On Wed, 21 May 2008 11:04:01 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
wrote:

>Warp wrote:
>>   Yeah, I love it that "ounce" means different things depending on whether
>> you are talking about solids or fluids,
>
>Well, there one is weight and one is volume. :-) Of course, "ounce" 
>means different things depending on whether you're talking about 
>precious metals or dry goods, too, so I can't really say you're wrong.

You forgot about ounce-force (pound-force lbf is more common in my
experience)

>> "mile" means different things on land than on sea, 
>
>This is because the "nautical mile" accounts for waves, basically.
>
LOL
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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