"sd" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
>
>> Before it used to go on sale more often, and when it was still a 1/2
>> gallon,
>> Breyers sold for what....four bucks sometimes? If it was still a half
>> gallon, what do you suppose it would be selling for now, considering that
>> a
>> gallon of milk went from 1.29 to almost 2.00? Close to five bucks, maybe?
>
> So? Now it's five bucks. You pay it or you don't. It's that simple.
>
> To your way of thinking, it would be okay if petroleum companies start
> declaring that, henceforth, "gallons" of gasoline are now only 100
> ounces because that way they can keep the price per "gallon" (the way
> people in the U.S. are used to buying gasoline) at an "attractive"
> $1.99. Why do I get the feeling that you wouldn't be very happy about
> that (not that you would be alone)?

That's not the same thing. Breyers isn't redefining the words "half gallon".