Saved DEC kit

[Dave G4UGM]

Those are "imperial pints", in the US a pint is 16 fluid onces so nearer to
464 (I think) grams...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of tony
duell
> Sent: 05 August 2015 18:43
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> Subject: RE: Saved DEC kit
> 
> 
> > Hmm.. 55 pints?
> 
> In the UK, the pint (as used, I assume for beer) is 568ml. So assuming
that
> 'pint' means the drink commonly called that over here and assuming beer
has
> a density similar to water [1] then 44 pints is very close.
> 
> [1] No jokes about making love in a canoe, please.
> 
> More seriously, and ignoring things like '25 bags of sugar', what about
the
> sort of weights used by those misguided people who do not get their
> exercise from lifting PDP's into racks?
> 
> -tony