Coke cans in the US and Canada

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From: Carl Blesch
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1985 13:12

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> I believe you can still get 10 oz. bottles in Canada (although it may be
> a standard metric volume close to 10 oz.)
> 				Jeff McQuinn just VAXing around

That reminds me -- I've always wondered why the standard size for soda
cans in the states is 12 oz, and the standard size in Canada is
10 oz or thereabouts in American volume measure.  Any reason, other
than just custom?

Carl Blesch

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