Dear All,
A year or two ago I wrote a short article about setting your
metrication goals. I have now reviewed this article, made a few
changes, and replaced it at http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/SettingSMAARTmetricationGoals.pdf
If you forget this reference you can find it by going
Martin,
Most pizza places sell by diameter in the UK - which is quoted in inches.
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usma@colostate.edu Subject: [USMA:40968] RE: dry pints of tomatoes Date: Sat,
24 May 2008 22:48:47 +0100 Pierre, The legality of using pints to
I would agree since the k is not a copyrighted symbol that can only be used
exclusively with SI. You can not copyright a letter of the alphabet which
makes the k on package foods non legal and not accepted (by most) kosher
symbol. Anyone can put a k on a package (just as they can put it in
Yes. For things just harvested, mass is affected by recent rainfall adhering
to the product and even humidity absorbed into it.
I saw a documentary on spices in India (I think it was called The Spices of
India [1985]). It showed buyers in a market feeling the bulk product with
their hands to
That's 5000, not 5, and the whats are meters. k is used as an
(informal, ambiguous, and
non-standard) abbreviation for km in this case, much like M is sometimes
used as an ambiguous
abbreviation for MB. Not the best idea, IMHO. I seriously doubt that the
one letter saved by
this form of
The SI prefix letter symbols are used as a standard symbol in many places.
Another example is kB for kilobytes etc.
Stan Doore
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On the other hand, measuring newly harvested crops by volume could be a way
of exploiting the workers - how much would the worker be paid for a
partially-filled container?
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Steve,
OK, if you buy a whole pizza in the UK, it is sold by diameter, but if you
buy just a slice in a shopping mall, it is priced by the slice. As an
aside, I certainly would not want to buy a whole pizza from a Roman pizza
take-away - they tend to bake them in sheets that are typically
Folks,
For your convenience the following links are provided.
New Federal Register Notice, dated 2008 May 09, published 2008 May 16:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-11058.htm
New NIST SP 330, 2008 edition:
http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP330/sp330.pdf
New NIST SP 811, 2008 edition:
Where do you get that it is illegal to sell by the dry pint? Produce is
not covered by the FPLA, It is up to states to determine how produce is
measured. Keep in mind that most laws governing the sale of dairy and
produce go back 100 or so years. In some cases, these laws have been
updated.
East End grocer put on trial for refusing to submit to metric system
The London Paper, Sunday, 25 May 2008
A London green grocer will stand trial for selling vegetables in pounds rather
than kilos after a legal bid to have the case thrown out failed.
Janet Devers, 63, is accused of selling
Wrong tactic. I would recommend confiscating the scales, perhaps providing a
complimentary kg scale while the other is held in evidence indefinitely.
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Correction: The second link to SP 811 (HTML) is to the previous version,
not to the current version. NIST would like to know how useful that
online HTML format is for people before they go to a lot of work to
update it. You can let Ambler Thompson or Elizabeth Gentry know how you
feel.
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Phil has hit the nail on the head. Packaging and labeling laws are
scattered among diverse agencies, disorganized to the neophyte's eyes,
and often arcane. Some are enacted (statutory) laws, some are
regulations, as he said, and yet others may be by local tradition. Many
regulatory bodies have
In Kevin Wilks' Metrication In Australia, it is mentioned that the disparate
measurement laws in that country were streamlined considerably by the
metrication process. Thanks to Phil's and Jim's excellent discussions here, I
can see how.
Paul
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Phil has
The sad news for your point of view, Paul, is that metrication in the
U.S. will not streamline things. We will still have a mish-mash of
federal agencies (FTC, FDA, USDA, et al.), over 50 local jurisdictions
(states, districts, territories, et al.), and non-regulation cases to
deal with. All
One really good measure of humidity that I've noticed is the tails of the
cotton bell ropes at the Washington National Cathedral.
On a cool and dry day they are as limp as cooked spaghetti.
But today was hot (29) and humid, and the tails were quite stiff.
Carleton
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This already happens - see http://www.metricmartyrs.co.uk/ for details of
how a number of traders have had their scales seized (including Mrs Devers).
Mrs Devers' scales are now, I believe, in possession of the Trading
Standards Office as an exhibit for the impending court case.
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