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Posted by Steve B on January 27, 2007, 5:21 pm
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> Went to Lowes today today to buy a couple of cans of foam to fix some
> drafts. When I got home, I noticed that the 2 new cans were smaller than
> the one can I had laying around. The old one was 16oz, the new are 12oz.
> If they need to raise the price 33%, fine. Oil prices are up. I
> understand. But at least be up front about it. This seems a little
> "tricky" to me.
Funny how small a "pound" of coffee is these days, too.
What's the dang difference? I'll pay what they want for a pound of coffee.
Now with all these different prices and weights makes it almost impossible
to understand unless they have the tags that say 45.6 cents per ounce, etc.
Other than that, you need to be a mathematician or take a calculator with
you to find out which costs what per unit of weight.
And what's up with the 750 ml size of liquor bottles?
Steve
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Posted by Rick Blaine on January 27, 2007, 5:43 pm
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>And what's up with the 750 ml size of liquor bottles?
Alcohol in the US used to be sold in 1/5 of a gallon bottles known as "fifths".
Duh. 750ml is a rough metric equivilent.
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Posted by Doug Miller on January 27, 2007, 6:21 pm
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>>And what's up with the 750 ml size of liquor bottles?
>Alcohol in the US used to be sold in 1/5 of a gallon bottles known as "fifths".
>Duh. 750ml is a rough metric equivilent.
Almost exact metric equivalent, actually: 1/5 gallon = 25.6 ounces; 750 ml =
25.4 ounces.
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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
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Posted by Larry on January 27, 2007, 5:42 pm
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>Went to Lowes today today to buy a couple of cans of foam to fix some
>drafts. When I got home, I noticed that the 2 new cans were smaller than
>the one can I had laying around. The old one was 16oz, the new are 12oz.
>If they need to raise the price 33%, fine. Oil prices are up. I
>understand. But at least be up front about it. This seems a little
>"tricky" to me.
They sell 12 _and_ 16 oz cans.
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When the game is over, the pawn and the king are returned to the same box.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf.lonestar.org
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Posted by Steve Barker on January 27, 2007, 9:46 pm
My two one pound boxes of Russell Stovers chocolates I get for Christmas
each year were only 12 oz this year. Commie bastards still charged $7.99!
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Steve Barker
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> Went to Lowes today today to buy a couple of cans of foam to fix some
> drafts. When I got home, I noticed that the 2 new cans were smaller than
> the one can I had laying around. The old one was 16oz, the new are 12oz.
> If they need to raise the price 33%, fine. Oil prices are up. I
> understand. But at least be up front about it. This seems a little
> "tricky" to me.
>
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> drafts. When I got home, I noticed that the 2 new cans were smaller than
> the one can I had laying around. The old one was 16oz, the new are 12oz.
> If they need to raise the price 33%, fine. Oil prices are up. I
> understand. But at least be up front about it. This seems a little
> "tricky" to me.