All the more reason for those on the list who are or can be involved with, and/or influence those who are or can be involved with amending the FPLA in the upcoming Congress to permit metric-only labelling. I'm betting there will be a cascade effect on creating rational metric sizes (a la 2 litre Coke) and labelling them such exclusively. The good news is the same as the bad news in this case: most folks buy packages that are (to quote the inimitable Jim Frysinger) "yay big", so there will be no internalization of metric thinking with this change. But it does provide a psychological step forward that can be exploited with later moves to bring us closer to a metric USA in (I'm still holding out for) our lifetime. Ezra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Not all is bad metrically: My wife recently brought home a tube of Sensodyne toothpaste in a new size labeled "Free 33% more 5.3oz at 4.0oz price" (literal text), but the quantity line says "5.3 OZ (150g)" I'm not going to complain about there being no space between the number and the unit. Rather I'm glad to see the rounded 150 g size! Not sure if this is a trend or just a coincidence? The last time I examined the toothpaste shelves at the grocery store, it seemed like use of rounded metric was very limited. At the same time, the size in ounces on most tubes was also far from rounded. Don
