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Phil Perry

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I've found an American pint that I liked.

Me too. I quite like Karl Strauss Tower 10 IPA but it only comes in 355 ml or 12 US fl oz bottles so still short by 4 US fl oz of a US pint which is 0.83 of an Imperial pint. But then an imperial ounce is smaller than a US ounce because there are 5 imperial ounces to a gill & 4 US ounces to a US gill. Both systems have 32 gills which is 8 pints or 4 quarts to make a gallon but the imperial gallon is 20% bigger. Why the hell don't they both give up & go metric like the rest of the world?

 

 

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.It's Un-American to be sensible, it seems.. Tell them their gallon is SMALLER than the Brit One. Can't they afford a "proper" sized gallon? That will give them something to think about.. Not going metric MUST be costing them . I suppose they would have to admit they are forced to do something OTHERS have found better. They haven't got over being forced to abolish slavery..Nev

 

 

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Me too. I quite like Karl Strauss Tower 10 IPA but it only comes in 355 ml or 12 US fl oz bottles so still short by 4 US fl oz of a US pint which is 0.83 of an Imperial pint. But then an imperial ounce is smaller than a US ounce because there are 5 imperial ounces to a gill & 4 US ounces to a US gill. Both systems have 32 gills which is 8 pints or 4 quarts to make a gallon but the imperial gallon is 20% bigger. Why the hell don't they both give up & go metric like the rest of the world?

Now that someone has replied, I see that I left out the word "never".

 

Pints, FL oz, ounces gills, gallons... and all in two different sizes. My brain hurts.

 

 

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.It's Un-American to be sensible, it seems... Not going metric MUST be costing them . I suppose they would have to admit they are forced to do something OTHERS have found better.

Instead of catching up with the rest of the world, American is -by virtue of globalisation and its market size- forcing the rest of us to endure an archaic system we got rid of three decades ago. Despite it once being an offence backed by large fines, Australian shops now stock increasing amounts of products in imperial sizes... presumably because importers source their stuff from the same supply stream as US importers. Why do our regulators allow this backward trend?

 

 

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Nobody fixes anything today and it's welded plastic or riveted and often not worth fixing . USA has probably shot themselves in the foot with sticking to their OWN system instead of getting with the strength... Be part of the world instead of trying to OWN it.. Nev

 

 

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From what I've seen,many people ignore the spell checker, or don't have one. What if you don't have a computer and have to rely on pencil and paper? Or a typewriter (remember them?).

Well, if you're going to publish it, an editor will fix your mistakes. If you're not, it doesn't really matter.

 

Point is, any fool can learn how to spell. Being able to spin a spellbinding yarn, that's a rare gift. (One I wish I had!)

 

 

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