[Mar 13, 98 - 17:02] MARK PROBERT of 1:2619/110 wrote to ZACH SPIER:
ZS>>I don't know, but volume conversion facotrs are pretty darn easy, and
ZS>>when  reporting things to the public, It's alwas best to use units
ZS>>that the public  can relate to.
MP> And, sometimes it is best to use units that make it sound like a whole 
MP> lot more.
I just did the arithmetic: feel free to check me.
ZS>>40K and 27K are both damn big numbers.  I would have been perfectly
ZS>>happy with 27K if that had been the number I remembered.
40,000 gallons amounts to enough to give a daily tablespoonful to 42,000 
kids; that isn't really all that much.
Jerry Schwartz
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