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Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))
Ben Hutchings (worc0223@sable.ox.ac.uk)
Tue, 17 Oct 1995 13:33:34 +0100
On Mon, 16 Oct 1995, Chris Marriott wrote:
> In article <45rrnd$jrh@cynic.portal.ca> curt@portal.ca "Curt Sampson" writes:
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> >In article <hatunenDGH61F.Dy0@netcom.com>,
> >DaveHatunen <hatunen@netcom.com> wrote:
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> >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:
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> > 8.7 oz (250 ml)
> >
> >I can see that metric will never make it in the US. :-)
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> Huh? How can you equate a unit of mass with a unit of volume?
In the US, fluid ounce is abbreviated to just 'ounce' or 'oz'. So they
are both units of volume.
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