Dear Norman and All,
Last week, I saw eggs for sale by the kilogram in our local supermarket,
here in Geelong.
There were 18 eggs in the pack - placed in 3 rows of 6. Previously eggs of
this size would have been packed as 55 g eggs in cartons of 12 eggs placed
in 2 rows of 6.
--
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
- United States Metric Association
ASM - Accredited Speaking Member
- National Speakers Association of Australia
Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers
on 2001/06/07 13.23, Norman Werling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I will quote from part of a French lesson handout received this week. We
> are studying foods and the ordering thereof.
>
> "Les oeufs se vendent � la douzaine (ils se vendent au kilo dans certains
> pays)."
>
> Eggs are sold by the dozen (they are sold by the kilogram in certain
> countries.
>
> Norm
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: 2001June06 22:58
> Subject: [USMA:13526] No, *you* go first...
>
>
> The voluntary approach to metrication has one fatal flaw: it leaves it up
> to
> everyday people, who, honestly, have more important things to obsess on.
> Bitch and moan though some may, most neither care about metrication *nor*
> saving Flintstone Units. They simply don't care very much about the
> subject,
> at least not to the degree we do.
>
> On the other hand, they don't normally feel a need to *prevent* metrication,
> either...in fact, the prevailing attitude among persons my age (35�) and
> under is, "We probably *should* go metric, but *I'm* not gonna volunteer".
> So
> everyone waits for the other guy (or girl) to go first, and no-one does.
>
> Therefore, I definitely support a federally mandated approach, but not along
> the lines of, "okay, everyone, we're all metric in ten minutes." The
> "Hondo"
> approach is worse than the voluntary one, in that we'll try to change
> everything at once, screw it up badly, then revert...anytime anyone suggests
> trying again, opponents will point to the previous fiasco and declare,
> "See!"
> To do it right, do it painlessly, and do it permanently, we need:
>
> * To devise a firm timetable AND STICK TO IT (pardon my caps)
> * To show that it really will be good for business and industry, and even
> the
> general public
> * To dispel this downright idiotic notion that metric is "un-American" or
> "counter-Canadian" (We didn't invent FFU, either!)
> * To not waste time on pointless, trivial "improvements" like renaming
> ten-gallon hats, foot-long hot-dogs and Three Mile Island, PA, and
> silly acts of "dekaphillia" (Does *anyone* sell a "dek-ova" of eggs in place
> of 12? Anywhere?)
> * Finally, to reassure people that their familiar IFP won't disappear
> overnight and leave them in a lurch; it's a transition, not a
> blitzkrieg;
> grandpa won't have to trash his '74 Buick just because there are no km/h on
> the speedometer
>
> Remember, we're not a band of militant nerds hell-bent on dumping the apple
> cart:
> We're folks who love our respective countries and their people, and want to
> bring about a much-needed � and long overdue � improvement to them.
>
> Randi (The Long-winded)
>
