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Edwin Pawlowski Edwin Pawlowski is offline
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Default When a gallon is not a gallon


"DerbyDad03" wrote in message

A pound of coffee went from 16 ounces to 15, then to 14...


No, it didn't.


A pound of butter I recently noticed was 15 ounces


No, it wasn't.


A pound is 16 oz. Always was, probably always will be.


So be a literalist if that makes you hard. We know what the poster was
talking about.