[OT - Crescent Wrench] - Re: 8.10b - first impression and questions

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 11 October 2008, Melanie wrote:
>On Saturday 11 October 2008 16:37:39 Thorny wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:36:34 -0400, Art Alexion wrote:
>> > On Friday 10 October 2008 1:38:00 pm Derek Broughton wrote:
>>
>> metric size. I didn't check to see if it was really 2.5 inches long or if
>> it was 6.35 cm. ;-)
>
>It amuses me that Knorr (a Swiss company by birth?) solemnly advise me to
> add 675mm of water in making up their packet soup when they really mean one
> pint (Imperial, not US).
>
Humm, do you mean to write 675cc?

>Do Americans still buy their liquor in "fifths"?

Yes, sadly.

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