5 Mar
2001
5 Mar
'01
9:13 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: New here :-)
Using an appaling mishmash of measurement systems, dubious logic, and
half-remembered facts:
1 pint ~= 500 millilitres and 1 milliLitre of water weighs 1 gram.
So, 1 pint ~= 500 grams, and 454 grams = 1 pound, so postulate that a pint
of water might weigh 1 pound.
Or, a "metric pound", commonly used in Germany is 500 grams. So (in Germany
at least), a pint is a (metric) pound.
Cheers,
Mark.
> And those are U.S. measures, I think. A cup is
half a pint; an
imperial
> pint is 20 fluid ounces, not 16. An imperial
quart = 2 imperial pints
=
1.136523
litres (1136 ml); 4 U.S. cups = 946 ml.
Where does "A pint is a pound the world around" apply and/or originate?