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    Default Re: 1 lb bag of shock is only 12 ounces??? are we getting ripped off?????

    An ounce of water does weigh one ounce. A pint's a pound the world around.

    From the title of this thread, I expected to see small shock bags - A "pound" of coffe's now about 11oz.
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    Default Re: 1 lb bag of shock is only 12 ounces??? are we getting ripped off?????

    I never heard that! But a liter of water weighs 1 kilo.
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    Default Re: 1 lb bag of shock is only 12 ounces??? are we getting ripped off?????

    Right, and 1 cubic centimeter of water has 1 gram mass.

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