5 Jul
2012
5 Jul
'12
4:22 p.m.
> When "A pint is a pound, the world
around" ceases to be true,
On Thu, 5 Jul 2012, Pete Turnbull wrote:
But it's never been true. A pint here, and
anywhere pints are used
outside the US, is 20 fluid ounces, and a pound is sixteen ounces...
Ah, so it's only the visiting Yanks that get served 16 ounces when they
order a pint!
At 20 ounces, I can see charging more than a pound.
the world
economies are in big trouble.
Ah. Well.
:-)