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Originally Posted by baddog
An eighth of milk does exist; no one sells it in that amount. They sell it in pints and half pints though.
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You see, now I'm lost, and maybe you can help me out. I don't do Imperial, never had since at least 10 yrs old. But when I did, a quart equalled 2 pints. So unless I'm mistaken, an eighth is ehm, 1 pint. So you see, people do sell "eighths", but it's just named differently - ie a pint.
You see the confusion with the illogical naming scheme?
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Originally Posted by baddog
Can you buy 82 cc of milk?
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No but you can buy a litre. Is that near enough? Costs the same too as a pint, so we get better value for money
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Originally Posted by baddog
Does 723 liters exist? Why not?
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It exists, just not something to buy, cos shit, that's a looooot of liquid. What the fck do you buy that's 723 litres? You know 1000 litres of water == 1 cubic metre == 1 tonne right? So, what do you buy that is 723 litres?
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Originally Posted by baddog
Do solids measure the same as liquids just because they are metric? How does that work?
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When you are measuring solids as a volume, yes they measure the same as liquids
I can measure a litre of sand or a litre of water - they would still both be a litre. Density is a different thing, or maybe you know it as specific gravity. Maybe not. This is where metric comes into force... eg
Sand has a density of 1600kg/m3 so I know a litre of sand weighs 1.6kg.
How much does a cup of sand weigh?
Maybe you don't give a shit but when transporting things that have payload limits, sorry but metric is used 100% of the time. For a reason.