From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Adam"  wrote in message
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> Robert G Lewis wrote:
>
>> US  Gallon 3.785 liters
>> British Imperial Gallon 4.546 liters
>>
>> Or for more than you want to know  
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon
>
>
> Ah......
>
> "At one time, the volume of a gallon depended on what you were measuring,
> and where you were measuring it. But, by the 19th century, two definitions
> were in common use. The wine gallon, or "Queen Anne's
gallon", which was
> 231 cubic inches (and became the legal basis for the U.S. fluid gallon),
> and the ale gallon, of 282 cubic inches."
>
> It's coz you were wine drinking frenchy loving pooooftahs!!!!
>
> Ah well......it's all clear now....couldn't handle your beer....
>
> Adam

That thought DID cross my mind . Oh Gary ........

Bob Lewis

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