Hi Jim:
NET WT. 1.06 OZ (30 g).
This is a clever way to help FFU's.
It should be: NET WT. 30 g (1.06 OZ).
Brij Bhushan Vij [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thirty days in July, September:
April,
Yes, that would be preferred, but I suspect it is either habit of the label
designer, or perhaps a misunderstanding of labeling law, rather than some
underhanded attempt to help promote colloquial units.
If they didn't like metric, they wouldn't have made it an even 30 g.
Jim Elwell
At 15 07
Received the following reply from Philip Johnston of the UK
Telegraph:
- Original Message -
From: Philip Johnston
To: Paul
Trusten
Sent: 04 Jul 15,Thursday 05:57
Subject: Re: your "Metric Meddlers" column in the
Telegraph
Dear Mr Trusten
Many thanks for your email and for
Mr. Johnston,
Thanks for writing back.
Regarding your remark about UK metrication being "far
advanced"---apparently, UKMA, and certainly I, feel that the state of UK (and
U.S.!) metrication is poor when compared to countries that have fully
integrated, and havetaken full advantage of, the
- Original Message -
From:
Paul Trusten,
R.Ph.
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: Lorelle Young ; Valerie Antoine ; Don
Hillger
Sent: Thursday, 2004-07-15 11:07
Subject: [USMA:30426] Fw: your "Metric
Meddlers" column in the Telegraph
Received the
The inch is precisely defined as 25.4 mm, however, this can never be
more precise than metric. As MightyChimp wrote, FFUs are today defined
more by their metric equivalents. For centuries the imperial
measurements have changed over time, between places and sometimes the
names changed, where is
Paul, sir:
The adage goes that time is money, but, in the 21st century, time can also
be reckoned as measurement.
How true? But in this process, I am sure the interests of CONSUMER are not
ignored!
Regards,
Brij Bhushan Vij [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo
