A pint's a pound, the world around...
Posted Apr 28, 2011, 4:54 AM UTC
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Hate to be that guy but I don't get it
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2 cups in a pint, 2 pints in a quart, 4 quarts in a gallon
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All liquid measures. A pound is referring to a dry measure weight not a liquid volume. So still, I don't get it.
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A pint's weight is pretty close to that of a pound. For more mindfuck check out fluid ounces.
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Which is heavier: A pint of feathers or a pint of bricks?
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One pint of water at room temperature has a weight of about one pound.
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I'm pretty sure it's just a quick reference for converting among liquid volume measures and weight.
Using the graphic, you can quickly see that a gallon has eight pints in it, and would therefore weigh about eight pounds.
Likewise you could infer that a pint has two cups in it and therefore weighs about half a pound.
Edit: The observant reader will notice that a cup weighs half a pound, which is 8 ounces. A cup also has 8 fluid ounces of volume in it. Therefore, you can surmise that 1 fluid ounce of water weighs approximately 1 ounce.
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My head almost exploded when I couldn't wrap my head around there only being 16mL in a gallon. Thanks :)
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Sorry, but no.
I'll trade you a US pint of beer for an Imperial Pint any day (assuming that they are the same beers).
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From your link:
1 U.S. liquid pint = 1⁄8 U.S. liquid gallon
= 1⁄2 U.S. liquid quart
= 2 U.S. cups
If you're going to try arguing semantics at least get your own semantics right. "Sorry, but no" should be "That's only for the US version," otherwise you're just being a dick.
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"That's only for the US version," otherwise you're just being a dick.
Look at the op's submission. "A pint's a pound, the world around..." Except, as LongUsername's post points out, it's not.
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Great, except the imperial fluid ounce is deprecated for anything other than serving alcohol.
EDIT: and milk.
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It appears to be a reference chart for an antiquated measuring system of sorts.
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This guy's niece might be able to help you. I'm partial to the robot method, myself.
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Unless you are talking about an Imperial Pint, then the saying is "A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter." More on pints
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A pint's almost a pound, some of the world around.
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Except after C.
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Unless it says 'ay' as in "neighbor" or "weigh".
Or if it's weird.
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Or if it is just fucking science.
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Or more simply: 1,000 mils makes a liter. 1,000 grams makes a kilogram.
And a mil of water weighs a gram.
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Someone better with prefixes needs to make a joke I have an idea for work.
Starts off with four double-hecto*(plus-another-50)*grams^1 in a kilogram, then four whatever 125g would be (hecto-and-a-quarter--gram)... Thus making it sound much more complex. :)
I wish I could make that joke work. But maybe someone will see this and get it done!
^1 got distracted - thank you to h3st for pointing it out
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Starts off with four double-hectograms in a kilogram
The joke being that 8 hg != 1 kg? :P
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grr - I was meaning 250g, i.e. double-hecto-plus-another-50g and got distracted. Thanks. :)
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I'd put my gram in her double hecto.
Sorry, that's all I've got. It's too early in the morning for me to do better.
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Yes. Or, we could just use metric.
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Seriously! This makes me rage so much. I was a science major and we always used the metric system, then it's back to the real world with our fucked up how-many-drams-in-a-hogshead thing that NO ONE really knows well.
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Aww, wish we had that picture when I was going through elementary school. I had such issues learning about this! Cool picture.
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Then we could all have been misled - horray!
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Unless you went to school in the US, like I did.
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Wait...you're telling me it comes in pints!?
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For those that don't get it, 1 pint and 1 pound are each 16 ounces.
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Unless you're in the UK, then it's 20 oz
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They used to tax ale by weight density, didn't they? At least I think I was told that the heavier ales cost more, once upon a time.
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Pints are 20oz here in Canada, as well.
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From all the rest of the world that doesn't use the Imperial system any more - thanks for the explanation!
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c=cup; p=pint (=16 oz=pound); q=quart; g=gallon
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Aahh. I thought it was some odd sort of ad for some mythical company named "GQPC", guaranteeing me that a pint of their fine ale would cost me merely a quid.
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Cheapest pint we sell is £1.50
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Really? Are you really posting something supporting anything but the metric system?
The kilogram is the only oddity in the metric/systeme internationale that is unusual in that the reference unit is not a unit itself (ie: it has a prefix). Ignoring that we have the simplicity of a base 10 system. We have a kilogram being equal to a litre of water, which of course is equal to one thousand cubic centimetres of water...
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Cough, 1l is more commonly described as 1dm^3.
FWIW, there exists some alternative metric systems, like CGS---uses centimetre, gramme and second rather than the more common MKS (m,kg,s). It winds up having all sorts of different related units, like ergs in stead of newtons; electromagnetic units change ... it's pretty weird the first time you see it. Apparently it's used a little in the USA (or at least one physics book I got my hands on used it, I don't know if people other than that particular author uses it).
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Also FWIW, as I am reading this, I have my lab report in front of me on magnetic susceptibility, which is typically done in cgs units. Due in 9 hours. I should stop reading reddit.
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Ok, as a Brit I was like, No a Pint's about £2.5 to £4 depending where you go. Not even in Student dives is it a quid.
Oi oi, it's a fiver down here in London town.
Bugger, any cheap places I'll be coming down tomorrow.
I used to get pints for 99p in Swansea.
Government subsidized booze? :D & how long ago was this.
Except this one place I visited in Glasgow, first place I tried, sold me hand pulled real ale for 99p. I'm a Norwegian, crap industrial pilsner in a pub here costs like 5£. :| Sadly we found out that that place was an exception.
I MUST KNOW.
Where in Glasgow, remember the name?
I could walk there, but I can't remember the name of the pub or even the area. :\ I looked on google maps, would guess somewhere in Sauchiehall street, past the end of the pedestrian area. Left side of the road as you walk away from the pedestrian area. This was two years ago.
Edit: Thanks to Google street view, I can walk there! :D It was this place, which turns out to have a website and quite possibly be part of a chain. I remember seeing The State through the window, which looked like a nice place, and seems to get better reviews on Google too. :')
Ahhh good old Wetherspoons.
I've paid £1 for a pint during some student nights before, and it was amazing.
Pound a pint nights, they're in like every student pub in Leeds. Except of course the recession, so now it's £1.20 a pint.
As an American, I think quid is the most effeminate slang for a currency ever.
We call 'em bucks over here, because bucks are manly.
Wetherspoons?