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W∴ Balboos wrote: After all, a 750ml bottle of Single Malt Scotch is very close to a fifth (of a gallon).
Not if you use the proper gallon which is 4.546... litres and not that pansy poofter wine gallon you muppets use over there.
Michael Martin
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"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
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W∴ Balboos wrote: That's always been a problem with converting a country from one unit to another.
When you buy something it has a size - period. Why do you need to convert it? After all, a 750ml bottle of Single Malt Scotch is very close to a fifth (of a gallon). Why do you need to convert it all all, though? As the say, but here it actually applies "It Is What It Is". Trying to get people to memorize long list of conversions was doomed from the start.
Being from Canada, I know the real reason. It's all because of the ounce. I think it is correct that there are 9 of them in common use. The Imperial ounce (fluid) is 28.4130625 mL. The US ounce (fluid) is 29.6 mL. There are 20 Imperial ounce in a pint, 160 in a gallon. There are 16 US ounce in a US pint, 128 in a gallon. There is ounce weight (Imperial, US), ounce mass, troy ounce (jewelry, precious stones etc.) and who knows how many others there are.
Canada is part of the British Monarchy, and precious few years ago used Imperial measurements as standard: specifically, ounce, cup, pint, quart, gallon etc. Canada's largest trade partner however is the USA, which uses US measurements, and items purchased from the USA and sold in Canada displayed US quantities. An Imperial gallon of something was a different size from the US gallon of the same something, and of course a different price. Confusion abounded.
A second problem was sale of some food items (eg. powder) that were sold by the ounce. If you buy a 27 ounce box of powdered milk, is that the ounce weight or ounce volume (yes, some powders were sold as liquid/by volume), and of course US or Imperial? If you mix 40 oz water with 20 oz henweigh powder, how many ounces in the result? What is the volume? What does it weigh?
Driving a car between US and Canada would give you considerably different "gas mileage" (gas == petrol here) because of the differences in gallon size. Getting 20 miles per gallon in one country might be good but bad in the other.
Canada converted to the metric system in the 1970s and fixed all of these problems. Some mistakes were made, but the ounce problem was fixed.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
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H.Brydon wrote: Canada is part of the British Monarchy,
The root of all of your problems. Once you escaped across the Atlantic you should have just pharted in their direction and went on about your business. Had they inbred for another generation they'd need to put paper bags over their heads.
Actually, statehood wouldn't be out of the question . . . except the problem of Quebec. Made it a no-go before the question was even raised.
H.Brydon wrote: If you mix 40 oz water with 20 oz henweigh powder,
This is a much bigger question than you think. Even if both were liquids, they'd be non-ideal liquids. Experiment: Mix 8oz Water with 8oz pure ethanol (drinkable alcohol). The final volume is not 16oz - it is less. Even if you use metric measure, the mixture will not take up the full volume of the two, separately. In either case, mix with an equal volume of Orange Juice and consume the evidence. This holds for gases, as well (gas-gas and gas-liquid). Solids, if soluble in the liquid, rarely come close.
As for the henweight? After taking splashing into account, hard to say.
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These days, common sense isn't as common as one might think it is.
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Or as sensible. 
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And I was just sent this: Common sense[^] 
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well on the bright side the scientists arguing about how much kilo actually is they will thus [with no agreed on reference] have to stop trying to determine the mass of the Higgs Boson.
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pounds, kilograms, whatever. They should be using farts. That car weighs 4,235 farts.
Farts are universal and don't need to be converted, and they will always exist and will always be the same.
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Slacker007 wrote: will always be the same.
I can introduce you to people who can demonstrate not all farts are created equal.
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And, hence forth, all lengths should be measured in Smoots 
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The first, it seems, to understand my point.
I must differ, however, on the pharts. They come in assorted (standardized)[^] sizes.
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I ounce troyed to figure this out but this weighty subject was too fluid for me and it made me acre from head to foot. I ended up pound-ing my cup against my desk
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As I noted, sort of, earlier. Your distress won't go on furlong.
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I sat in the yard and read that 8 times - it made me sMile.
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Even though your thoughts must have been racing, you kept good track of that!
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Stop horsing around!
(You knew that was coming - didn't you?)
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Neigh !
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Do pirate Physicists walk the Planck constantly?
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Arrrrr you serious?? 
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It Gibb's me some ideas - but Fermi, ideas are a way of life.
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I'm sure it's only once, they soon come to terms with the gravity of their idea.
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Only if they're caught stealing Joules.
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Been hitting the h, have you?
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That might get him barred.
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Schroedinger say "they walk, and walk not"
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