Milk bottle: 1, but qt or liter?

Paul Verizzo · Jun 3, 2008

You know doubt have seen those relatively new 1 qt milk bottles. Heavy clear plastic, cheap even if empty, free milk, tapered top for easy holding, good cap. Can't imagine what they could be used for.......

So, of course, I bought a gallon of milk the expensive way.

Here is why I write: Unopened, the milk is maybe a 1/4" under the lower edge of the cap. I reasonably presume one quart. But no, when I put a liter of water in, it's just a smidge higher and still fits! I tried three different measuring cups, same results.

Are they giving more than a quart of milk away? Or is water smaller than milk? :confused:

Vaughn · Jun 3, 2008

A liter is only a smidge more than a quart...so it sounds right.

A question for you...what is heavier -- a pound of lead or a pound of feathers?

Vaughn

Paul Verizzo · Jun 3, 2008

Vaughn said:
A liter is only a smidge more than a quart...so it sounds right.

A question for you...what is heavier -- a pound of lead or a pound of feathers?

Vaughn

Hmmm......let me think about that.

RobC · Jun 3, 2008

Vaughn said:
A liter is only a smidge more than a quart...so it sounds right.

Vaughn

Not in the UK it isn't. You've all been getting short measures for how long?

thebanana · Jun 3, 2008

1 liter = 1.0556 qt.

Nick Zentena · Jun 4, 2008

Paul Verizzo said:
I reasonably presume one quart. But no, when I put a liter of water in, it's just a smidge higher and still fits! I tried three different measuring cups, same results.

A smidge? An adult smidge?

Why are you doing things backward? If you want to know how much milk then measure the milk not the water.

If you want to measure with water then weigh it and forget the cups for now. 1 litre of distilled water is 1kg.

The diary is weighing the bottles to spot check fill levels. You could weigh an empty bottle and compare it with the weight of a full bottle. Then look up what your type of milk weighs.

RobC · Jun 4, 2008

do cows work in metric or imperial?

markbb · Jun 4, 2008

Vaughn said:
A liter is only a smidge more than a quart...so it sounds right.

A question for you...what is heavier -- a pound of lead or a pound of feathers?

Vaughn

If the pound of lead was on the moon, then the feathers.

Whiteymorange · Jun 4, 2008

Vaughn said:
A question for you...what is heavier -- a pound of lead or a pound of feathers?
Vaughn

OK, I'll bite. They weigh the same. Now if you had said a pound of gold, it would have been the feathers that were heavier, since gold is weighed in Troy onces and pounds and, though the Troy oz. is heavier than the Avoirdupois oz., there are only 12 oz. in a Troy pound.

Or did I still miss the trick?

2F/2F · Jun 4, 2008

Huh?!?

"...I bought a gallon of milk..."

"I reasonably presume one quart."

"...when I put a liter of water in..."

I am flabbergasted that anyone would buy a gallon of milk, presume that it is a quart, use a liter to test his or her presumption, and then come onto the Internet to ask what's wrong with this picture. I don't see what the issue is that prompted your desire to make an Internet post. You could have spent 30 seconds looking at a reference book (yes; an "actual" book, with pages and everything!) and come away with more than enough information than you need.

Failing a book, one brief look at any quart/liter graduate will tell you that one liter is almost 34 oz., while a quart is, of course, 32 oz.

Whatever you've been smoking (or drinking, in this case), I want some!

RobC · Jun 4, 2008

If you drop a single feather and a pound of lead on the moon from the same height, which hits the ground first?

2F/2F · Jun 4, 2008

rob champagne said:
If you drop a single feather and a pound of lead on the moon from the same height, which hits the ground first?

I am afraid this is irrelevant, since there is not enough weight latitude to allow such cargo items onto the spaceship.

But, quite seriously, this was done by Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott. It was a hammer, however, not a pound of lead.

Paul Verizzo · Jun 4, 2008

thebanana said:
1 liter = 1.0556 qt.

Then that would be 1.8 fl oz's more. In the narrowness of the top of the bottle I would think that to be significant. That's almost 4 tablespoons. (Yes, I had to look that up!)

Paul Verizzo · Jun 4, 2008

2F/2F said:
I am afraid this is irrelevant, since there is not enough weight latitude to allow such cargo items onto the spaceship.

But, quite seriously, this was done by Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott. It was a hammer, however, not a pound of lead.

Was the hammer claw, sledge, or ball peen?

And from what bird species did the feather come from?

And was he in a lunar vortex like Sedona?

Inquiring minds want to know.

2F/2F · Jun 4, 2008

Paul Verizzo said:
Was the hammer claw, sledge, or ball peen?

And from what bird species did the feather come from?

And was he in a lunar vortex like Sedona?

Inquiring minds want to know.

I don't know what kind of hammer (let's just call it an astronaut hammer), but it was a falcon feather.

Anodes, man.

PhotoJim · Jun 4, 2008

2F/2F said:
Failing a book, one brief look at any quart/liter graduate will tell you that one liter is almost 34 oz., while a quart is, of course, 32 oz.

Unless, of course, it's a 40-ounce quart like they use everywhere else on Earth the gallon was used.

Vaughn · Jun 4, 2008

Paul Verizzo said:
Then that would be 1.8 fl oz's more. In the narrowness of the top of the bottle I would think that to be significant. That's almost 4 tablespoons. (Yes, I had to look that up!)

That would be 1.8 fluid oz minus that smidge, of course.

Sorry for being such a wise-ass...but since a a quart is a measure of volume, a quart of anything takes up the same amount of space (at a given temperature, etc)...which lead to my smart-ass question about feathers and lead.

Rob...I am looking forward to going to England someday and get a real pint of beer...instead of the wimpy American pint.

Vaughn

Aurum · Jun 4, 2008

2F/2F said:
I don't know what kind of hammer (let's just call it an astronaut hammer), but it was a falcon feather.

Anodes, man.

Sounds like Monty Python Time

Bridgekeeper: Hee hee heh. Stop. What... is your name?
King Arthur: It is 'Arthur', King of the Britons.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?
King Arthur: To seek the Holy Grail.
Bridgekeeper: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
King Arthur: What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
Bridgekeeper: Huh? I... I don't know that.
[he is thrown over]
Bridgekeeper: Auuuuuuuugh.
Sir Bedevere: How do know so much about swallows?
King Arthur: Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know

jovo · Jun 4, 2008

2F/2F said:
..... (let's just call it an astronaut hammer).....

Astronaut's hammers cost about $600 each I think. You'll get in a lot of trouble if you drop one unless it lands on a bed of feathers....but then feather bedding in the astronaut paraphenalia business is pretty much the norm. It also begs the question if any astronaut has ever gotten hammered in space, let alone nailed.

RobC · Jun 4, 2008

2F/2F said:
I am afraid this is irrelevant, since there is not enough weight latitude to allow such cargo items onto the spaceship.

But, quite seriously, this was done by Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott. It was a hammer, however, not a pound of lead.

We had this demonstrated in physics lessons. Some lead and a feather inside a glass vacuum tube which you just tip over from end to end.
No need of a space ship to prove a theory.

p.s. did you see "Capricorn 1"

2F/2F · Jun 4, 2008

PhotoJim said:
Unless, of course, it's a 40-ounce quart like they use everywhere else on Earth the gallon was used.

OP is in Florida, U.S.A.

Saw Capricorn 1 when I was a kid.

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