----- Original Message -----
From: "Norman Werling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Atlanta Public Radio WABE 90.1" <webmaster @atlanta.k12.ga.us>
Sent: 2001March08 08:25
Subject: Fw: [USMA:11505] Today's Morning Edition-NPR @ 07:57, EST
> Please print this out for your program director or manager and forward to
> him/her.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norman Werling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "US Metric Assn." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: 2001March08 08:15
> Subject: [USMA:11505] Today's Morning Edition-NPR @ 07:57, EST
>
>
> > Morning Edition-NPR:
> >
> > Just after a piece about Costco's expansion into Japan, you mentioned a
> > situation concerning a store in Japan which is selling used clothing "by
> the
> > pound" and your reporter repeated for emphasis "yes, by the pound".
> >
> > It is hard to believe that this would be possible in Japan since the
> "pound"
> > as a measure of mass (weight) has no legal status in Japan. Surely you
> must
> > have meant to say "by the kilogram"?
> >
> > Please clarify this for me, a public radio member at Atlanta's WABE 90.1
> FM.
> >
> > Norman V. Werling
> > 1240 Hunters Drive
> > Stone Mountain, GA 30083-2545
> >
>
