Hello Bj”rn,

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 BF> ... the US struggles to maintain their own measures.

What we have is an international mixture of measurements.
There are even differences between the Imperial and US Customary
systems of weights and measures. Thomas Jefferson wrote about
some of those differences, noting 14 different definitions of
gallons ranging from 224 cubic inches to 282 cubic inches.
The US Treasury picked the Queen Anne Gallon, the second
smallest gallon on that list.

So how much is a gallon? Better yet, how much is a pint?
I guarantee you, an American pint and a British pint are
most definitely not the same!

 BF> Nowadays it's much more a matter of global communications in the social
 BF> community.

We may see the whole world agree on a one-world system of
measurement. Just like we may see the whole world agree on
a one-world language. Think it will really happen anytime
soon? Don't bet your life on it.

 BF> Take for instance Youtube videos about cooking.

That's right. Others have to be shown what to do.

 BF> When the "recipe" calls for Fahrenheit, Cups, Pounds, Ounces and whatever,
 BF> it addresses less than 4% of the world -- and most of the up-loaders
aren't
 BF> even aware of this?

Please forgive them. They do not realize what they do.

 BF> They think that they are using global units?

The international commodity market uses the barrel as its main
unit of measure for trading things like oil. A barrel is 159 liters,
or 42 customary gallons. Queen Anne Gallons. As defined by the US
Department of the Treasury.

 BF> The Imperial System is the one thing that divides USA from the rest of the
 BF> world. Ask yourself, who benefits from this? Follow the dollar...

Get this through your thick Swedish skull -

A gallon is not a gallon and a pint is not a pint!
Why do you think Americans revolted against the British
so many years ago?

The last time the British tried to redefine their version
of a gallon (and thus their pint) was in 1960. And they still
haven't got it right.

Some things never change ...

--Lee

-- 
Because not everyone likes licorice

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