From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,19812cdb56d31fbd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-02 00:54:33 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!eru.mt.luth.se!news.kth.se!sunic!news.funet.fi!cs.joensuu.fi!mbuya From: mbuya@cs.joensuu.fi (Fredrick Mbuya) Subject: Re: NOthing to do with Ada anymore (Re: Metrics) Message-ID: <1995Feb2.085433.26429@cs.joensuu.fi> Organization: University of Joensuu X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 References: <3ginhb$rvm@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 08:54:33 GMT Date: 1995-02-02T08:54:33+00:00 List-Id: David Weller (dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM) wrote: : In article <3ggh6q$bpd@felix.seas.gwu.edu>, : Michael Feldman 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 -- ------------------------------ Frederick Mbuya Latolankatu 9 E 44 80160 Joensuu 16