[ocba] Powered Sugar Q's

Dick Merritt dickmerritt at mindspring.com
Sun Mar 11 09:32:47 EDT 2012


20 oz is 1.25 pounds of sugar (or anything else). That is more than half 
of a small (2 lb) bag of confectioner's sugar. That is a respectable 
bunch of sugar for one application.

Dick

On 3/11/2012 9:23 AM, Marty Hanks wrote:
> morning,
> i need some help from those who went to the thursday night OCBA meeting.
> During the presentation Dick spoke about how,_in his research_, sugar 
> shake treatments are not effective. After some prodding and multiple 
> questions I "think" i heard him say he did 2 treatments 2 weeks apart. 
> My biggest question is did i hear him wrong when he said he only used 
> 20 oz??
> I thought he said he used that amount because it was equal to the 
> content of the other two treatments(chemicals). Did i miss anything or 
> was that the amount he said he used??
> If so here is a quick reference chart....and it should be noted that 
> 20oz of a concentrated chemical is WAY more potent than 20 oz of 
> powered sugar by volume.
>   WEIGHT)
>
> 1 ounce = 28.35 grams
> 1 pound = 453.59 grams
> 1 pound = 0.454 kg
>
> That would mean he used less than 1 ounce of powered sugar per 
> treatment. Can those there at the meeting help me because i must have 
> misunderstood him. please help!
>
> Thanks!
>
> marty
>
>
>
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