Carnival Splendor in Sydney today - 21 July 2024

[Hogbay]

[MicCanberra]

Not too bad, not great either.

But why Oz and not ml?  $10.50 for the 14 Oz or just over 400 ml.

[Hogbay]

23 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Not too bad, not great either.

But why Oz and not ml?  $10.50 for the 14 Oz or just over 400 ml.

So the American's can understand 🤣

[MicCanberra]

2 hours ago, Hogbay said:

So the American's can understand 🤣

The Americans still wouldn't understand for several reasons,

1 it is Australian currency, and

2 Americans measure everything in anything but measurements, such as football fields or stadiums. So in this case they would be wondering how many skittles or m&ms would fit in the glass.

[arxcards]

I can only figure that the machine is US design, and calibrated to fl ounces. The price is whatever they want to charge in whatever currency, but the volume dispensed has to be accurately measured/calibrated against a standard. With a lack of these machines in our local shopping centres, I would presume the machine is imported with the US standard attached.

Edited August 3 by arxcards

[MicCanberra]

44 minutes ago, arxcards said:

I can only figure that the machine is US design, and calibrated to fl ounces. The price is whatever they want to charge in whatever currency, but the volume dispensed has to be accurately measured/calibrated against a standard. With a lack of these machines in our local shopping centres, I would presume the machine is imported with the US standard attached.

Or they could have just changed the sign to $0.75 per 30 ml.

[arxcards]

2 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Or they could have just changed the sign to $0.75 per 30 ml.

That would be close enough in practical terms, but laws are pretty savage around the accuracy of measures. These are the laws that stop a petrol station charging you for a litre of fuel and dispensing 990ml.

 

If it has been certified in fl oz's, they can only sell it in fl oz's. Much easier for a barman to short pour, but they are not calibrated dispensers. 

[cruiser3775]

At least it's Aussie beer. It could have been Budweiser.

[MicCanberra]

43 minutes ago, arxcards said:

That would be close enough in practical terms, but laws are pretty savage around the accuracy of measures. These are the laws that stop a petrol station charging you for a litre of fuel and dispensing 990ml.

 

If it has been certified in fl oz's, they can only sell it in fl oz's. Much easier for a barman to short pour, but they are not calibrated dispensers. 

29.5 ml then.

[arxcards]

19 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

29.5 ml then.

If it is calibrated and certified in fl oz, it has to be priced per fl oz.

Yes, it would certainly make much sense to also have some sort of reference guide to speak our language of middies/pots/schooners/pints.

[arxcards]

20 hours ago, cruiser3775 said:

At least it's Aussie beer. It could have been Budweiser.

For XXXX Gold? Hmmm, tough choice.