2001-01-28 Chris, I'm confused on something here. I was under the impression that all food massed (or weighed) in the presence of the customer had to be in kilograms only. If the trader has a dual scale, allowing for both units to be displayed, then how is he/she following the law? If he changes the setting of the scale, assuming it is digital, to the pound setting, then the trader is not selling or weighing by the kilogram. What is to prevent the person owning such a scale from cheating? That is when he/she assumes no one is looking, changing the switch setting to pounds and using that. If the scale is analogue, and shows both kilograms and pounds, then how is the trader selling by the kilogram, if he is looking at the pounds and ignoring the kilograms. I guess the only solution to this problem is if the scale companies only make single unit scales, so that no switching can be done. This would also make for a less expensive scale as there would be fewer parts or less memory intensive software to install. Glückliches Neues Jahr! Happy New Year! John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2001-01-28 09:11 Subject: [USMA:10690] UK: Daily Express article > All he has to do is to have a set of scales which measure in both > pounds (or plotzes), as well as kilograms, and label produce in prices > per kilo as well as per nitzplitz.
