From: mbuya@cs.joensuu.fi (Fredrick Mbuya)
Subject: Re: NOthing to do with Ada anymore (Re: Metrics)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 08:54:33 GMT
Date: 1995-02-02T08:54:33+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1995Feb2.085433.26429@cs.joensuu.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3ginhb$rvm@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM
David Weller (dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM) wrote:
: In article <3ggh6q$bpd@felix.seas.gwu.edu>,
: Michael Feldman <mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu> wrote:
: >Soft drinks In Europe tend to come in strange
: >(though metric) sizes, like 33 cl. Beer too,
:
: That's not strange! 33cl = ~12oz. No retooling required in
: manufacturing plants :-)
I always thought this was so that when you tried to carry beer from one
country to the other the math would be easy. 3 X 33cl = ~1l
And _Every_ kmows that that meany that 1 sixpack = 2l = all you can bring
with you.
Note the .75l wine bottle I can't figure out though....
Just my .02 FIM,
Eric
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1995-01-20 0:25 Ada 9X Doc v5.99 Garlington KE
1995-01-21 0:27 ` Keith Thompson
1995-01-21 17:30 ` Tucker Taft
1995-01-23 15:36 ` Garlington KE
1995-01-24 19:01 ` Robert A Duff
1995-01-25 16:09 ` Michel Gauthier
1995-01-26 1:05 ` Matt Kennel
1995-01-26 20:03 ` David Moore
1995-01-27 14:04 ` Robb Nebbe
1995-01-27 19:03 ` Michel Gauthier
1995-01-29 16:47 ` Michael Feldman
1995-01-30 22:53 ` Jules
1995-02-01 12:51 ` Christopher Costello
1995-01-28 6:06 ` Robert Dewar
1995-01-30 5:21 ` Michael Feldman
1995-01-28 2:32 ` Michael Feldman
[not found] ` <3g94oi$sro@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
1995-01-29 3:36 ` Michael Feldman
1995-01-31 11:18 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <EACHUS.95Jan27144621@spectre.mitre.org>
1995-01-29 16:53 ` Michael Feldman
1995-01-30 12:54 ` NOthing to do with Ada anymore (Re: Metrics) David Weller
1995-02-02 8:54 ` Fredrick Mbuya [this message]
1995-01-30 14:58 ` Ada 9X Doc v5.99 Tarjei Jensen
1995-01-31 9:47 ` request Ada cource plan (was: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99) Sverre Brubaek
1995-02-01 23:33 ` David Weller
1995-01-30 22:59 ` Ada 9X Doc v5.99 Jules
1995-01-26 12:25 ` Olaf Weber
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