On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:16:23 -0800, VWWall wrote:
Stuart wrote:
In article ,
Spehro Pefhany wrote:
(careful, the default "gallon" is some kind of undersized quaint wine
gallon for unknown reasons).

Cos it's the US gallon and the yanks own google :-)

Worse than that, when the US changed liquor bottles to metric, they made a
half-gallon into 1.75 liters! Looks the same size, but lost a bit of
booze!

Yes. A liter is more than a quart, so isn't a popular size, since one
is more expensive than a quart. But then they've got a 375 mL bottle,
which is just under a fifth (at the price of a fifth) and 175 mL, just
under a pint, at the price of a pint. So I just buy the 1.75L "half
gallons". Usually, one of the grocery stores will have some store brand
"on special" for about $8.99 + tax. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich