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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 02-05-2002 11:08 AM

My guess would be the bucket or bag size is a measure of dry volume. For example, in the USA, strawberries may be sold in a pint or quart basket. I assume a 32 oz sized bag would be equivalent to a dry quart.

An equivalent situation is measuring the displacement (cylinder size) of an internal combustion engine. We talk of litres, cc (cubic centimetres) or cubic inches of displacement. So popcorn bags/buckets could also be sized in litres or cubic inches.
http://www.startinbusiness.co.uk/siinfo.htm
http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm
http://www.jobo-usa.com/instructions/instructions_misc_conversion_tables.htm
http://www.av.qnet.com/~rchill/conversi.htm
http://diy-online.co.nz/library/articles/english_metric_equivalents.htm

Imperial Measures of Capacity:
1 gill =
1.42058 decilitres
1 pint (4 gills) =
0.56823 litre
1 quart (2 pints) =
1.13646 litres
1 gallon (4 quarts) =
4.5459631 litres
1 peck (2 gallons) =
9.0917 litres
1 bushel (8 gallons) =
3.6366 dekalitres
1 quarter (8 bushels) =
2.90935 hectolitres

Cubic Measure:
1 cubic inch =
16.3870 cubic centimetres
1 cubic foot (1,728 cub. In.) =
0.2832 cubic metre
1 cubic yard (27 cub. Ft) =
0.764553 cubic metre

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Dick Vaughan
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From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 02-05-2002 11:30 AM

John
It's interesting that the pint /litre conversions you give are for imperial gallons not US.

Aren't US gallons 20% smaller than imperial based on there being 16floz to the US pint as opposed to 20floz in the UK imperial pint?
Possibly the only time when something isn't bigger in the US

Therefore one US gallon should be approx 3.78 litres.

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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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posted 02-05-2002 12:37 PM

Those conversions were cut and pasted from the last (New Zealand) link I listed. Yes, the US pint is 16 fluid ounces. "Gills" were the give-away to the origin.

BTW, is that where the expression "drunk to the gills" comes from?
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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion

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Dick Vaughan
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From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 02-06-2002 03:10 AM

John

Just to prove the complexity of the English language in this context "gill" is pronounced "jill".

What's more confusing is that in certain parts of Lancashire (that heathen part of England west of the Oldham - Diggle line )
up until about 20 years ago if you asked for a gill in a pub you were given half a pint of beer not a quarter

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Dave Bird
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From: Perth, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 02-06-2002 08:07 AM

A new topic Dick! "IQ Lines Around the World". In eastern Ontario, one branch of the Trans-Canada Highway is the east-west stretch of Highway 7 running basically from Toronto to Ottawa. That's our IQ line. "Must be from North-of-7" is the reply to anyone who is acting dumb. Sometimes it directly relates to alcohol consumption of course, and all in fun.

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