Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))
Chris Marriott (chris@chrism.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 16 Oct 95 21:55:35 GMT
In article <45rrnd$jrh@cynic.portal.ca> curt@portal.ca "Curt Sampson" writes:
>In article <hatunenDGH61F.Dy0@netcom.com>,
>DaveHatunen <hatunen@netcom.com> wrote:
>
>Oh, things like this bottle of shampoo I have in my shower right
>now, I'd presume. Made in the US, it proudly sports Imperial
>measurements, along with a metric measurement for those of us who
>have trouble converting:
>
> 8.7 oz (250 ml)
>
>I can see that metric will never make it in the US. :-)
Huh? How can you equate a unit of mass with a unit of volume?
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