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Doug Miller

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"Steve B" wrote:

And what's up with the 750 ml size of liquor bottles?

Alcohol in the US used to be sold in 1/5 of a gallon bottles known as "fifths".
Duh. 750ml is a rough metric equivilent.

Almost exact metric equivalent, actually: 1/5 gallon = 25.6 ounces; 750 ml =
25.4 ounces.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.