2002-01-31 What device did they actually use to "weigh out" the 454 g pound? Did they actually have a "pound" scale? If so, where did they get it, and how was it certified?
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-01-31 03:43 Subject: [USMA:17790] Freedom to measure > A few years ago some merchants on the Amsterdam street market had a splendid > idea: start selling their goods by the pound avoirdupois! Should they have > been allowed, in the name of democracy and freedom, to go on doing that? > No way! There is nothing wrong in penalizing merchants who use illegal units > *in trade*. The police came up and ordered them to stop doing that as it was > illegal. They would have been prosecuted if they had persevered. > They were cheats and downsizers as well as they sold pounds avoirdupois for > the price of a pound of 500 g. > > On the other hand, private persons should be left free to use whatever units > they want. The environment in which they live determines what the large > majority of them will use. Even those Maporama morons and idiots should be > left alone, as they do not use ifp trash *in trade*, just as defaults on > their 'international' travel website. It is left to the user to boycott > them or to try convincing them to overcome their stupidity, > > Han >
