Ounce Topic (was Re: [was UEFI] someone does)

[Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> [...] A more interesting
> question: in what year did the British decide that a pint should have
> 20 ounces in it? Must have been a bunch of beer-drinkers who decided
> to make that change!
>
> (Obviously it worked in that direction, not the other way, since the
> old saying exists: "A pint's a pound the world around."  And now it
> ain't!)

For anyone who really cares, the wikipedia page, while not perfectly
canonical, is usually and generally informative on this particular
subject.

(I assume we are all either on break or spinning our wheels at this
particular moment?)

-- 
Joel Rees

Be careful where you see conspiracy.
Look first in your own heart.