[USMA:14163] Tesco enters USA
Tesco (British retailer) has taken a 35 % stake in GroceryWorks (American online retailer). Will it be possible for the company to sell the British made goods in USA, measured in UK gallons, quarts, pints ounces. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=S%26%2880%2BQ13%27%0A Its requires registration. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[USMA:14164] Who cares for SI
In a recent Airlines expo in our bank, I picked up a brochure from Lufthansa Airlines which shows the seating arrangements in both Airbus Boeing. Everything is given in German English for ex - Sitze/Seats, Telefon/Telephone, but the size of the seats is given in inches only. They know very well that atleast 50 % of the airline passengers in US know SI, but still they did not mention SI. On ther other hand they have used German language which is known by less than 5 % of the Americans. There are governments to promote the language of their country, but no one to promote SI, other than the industry groups. But the fact is 65 % of the airline passengers are Americans and we can expect non-SI to rule the air for quite sometime. But an effort by Airline companies in this direction can change it. It will be better if Asean, Japan China sit besides the Europeans when it comes to talks on measurements. Madan __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[USMA:14166] Fwd: Re: Tesco enters USA
To Jim My question is whether the US government will allow it. People may buy it if they come to know that the Imperial gallon contains 4.5 liters. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ No, it won't. In fact, selling in the larger Imperial gallons and pints would put them at a disadvantage; their product would be seen by American consumers as containing less product. Jim On Thursday 05 July 2001 1100, M R wrote: Tesco (British retailer) has taken a 35 % stake in GroceryWorks (American online retailer). Will it be possible for the company to sell the British made goods in USA, measured in UK gallons, quarts, pints ounces. -- James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Charleston, SC 2940766 George Street 843.225.0805Charleston, SC 29424 http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644
[USMA:14167] Re: Fwd: Re: Tesco enters USA
More specifically and to the point of your question, Madan, no. The UPLR and the FPLA refer to definitions which specify US sizes for those units. Many of those unit definitions are buried in various places in US Code and agency regulations. Many date back to 1893 when they were defined in terms of SI units. Anticipating the obvious question, no, I don't have a list of those sites handy. My page at http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj/background.htm might provide some background on non-metric unit sizes for you though. If you want more information on the UPLR and FPLA, please feel free to visit my Metric Methods web site (URL below). Jim M R wrote: To Jim My question is whether the US government will allow it. People may buy it if they come to know that the Imperial gallon contains 4.5 liters. Subject: [USMA:14165] Re: Tesco enters USA Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:20:53 -0400 From: James R. Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: College of Charleston To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] No, it won't. In fact, selling in the larger Imperial gallons and pints would put them at a disadvantage; their product would be seen by American consumers as containing less product. Jim On Thursday 05 July 2001 1100, M R wrote: Tesco (British retailer) has taken a 35 % stake in GroceryWorks (American online retailer). Will it be possible for the company to sell the British made goods in USA, measured in UK gallons, quarts, pints ounces. -- James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Charleston, SC 2940766 George Street 843.225.0805Charleston, SC 29424 http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644 -- Metric Methods(SM) Don't be late to metricate! James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
[USMA:14168] Re: Fwd: Re: Tesco enters USA
2001-07-05 I don't the UK gallon is in use any more, not even in the UK. Chris might have to update us on this. If it is, it still can be used here, but it would have to be specified in US gallons or quarts. I'm not sure of the exact conversion, but it would have to be labelled as: xx.xx U.S. gallons (yy.yy U.S. quarts) 4.5 litres, or something similar. I don't think any law forbids the use of the U.K. gallon, it just can't be stated as containing one gallon, as the meaning of the word gallon in the US is the equivalent of 3.8 L. John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) - Original Message - From: James R. Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 2001-07-05 12:38 Subject: [USMA:14167] Re: Fwd: Re: Tesco enters USA More specifically and to the point of your question, Madan, no. The UPLR and the FPLA refer to definitions which specify US sizes for those units. Many of those unit definitions are buried in various places in US Code and agency regulations. Many date back to 1893 when they were defined in terms of SI units. Anticipating the obvious question, no, I don't have a list of those sites handy. My page at http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj/background.htm might provide some background on non-metric unit sizes for you though. If you want more information on the UPLR and FPLA, please feel free to visit my Metric Methods web site (URL below). Jim M R wrote: To Jim My question is whether the US government will allow it. People may buy it if they come to know that the Imperial gallon contains 4.5 liters. Subject: [USMA:14165] Re: Tesco enters USA Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:20:53 -0400 From: James R. Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: College of Charleston To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] No, it won't. In fact, selling in the larger Imperial gallons and pints would put them at a disadvantage; their product would be seen by American consumers as containing less product. Jim On Thursday 05 July 2001 1100, M R wrote: Tesco (British retailer) has taken a 35 % stake in GroceryWorks (American online retailer). Will it be possible for the company to sell the British made goods in USA, measured in UK gallons, quarts, pints ounces. -- James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Charleston, SC 2940766 George Street 843.225.0805Charleston, SC 29424 http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644 -- Metric Methods(SM) Don't be late to metricate! James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
[USMA:14170] Re: WOMBAT is alive and well in Canada
So, I suppose I must re-name my acronym the Way Of Measuring Badly in the AMERICAS Today. Bill Potts wrote: If you want to feel depressed, take a look at some of the links in http://www.firstcorp.ca/business/. All the ones I looked at give the dimensions in FFU. One of the main culprits, of course, is Brian Mulroney, Canada's former Progressive Conservative (the ultimate oxymoron) Prime Minister. He (along with his reactionary government) was the one who rolled back the regulations. Although subsequent elections left Mulroney's party in disarray, the Liberals don't seem to have the moxie to put things right. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apt. 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA (915)-694-6208 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
