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For those that are not aware, a US fluid ounce is about 4% smaller than a UK one.

Originally, it did have to do with both weight and volume.

 

As it's the volume of one ounce of water, using it for other stuff is a logical as it would be to use the term 'fluid grammes' instead of cubic centimetres for metric volumes.

 

I see things a little differently. According to law, a gallon of water is the volume of 10lbs of water. Therefore, 1 fluid ounce is either 1/160th of a gallon by volume, or 1/160th by weight.

The thing is, the weight of liquids vary. For example, 1 gallon of petrol weighs 7lbs 4oz. In turn, this means that 1 fluid ounce by volume is the same, but by weight only 0.725 ounces. Therefore, it is wiser to use cubic inches of liquids, or cubic centimetres/liters/ etc., now we are sadly metric.

 

Quite right as regards the difference between US and UK fluid ounces.

I vaguely remember the case mentioned, ridiculous to jail him.

Oddly, we buy timber here in a kind of mix of measurements. Section in inches, length in metres...

 

In the USA there's only 5 x 750ml bottles of wine to a gallon, whilst in the UK there's 6 x 750ml bottles of wine to a gallon.

I know I'm in the best country to make gallons of homemade wine.

 

Ahhh timber.
Its a good one.
We went metric around 1970ish.
But the Yanks ruled the world, so softwood was converted to 25mm 50mm etc.
inch, 2in.

But hardwood still stayed in inches for a long time.

But if you buy it, its usually given in sawn sizes, so 50 mm, 2in will only give you 45mm or 1 3/4" when planed, called EX sizes.

Back in the 70s it was nothing to go into a DIY shop and ask for 10ft of 4x2, to be told we have gone metric now, and offered 10units of 100x50.
A unit was 300mm

 

Went to the DIY shop and asked for 1 x 2" timber and was told it was now metric, the new size was 25 x 50mm and did I want it in 6 or 8 foot lengths?

Working in construction, on metrication I went to buy a metric scale rule and was asked whether I wanted a 6 inch or 12 inch one.

Those were typical of what happened. Somewhere, I've still got my conversion scale rules, essential for working with existing imperial drawings such as 1/8th inch to one foot (1:96 imperial, replaced with 1:100 metric), made even worse by some contracts based on imperial documents not being finalised until several years or so after commencing new ones in metric.

 

Was recently in Scandinavia. A glass of draught beer (looks to be about 3/4 of one of our pints?) €5 in an ordinary neighbourhood basic pub. Trendy pub or bar €8 upwards. Ouch.

 

A lot depends on where you were. In Sweden, up until the late 80's a glass of beer was the same as a british pint, ie 568cl. Then the size started to reduce. Typically, its now 40-50cl. In some places, no more than 35cl.

No wonder swedes tend to drink at home. After paying a visit to Denmark or Germany to get cheaper beer! Cheers! Hic!

 

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