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Duck-Stew

#216405
April 17, 2025, 01:54:47 PM
Yeah, damn it.

He knows it's coming so there's comfort in that.
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ducpainter

#216406
April 17, 2025, 08:37:47 PM Last Edit: April 17, 2025, 08:58:51 PM by ducpainter
Riddle me this...

If we as a country never adopted the metric system, why do we buy alcohol by the ml?

Whatever happened to fifths and half gallons?
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Randimus Maximus

#216407
April 17, 2025, 09:59:19 PM Last Edit: April 17, 2025, 10:01:49 PM by Randimus Maximus
Quote from: ducpainter on April 17, 2025, 08:37:47 PMRiddle me this...

If we as a country never adopted the metric system, why do we buy alcohol by the ml?

Whatever happened to fifths and half gallons?

Google says the industry went to ml in 1976, in an effort to standardize things. 

From the NYT on 10/11/1976 (opening section only):

"Some time later this month should you happen to wander into your local liquor store and ask for a half‐gallon of Scotch, you may be surprised to learn that the half‐gallon has shrunk by almost 5 ounces to 1.75 liters. But don't worry. There should be a similar decrease in price, too.

On Oct. 1, the liquor industry officially went metric. As a result, all whisky, vodka and other distilled spirits sold in the United States may now be legally offered in metric‐sized bottles.

Instead of the confusing array of 38 different sizes and shapes now sold, liquor will be bottled in six standard sizes. For example, a fifth which is 25.6 fluid ounces, will he replaced by a slightly smaller 750 milliliter bottle, equivalent to 25.4 ounces. The old quart, or 32‐ounce bottle, wit he marketed as a liter holding 33.8 fluid ounces."

Link to full article, which includes a conversion table:  https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/11/archives/liquor-industry-converts-to-metric-system-liquor-industry-is.html#:~:text=1%2C%20the%20liquor%20industry%20officially,bottled%20in%20six%20standard%20sizes.

That being said, I can remember them being "fifths" and "half-gallons" long after that. It has only been recently that I've paid attention as volume pricing tends to be significantly more affordable...

ducpainter

#216408
April 18, 2025, 04:21:00 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I know that they did it...but why just that industry?

morning
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 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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ungeheuer

#216409
April 18, 2025, 12:05:03 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on April 17, 2025, 08:37:47 PMRiddle me this...

If we as a country never adopted the metric system, why do we buy alcohol by the ml?

Whatever happened to fifths and half gallons?
What's this "we" Kimosabe??

Australia is easy: Everything is metric.  The UK?? FMD  [bang]   Buy gasoline by the litre but measure it's usage in miles per gallon (not your gallons, their gallons).  Does my friggin' head in.
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ducpainter

#216410
April 18, 2025, 01:04:18 PM
Quote from: ungeheuer on April 18, 2025, 12:05:03 PMWhat's this "we" Kimosabe??

Australia is easy: Everything is metric.  The UK?? FMD  [bang]   Buy gasoline by the litre but measure it's usage in miles per gallon (not your gallons, their gallons).  Does my friggin' head in.
I would be speaking of the US.

Booze is the same. We buy it by the ml, and serve it by the shot...which is 1 1/2 oz.

It's make the beast with two backsed up.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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Duck-Stew

#216411
April 18, 2025, 09:54:10 PM
A "fifth" in Europe is 700ml, so somehow we lost 50ml...

Weird
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ungeheuer

#216412
April 19, 2025, 12:03:06 AM
Quote from: Duck-Stew on April 18, 2025, 09:54:10 PMA "fifth" in Europe is 700ml, so somehow we lost 50ml...

Weird
a fifth of what?
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Duck-Stew

#216413
April 19, 2025, 02:07:55 AM
Liquor
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Popeye the Sailor

#216414
April 19, 2025, 04:08:44 AM
I don't always use the metric system....but when I do-I'm buying drugs.
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ducpainter

#216415
April 19, 2025, 04:52:29 AM
morning
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


LMT

#216416
April 19, 2025, 06:14:52 AM
Morning. I had to set an alarm for today so I could meet DesmoDiva for breakfast at 0700.   [coffee]  [coffee]

Howie

#216417
April 19, 2025, 06:38:01 AM
Good morning [coffee]

DarkMonster620

#216418
April 19, 2025, 07:07:39 AM
Good morning ...

Been on vacations this past week ... Did things I thought I didn't have to do, just because one person didn't do its job ... Now, I wished I had another week off
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ungeheuer

#216419
April 19, 2025, 07:51:24 AM
Quote from: Duck-Stew on April 19, 2025, 02:07:55 AMLiquor
A fifth of liquor.  When you have 5 fifths of liquor, how much liquor would you have? 
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