On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 03:14:50 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 3:09:27 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:24:03 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 7:28:28 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 04:04:04 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> >Are you serious? If so, we used Fahrenheit until we joined (what was then)
>> >> >> >the Common Market.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Heh where do you think the Americans got it from ;-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Did they also get the gallons and the fl.ozzes from you?
>> >> >
>> >> >Pretty much, although the precise details are a little complicated.
>> >> >I'm sure you don't want to know why a U.S. pint is 473 ml whereas
>> >> >a British pint is 568 ml.
>> >>
>> >> No, but I bet the US pint is full of coke and the UK pint is full of
>> >> beer.
>> >
>> >Perhaps. I have some ceramic UK-pint-sized mugs that I fill with
>> >coffee every morning. Twice.
>>
>> That's a lot of coffee.
>
>Yep. Still, there are people who drink coffee all day long who probably
>ingest more than I do, just spread out over more time.
>
>How do you think I can come up with these great posts at 0614 on a
>Saturday?

Yes, you had to be on some sort of doping. I only have a cup of coffee
in the morning myself.