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:09:21 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Out damn'd GMT ... On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:20:40 -0500 Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: ... > Imagine a world where there were two or three definitions of a pint. What like ours you mean ?. From Wikipedia: <quote> A "pint" of beer served in a tavern outside Great Britain and the United States may be a British pint, an American pint, or something different, depending on local laws and customs. </quote> In Aus we had (have ?) at least 2 options depending on state. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
