On 14 Jan 2001, at 0:05, kilopascal wrote:
> Procter & Gamble, like any large company doesn't always march internally to
> the same beat. I'm sure P&G does not have a metric policy per se, but the
>>In the detergent aisle, I noticed something very dumb. A box of
>>SURF and a box of ALL powder detergents were labelled as 2 lhs. 3 oz.. (0.99
>> kg). Now,isn't this ridiculous?
>> What is so hard about labelling it as 1 kg?
See the Dash box, made in Europe for european [non british]
market, labeled 9,113 kg ...(20 lb 1+1/6 oz politically correct size !)
Leonardo Boselli
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Dipartimento Ingegneria Civile
Universita` di Firenze
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