Retarded British fight to keep outdated Imperial measurements
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On Mon, 14 May 2007 21:26:24 -0400, "Frank F. Matthews"
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>Hatunen wrote:
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>> On Sun, 13 May 2007 13:18:43 -0400, Gunter Herrmann
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>Hi!
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>>>Hatunen wrote:
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>>>>Along those lines, I've wondered how they typical can of soda in
>>>>Europe came to be 330 ml.
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>>>One third of a liter (or litre) has been one common size for beer
>>>and non alcoholic drink bottles in Germany for quite a while. The
>>>other usual size is 0.5 l.
>>>
>>>Cans came up as a second distribution channel.
>>>So now you find cans of 500 ml and about 333.3 ml.
>>>The later may show as 330, 222 and 335.
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>> In the approximately 1/3 liter size I have personally not see
>> anything but 330 ml. Or 33 dl. But then my experience is rather
>> limited. Mexico seems to use the 355 ml can.
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>I suspect that Tucson does as well.
No. We usually see the "12oz (355ml)" cans.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>Hatunen wrote:
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>> On Sun, 13 May 2007 13:18:43 -0400, Gunter Herrmann
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>Hatunen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Along those lines, I've wondered how they typical can of soda in
>>>>Europe came to be 330 ml.
>>>
>>>One third of a liter (or litre) has been one common size for beer
>>>and non alcoholic drink bottles in Germany for quite a while. The
>>>other usual size is 0.5 l.
>>>
>>>Cans came up as a second distribution channel.
>>>So now you find cans of 500 ml and about 333.3 ml.
>>>The later may show as 330, 222 and 335.
>>
>>
>> In the approximately 1/3 liter size I have personally not see
>> anything but 330 ml. Or 33 dl. But then my experience is rather
>> limited. Mexico seems to use the 355 ml can.
>>
>>
>
>I suspect that Tucson does as well.
No. We usually see the "12oz (355ml)" cans.
--
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *




