Jean wrote on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:35:13 -0500:

JB> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
??>> Sort of. An e-mail from Del Monte says:
??>>
??>> "A number 2 can is 20 ounces or 2 1/2 cups. We don't have
??>> information on a number 4 can."
??>>
??>> Translation: There's nobody left in their office old
enough to know
??>> what a #4 can is.
??>>
JB> My old booklets from the American Can Company also skip
JB> number 4. Odd. So, this is Del Monte? If only I was
JB> organized...

A Google search did not turn up any information for me on the
No. 4 size can. I suppose it's logical that there must have been
such a size once but I wonder how long ago? The lists of can
sizes seem to have no rationale whatsover tho' that's often the
case for packaging....look at the way Kellogg plays with cereal
contents.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not