On Sun, 16 May 2010 17:24:49 +0100, Rod > wrote:

>On 16/05/2010 01:08, Lou wrote:
>> "Tim > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> 6 gallons!?? How bloody big are your dishwashers? 13l is 3.4 US gallons
>>> or 2.85 imperial gallons.
>>>
>>
>> I don't know what you mean by "gallon" - that was 6 US gallons, consisting
>> for 4 quarts of 32 ounces each, not 5 quarts of 40 ounces each.
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>>
>Since when were there five quarts in gallon of any sort? Wouldn't they
>be quints?

Yes, but an imperial gallon is four 40oz. quarts, which happens to equal five
32oz. quints. Well, close enough (within .1%).