Michael Cash wrote:
> On Tue, 03 May 2005 13:48:45 +0900, IIJIMA Hiromitsu
> <delmonta@ht.sakura.ne.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets
> inscribed:
>
> >> According to google:
> >>
> >>  1 cubic foot = 0.0283168466 cubic meters
> >
> >Ah, slightly bigger than my poor calculation (0.3 m cubed = 0.027
cub.m).
> >
> >It'll help you in Japan that 0.018 cub.m (18 litres) is called '1
to' and
> >often chosen as the capacity of large cans such as oils.
>
> I think most of the hardcore alcoholics here are probably familiar
> with that unit of measurement.

Indeed. Oil cans are particularly useful for jerry rigging a still.
Having finished moving, I find myself in possession of a largish lawn.
Oh OK so you can have a BBQ everynow and then, and watch grass grow,
but I was thinking some outdoor brewing aka
http://oz.craftbrewer.org/Library/Gear/Phillipa/BushBrewing.shtml

or try my hand at distillation.