Re: [Way OT] Beer measurements (was: Re: Handwritten EURO sign)

From: Doug Ewell (dewell@adelphia.net)
Date: Mon Aug 18 2003 - 01:59:51 EDT

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    Ted Hopp <ted at newslate dot com> wrote:

    >> Shouldn't a "pint" of beer be administratively fixed at 500 mL, just
    >> as a "fifth" of liquor in America is now officially 750 mL? Seems
    >> like a good task for an ISO working group.
    >
    > Egads! THAT would be enough to drive a person to drink.

    Thus promoting widespread use of the standard, an often-stated goal of
    ISO.

    OK, I'm done with this thread. Back to Unicode.

    -Doug Ewell
     Fullerton, California
     http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/

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