On Oct 30, 11:04*am, Dan Abel > wrote:

> That's OK, I love to argue. *I think we're having an argument about who
> can be more anal.

> I'm assuming you are in the US, as am I. *What I realized after I sent
> the last post, is that fifths and pints of hard liquor haven't been sold
> in the US for many years. *They now have a bewildering variety of sizes,
> all in milliliters. *I suspect that if you look at that "half pint", it
> will say 200ml, so yes, you would get almost four of them out of a
> "fifth", which is actually 750ml.
>
> But I'm just guessing.

No one believes me, but I hate to argue. Why won't they believe
me? No really, I don't think we're arguing, not me anyway, just
trying to make a point. I'm not a measurement expert, but I know how
many regulated slugs I get per half pint - 4. Yeah, they come in
milliliters. I don't know the system, but most alcohol stores have a
conversion chart. I think a fifth is like 26 ounces, maybe only 25,
while a quart is 32. I'm just going by sight with my own bottles and
my own slugging system, and I'm just guessing too. But my guess on
this one is educated to some degree because I'm pretty much a
measuring man when it comes to drinking and a lot of other things. I
am very anal in some ways although I don't like the word. I prefer to
use careful or cautious or even conscientious rather than anal.
Without so-called anal types such as myself there would be no routine,
just a bunch of loonies running around doing frantic and unpredictable
things with no regard to anyone other than themselves. Yet we the
anal are the ones who are ridiculed. Is this fair?

TJ