Re: Just How Much is "A Cup" -- Really!

John Sankey ([email hidden]) wrote:

: "You forgot to mention that the USA fl.oz. are not the same size
: as the 'Imperial' (British & former Canadian) fl.oz."

: True, but that's only a 1% difference, small compared to 20%.

Don't know where you got the 1% ....???

The difference is, from my conversion reference, 4% - or if you want to be
really picky it is 4.08%

: "Thankfully, Canada had the sense to convert to S.I. several
: years ago."

: Gee, I wish we had! All the foods I buy today in Ottawa, except
: those prepackaged by major firms, are sold by the piece or in lb.
: And, just try building or renovating a house in metric here :-(

Unfortunately, the wimpy government has been more influenced by the high
degree of cross-border trade than by the advantages of a system of
measurements based on the decimal system - rather than on an archaic
system based on the length of a monarch's pedal extremities, width of a
hand, or other equally arcane source.

You may not have noticed but, if it is a Canadian product, the SI (metric)
quantity is on every label.

You have also identified the other major 'trade based' departure from SI -
the wood products that the US needs, but is not want to pay fair value
for!

Fortunately, most products are marketed in SI units - gasoline, fuel oils,
almost(?) all automotive products, paints, a truckload of gravel, ....
and the list goes on and on. Food and wood products are the highly visible
major exceptions.

OTOH, I have yet to get in the habit of checking my weight in SI rather
than pounds. :-)

Ben F.