Dear Paul and All,
on 2001-03-11 08.19, Paul Trusten at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It's called S-A-L-E-S, and has nothing to do with S-I.
On the subject of sales and trading (which I know has nothing to do with
your message) have you noticed these trends.
1 Traders insist of a sound measurement system for buying their wares.
2 The same traders then devise (or use an old set) measures that are
difficult to understand, and to use, for selling purposes.
Consider some examples
Gold, silver and platinum
Bought in kilogram or even tonnes if you have enough of it - sold in troy
ounces.
Oil trading
Oil is bought in kilograms and tonnes, using something like the Plimsoll
marks on ships - it is then explained to the general public in the
never-existent barrels.
Diamonds and other gems
Diamonds are bought using grams, or even kilograms - and then they are sold
using carats.
Television sets and computer monitors
Designed and built using millimetres - sold using inches. (Note: As many
have pointed out before these are not real inches but special television
inches, that are a bit smaller than the international standard 25.4 mm
inch.)
Houses (This could be peculiarly Australian)
Designed and built using metres and millimetres - then sold using squares
(of 100 square feet).
Cars
Completely built and designed using millimetres and tenths of millimetres -
then sold with 15 inch wheels and an odometer and speedometer calibrated in
miles and miles per hour.
Etc, etc, etc. BTW, I would appreciate other examples for my collection.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin CAMS
Geelong, Australia
