Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: SHARPO: The Answer to Leica's P&S Embarrasments
From: Bill Grimwood <bgrim@garply.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:59:31 -0600

At 04:29 PM 10/30/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Marc wrote:
>
>>At 02:34 PM 1998-10-30 -0800, Jim Brick, contankerious and occasionally
>>nice cuss, wrote:
>>>The only place in the world that you can get the stuff, is here:
>>>
>>>Ted Grant Photography Ltd.
>>
>>>He sells it by the fifth, quart, or bushell. Ted's a Canadian.  Canadians
>>>are all metric Are there six "litrrrres" to the "bushell" or twelve?  Or
>>>is it steres?  I forget.  Maybe I need a hit of SHARPO to bring my poor,
>>>elderly, CRS-ridden braincells into focus ... <sigh>>>>>>
>
Do you know why the U.S. gallon was smaller that the imperial gallon?

Ans.  so a man could get a pint of good single malt scotch in his coat
pocket.