We have 18-packs of eggs here, too. However, they're not nearly as common as
12-packs.
They are, of course, priced only by the pack -- and according to size and
grade.
Minimum sizes for each size category are specified, by the USDA, in ounces
per dozen. Anyone who is really interested can find the information at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/poultry/standards/AMSEGGST.html. For the sizes, do a
text search for 56.218.
Given that the lot average tolerance is 3.3%, the standards could probably
be easily converted to an integral number of grams per egg (or, at least, no
worse than one decimal place). Specifying lot tolerances or even mass itself
by the dozen would not, of course, violate the spirit of SI, given that SI
(quite appropriately) has nothing to say about packaging quantities.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Pat Naughtin
> Sent: June 09, 2001 14:41
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:13617] Re: renamed "selling eggs"
>
>
> 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)
> >
>
