[Rq-rules] Conversions and origins

[Paul Cardwell]

Oops!  Now I am not sure whether that was a typo or
freudian slip. :-)

I do recall that at the same time metrication started
in Canada, they stopped putting milk in jugs and put
them in two litre plastic bags instead.  You could buy
a pitcher to hold the bag for pouring, but there was
still the danger that the bags would break if dropped
from a height of over a foot (or 30.5 cm) whereas the
plastic jug would survive to a meter with no damage or
at least just a crack which would permit a quick
transfer of its contents to a safe place.

The great Vancouver Sun editorial cartoonist, Len
Norris, had a cartoon showing bags with four
projections for cow's milk and two for goat's milk,
and a man with a shy smile holding a milk bottle.  The
caption was "Fenster here has a great new idea."

Paul Cardwell


--- Sven Lugar <vikingjarl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Imperial GALLOW molds.... now there' a concept worth
> twisting into an 
> adventure. Were they a substitute for a tree or
> hammering together some 
> wood?
> Sven



       
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