The bigger problem is 50 States = 50 Ways. Eventually, the Feds would have
to step in to restore some order. However, I have no problem using it
temporarily as a cattle prod to get the Feds moving on metrication; nothing
else has worked.
On Monday, June 16, 2014 9:58 PM, mechtly, eugene a
Mr Steele. I totally agree. I think you hit the nail on the head with
that very insightful comment.
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From: John M. Steele jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net
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David Sefcik cites an article in the New York Times that several major
retailers have agreed to incorporate Unit Pricing in their Web advertising.
The attorney general of the State of New York is leading this initiative.
We all know the major defect of legislation in the State of New York which
On Jun 17, 2014, at 6:47 AM, Sefcik, David
david.sef...@nist.govmailto:david.sef...@nist.gov wrote:
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Big Retailers Agree to List Unit Prices on
Not much sorry to say. I have little influence for sure. I'm only a civil
servant working 200 miles from Albany and in an agency that has nothing to do
with packaging. If I ever do get the ear of my legislators I'll try and bend
it but other than writing a letter, which I will try to do,
Funny thing about government officials. They seem to live in some fictional
world where if you don’t upset the status quo you will be popular and well
loved. Well, so much for that theory, it seems the public’s approval of the
Congress is a lowly 13 %.
I’m not a big fan of unit pricing, as I don’t see it as an effective means of
price comparisons. Yes, you can compare the price of brand A to brand B in the
same store, but what about the price of the same brand between stores?
I would rather see standard product sizes in increments of some
Howard,
This may sound like a silly questions, but why would you state a distance to a
pro-metric group in units we are trying to move away from? I’m sure it doesn’t
send the right message to those 110 who are listening in. If metric supporters
don’t use metric in their own discussion group,
Hello Don H. and all.
Inspired by David Pearl’s work on LC44, both John Altounji and I who live
in California contacted the State Senator 18th District, State
Assemblyperson 34th Assembly District and State Senator 20th Senate
District. We both wrote to ask to introduce a bill to make the modern
