Re: Handwritten EURO sign (off topic?)

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Sun Aug 17 2003 - 18:16:56 EDT

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At 18:01 -0400 2003-08-17, John Cowan wrote:

>Yup. Hence also the Brit's complaint about the metric system: a liter
>of beer is too much, half a liter isn't enough, but a pint, ah, that's
>just right. The Imperial pint is .57 liters, whereas the Flintstone one
>is only .47 liters.

A half-litre can of Guinness fits perfectly into the standard Irish
pint glass. I mean perfectly. I just poured one. :-)

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