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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: The joy of the metric system
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rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:11:34 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> Damn metric quarts!  There's nothing to 'em!
>
> Replacing fifths with 750 ml bottles was another example of shrikflation. 
> Add up all those milliliters and pretty soon you have another bottle of 
> booze to sell.

I bought a 12-pack of Warsteiner Oktoberfest. The cans were roughly 11 oz each.
A Samichlaus Classic triplebock can states that it is 16.9 oz and 330 ml.
The 330 ml is correct, but the oz is nuts, that would be 500 ml. A quick googoo
yields this:

    A volume of 12oz is 355ml, and this is still the standard in the US: in
    Europe it was converted to the round figure of about one-third of a litre,
    or 330ml.

Goddam EU! :-)

By the way, the triplebock is 14%. Very tasty, but I'm reserving it for a
special treat.

-- 
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself.