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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Doc O'Leary  wrote:   
      
   >As an aside, I always thought that a good way to get the US public into   
   >using the metric system would be to market the hell out of metric being   
   >a way to get *more*.  500 grams is *more* than a pound.  4 liters is   
   >*more* than a gallon.  100kph is *more* than 60mph.  Gluttony always   
   >wins in America.   
      
   Don't you already use 2 litre pop bottles.   
      
   We successfully went metric, even though our gallon was much larger   
   than 4 litres.   
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