| Date: | Tue, 6 Mar 2001 08:57:20 -0600 |
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| Reply-To: | Walter Scott <wscott@MAIL.STATE.TN.US> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | Walter Scott <wscott@MAIL.STATE.TN.US> |
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| Subject: | OT: Weights and measures? Was: Can a SAS Dataset larger than 2
GB ? |
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Nigel,
It is the same on this side of the pond. The 'british' ounce is %20 larger than the US ounce. I have no idea how that came about but,...
That difference took some of the sting out of buying gasoline/petrol and made beer a downright steal while I was over ther in the mid-70s.
Walter
>>> Nigel Pain <Nigel.Pain@SCOTLAND.GSI.GOV.UK> 04:53:25 06-Mar-01 >>>
<<snip>>
And while we're on standard weights and
measures, just how many pints are there in a gallon? It's eight this side of
the pond.
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