Blair P. Houghton > wrote in message > ...
> Frogleg > wrote:
> >On Sat, 22 May 2004 21:39:09 +0000 (UTC), Tony Walton
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Depends what sort of gallon. A US gallon is 3.785-ish litres, a UK
> >>(Imperial) gallon is 4.546-ish litres.
> >>
> >>It comes from the differing pints. A US pint is 16 fluid ounces (so a
> >>US pint of water weighs 1lb),
> >
> >Just a little over. I US gallon of water weighs 8.345 lbs, so 1 US
> >pint weighs 1.04 lbs. It comes from having 1 measurement system apply
> >to both volume and weight. Dumb.
>
> "A pint's a pound the world around."
>
> Is bullshit.
>
> --Blair
> "Nertz."

In the u.k.-- A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter.
For the ones who like an argument or two, the "pure" water bit means
just plain water with nothing added which would of course change the
weight.