> > SENSE ? you want to make sence out of this ? you, sir, are a
better
> > man than I !
>
> At least there must be reason, if there is no sense.
At this point I would offer that I have never found the sense or
reason behind most of the measurements. a foot may have been from
teh size of the foot of a king at some time, but inches ?
Or the liquids ounces, pints, quarts.... all I know is that I can
easily drink a pint, a quart talks a little longer.
> > A large soda is about 32 ounces, or about one liter.
>
> That's a huge soda, you get that at a restaurant?
> here a large soda is 0,5liter (will weight about a pound without
the
> glass).
A 'normal' 'cup' of coffee would be 8 ounces fluid, 8 ounces = one
cup as cup is a measurement term.
a large coffee was 12 ounces at one time. and then it was 16 ounces
and now is 20 ounces. Probably because our car ride to work is
longer. but, remember if you drink 20 ounces of coffee in the car,
you run into the building !
20 ounces is about 568 ml so you can imagine it is a LARGE coffee.
for soda we START at 16 ounces for a small.
medium is 22 fluid ounces (650ml)
a large is 32 fluid oz (946ml)
a KING is 42 oz ( 1.24L) 44oz at some stores
and a DoubleGulp is 64 fluid oz (1.89L)
I expect that this summer one store will try to out-do another and
sell something even larger.
and YES, that is ONE serving and one soda for one person at one meal.
and YES we drink TOO much ! oh, and yes, people actually do drink the
whole thing.
Dave