SC - Turkey - NW or OW?

[Mordonna22@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/18/98 5:56:32 AM US Mountain Standard Time, troy at asan.com
writes:

> 
>  In other words, if it is an accepted "given" that a pint of water is a
pound,
> 
>  and further, that a pint is two cups (in the U.S.A. at any rate), then a
cup
>  of water should weigh exactly 8 ounces, which is exactly what I've been
told
>  all my life.

Well, I did know that an American gallon of water weighs just over 8.3 lbs. at
sea level and room temperature.  I guess the "a pint's a pound" thingy was
just a good rule of thumb for liquids.

Mordonna (by the way, good 4% fresh milk weighs 8.6 lbs. to the gallon at 1300
feet and 36 degrees F)
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