On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 09:43, Reed Kennedy <r...@notfine.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Stuart Fletcher <stuart.fletc...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 05:38, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: >> > How many full water bottles does it take to weigh 3 lb? >> >> One full 22oz water bottle weighs about 3 pounds. >> That puts 3 pounds in perspective. Or makes you want to carry less >> water... > > Not quite... "A pint's a pound the world around." A pint being 16oz, 22oz of > water weighs a touch under 1.4lbs.
Oh I'm embarrassed... I used a gallon weighing 8.35lbs and then converted with 64 fl oz. to the gallon. Whooops, that's only half a gallon! So yeah, I was over by a factor of 2. Sorry for spreading misinformation -- and with such a dumb mistake! Stuart -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
