Re: RARA-AVIS: fifths

dspurlock@humana.com
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 15:10:20 -0400 <<actually most of the bottles of liquor i own are already in liters.
a fifth is 750 mL so a fifth is .75 L. the ounce part is a bit more
difficult, but a fifth is a 1/5 of a gallon, anyway a fifth has (enjoy
the decimals hahahahaha) 25.36354413257 ounces. or if you
don't believe me grab an ounes shot glass and work your way to
the bottom of a fifth, but i would suggest writing down every shot
you take cause it could get a bit mind boggling during the later shots.
wasting time before classes get up and running,>>

Yep, the much-venerated fifth doesn't really exist anymore -- a victim of
the once-upon-a-time effort to convert U.S. measures to metrics. -- Duane

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