On Saturday 12 July 2014 01:36:21 Doug wrote: > in what year did the British decide that a pint should have > 20 ounces in it? You do realise that it is fluid ounces in a pint not ounces - and that they are themselves a different size from American ones? Don't start trying to sort out British and American measure - you'll go mad! And I had to do it aged 10. :-( The American measures are, on the whole, more logical. Lisi