PRIVATE: OT: pints, pounds (Was: APL\360

But, none of those are accurate for the physics. Can an Isetta follow much closer than a Cadillac? I don't have an Isetta. I'd like one. I'd love to get the Micro-Lino (a current Swiss electric replica of an Isetta), but they don't plan to export to USA. Stopping distance is also certainly not a constant of 2 seconds, even if talking about both vehicles making a panic stop. My current car (a Prius "Prime") can stop in significantly less distance than my early VWs did. In a panic stop, a VW 2 seconds behind me would plow right into me. Ice Cream used to be sold in 1/2 gallon. The half gallon container has been reduced to "1.5 quarts/1.41L". "The reduction in size is to avoid raising the price" (which went up ALSO) Half gallon carton of milk (64 fluid oz) is now a 54 oz carton. Tiny cartons of ice cream exit, and used to be called "Pints": 16 fluid oz/473ml DELIVERY of ice cream is pretty risky; good if you are one of the first stops of the delivery, . . . YES DNA once told aspiring writers, "Never blow up the planet in the first chapter; you are likely to find that you need it later." Interesting. And never noticed until 1950? It's a Mexican American beer. I drink very little. If I were a drnker, I'd have to find something else. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com