>the didn't offer any 1ltr glasses, that would be great though, only have to go to the bar half as often.
>1ltr < 2pints, 1 pint = 568ml, so the 500ml glass was smaller

Oh yes, of course. I must have been thinking of a metre being longer than a yard.

(it's the Irish in me) :-)
>~M
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>>But why not have it in a 1 ltr jar - a measurement not allowed over here?
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>>>I was in Berlin over Christmas and in one of the Irish bars they were serving Guinness in 1/2 litres. The glasses were perfectly scaled down versions of pint glasses, had to take one obviously:)
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>>Wouldn't that be "scaled up" as 1 ltr > 2 pints?
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>>>~M
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>>>>Imagine going into a Pub and asking for 4.7317647 deciliters of Guinness! :) In the U.K. you would have to ask for 5.6826125 deciliters
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>>>>I notice that the Imperial pint is equivalent to 1.2009499 U.S pints. I would certainly enjoy a good pint of Guinness more using the Imperial measurement system! Now that is a civilized measurement system. :)
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>>>>>Britain's traditional imperial measures had been set a deadline of 2009 to change to metric measures, but that has now been scrapped following a change of heart at the European Commission.
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>>>>>Both the Metric Martyrs campaign group and the Conservative Party and have claimed victory in the battle to keep Britain imperial.
>>>>>
>>>>>Dual marking of goods in imperial and metric will "continue indefinitely".
>>>>>
>>>>>He said that following lobbying by the Conservatives, Mr Verheugen agreed that it was good news for British and European industry to maintain imperial measurements as it would make selling to the US easier for firms.
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>>>>>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20070509/tuk-metric-martyrs-claim-victory-dba1618.html
>>>>>
>>>>>Yanks DO have their uses!