[OT - Crescent Wrench] - Re: 8.10b - first impression and questions
Bruce Marshall
bmarsh at bmarsh.com
Sat Oct 11 17:09:31 UTC 2008
On Saturday 11 October 2008, Thorny wrote:
> > Do Americans still buy their liquor in "fifths"?
>
> I don't know but I imagine so, wasn't that size supposed to 1/5 of a US
> gallon? Are there any drinkers in the US reading this who can
> confirm this?
>
> But, mm is a unit of distance, don't you mean cc?
No, I believe most liquor is sold in liters now... Usually .75 or 1.5
liter bottles which is supposed to replace the 4/5th quart (or 'fifth') and
the half gallon.
As always in marketing, they put out a slightly smaller amount at probably the
same price as they do with candy bars. :-(
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