[StiffLegged]

But the UK system of Troy weight goes back to antient Greece - how much more historical do you want to get ?

Or have you no scruples ?

The scruple is equal to 20 grains, as any fule kno. Ask yore local apothecary.

[Rondec]

With milk as cheap as it is (runs about 2 dollars a gallon in Virginia), I'm not sure how much of a difference cutting a few ounces out would make. The price is low enough that dairy farmers actually have trouble turning a profit and I know several who have gone bankrupt lately.

[bxf]

the back story is that my dad did family history, I noted that " Allen " was a common name and spellingwhen I mentioned that, his response was " don't be so sure - spell check was set for " Allen "

I'm not sure I understand the issue here, but anyway: Alan Alda, Alan Dershowitz, Alan Jackson, Alan Rickman, Alan Shepard

[35mmfilmfan]

I once told my doctor I drank semi-skilled mink.

[timb64]

But the UK system of Troy weight goes back to antient Greece - how much more historical do you want to get ?

Or have you no scruples ?

But we presently have a mongrel system part Imperial (all road signs, fuel consumption are in miles,mpg,etc) and part metric (all weights and volumes have to be displayed in kg, litres etc).

[Lowell Goudge]

See it's this kind of arrogance that got tea thrown in a harbor.

We'll stick to our own systems over here, thank you very much.

It is not arrogance, I am seeing it in industry all the time.

As I said, Canada converted quite some time ago, and the us, has an issue not due to anything more than for most people, units of measure in the grocery store are quarts and gallons, switching to metric requires giving more for 1 litre and 4 litre containers, that means the price per container has to go up, and people won’t like an increase In Canada, as we used imperial measures, imperial quarts were larger than litres, switching to metric resulted in slight reduction in volume, and price went down.

It is all about the appearance to the consumer.

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With milk as cheap as it is (runs about 2 dollars a gallon in Virginia), I'm not sure how much of a difference cutting a few ounces out would make. The price is low enough that dairy farmers actually have trouble turning a profit and I know several who have gone bankrupt lately.

That’s because the current US supply model does not work and why the US is lobbying to remove the Canadian dairy marketing system, so they can dump the excess milk in the us into Canada and take our industry down with theirs. But that is a whole other discussion

..She thinks that I'm actually buying a half gallon, but I'm telling her "no it looks like a gallon but is like 96 or 98 ounces or something."...

Does it use the word, "gallon" or state the number of ounces on the label? Isn't there a sticky label on the shelf that says what the price is per ounce or some such thing as that?

[aslyfox]

I'm not sure I understand the issue here, but anyway: Alan Alda, Alan Dershowitz, Alan Jackson, Alan Rickman, Alan Shepard

no issue, just variations of spelling a name: Alan, Alen, Allan, Allen and Allyn

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. . . It is all about the appearance to the consumer. . .

the change to a different more common way to measure and weigh things is, to some, about a word we dare not mention here

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the imperial gallon may be bigger but our hats are bigger - the 10 gallon hat

The popular image of a cowboy would not be complete without the wide-brimmed “10-gallon hat,”. . .

https://www.history.com/news/why-do-we-call-it-a-10-gallon-hat

[Parallax]

how much more historical do you want to get ?

Well...............
Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Wikipedia

[luftfluss]

no issue, just variations of spelling a name: Alan, Alen, Allan, Allen and Allyn

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[aslyfox]

well said

[bertwert]

With milk as cheap as it is (runs about 2 dollars a gallon in Virginia),

It's certainly increasing steadily here, hitting to over $5 Canadian for 4 litres... but that's the same for most food these days, but sure inflation is only 2%...

[Parallax]

We're paying about $3.00 U.S. ($3.63 CAD) for a gallon of whole milk.

[Wheatfield]

true but some times, the fluid ounces isn't required -
the milk jug in my refrigerator says 1 U S Gallon ( 3.78 L )

3.78 liters is 128 fluid ounces. In Canada, when we went metric, the volume of a "gallon" of milk lost something like nine ounces.

[3by2]

I remember being very confused by American gallons as I tried to work out the mileage of the Chevy Blazer I'd hired; pre-internet. The answer was, not very much but on the upside, petrol was cheap, or gas, as the attendant patiently explained when i asked for petrol.