The Taylor-made CVPL Chat Thread!

Victor wrote: »

Google says 142.065 ml.

Wikipedia says "In Ireland, the standard spirit measure was historically ​1⁄4 gill. In the Republic of Ireland, it still retains this value, though it is now legally specified in metric units as 35.5 ml." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_(unit)

I was writing it from memory. My memory ain't the best after all the drinking!

Thanks for clearing that up!

Deleted User wrote: »

This is offensive to Barney.



Well done.



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The pint is a unit of volume or capacity in both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In both of those systems it is traditionally one eighth of a gallon. The British imperial pint is about ​1⁄5 larger than the American pint because the two systems are defined differently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pint

After the American colonies revolted and became independent of the British Empire in 1776, the United States subsequently adopted the Queen Anne gallon of 231 cubic inches (≈ 3.78541 L) for measuring liquids which is now known as the U.S. liquid gallon. The United States also adopted the Winchester gallon of 268.80252 cubic inches (≈ 4.40488 L) for measuring dry materials and it is now known as the U.S. dry gallon.

England made a different decision and, in 1824, the British defined the Imperial gallon as the volume of 10 pounds of water at 62 °F and essentially atmospheric pressure (30 inches of mercury), and chose to use it for measuring both liquids and dry materials. That gave the Imperial gallon a volume of 277.42 cubic inches (4.54610 L) which is approximately 20 percent larger than the U.S. liquid gallon.
https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Gallon

cdeb wrote: »

Possubly related to why our pints are 20 fl oz, when in America a pint is 16 fl oz (so a pint of water weighs a pound)?

I think it's just an excuse to drink more. And I'm ok with that.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Sorry, I don't see one! :pac:

Seth Brundle wrote: »

eh?