Wow! I sure did misread that message, didn't I, Terry! Yes, I missed the quotation mark at the start of the first paragraph. I suppose it's American style to repeat those with every paragraph and to provide the closing quotation mark only at the end of the last paragraph of a quotation.
Late last night, when I first saw your message, I took it for a long polemic on regulation of packaging sizes. In scanning it, I must have hit only the paragraphs that seemed to support this practice. Now, in the clear light of day and with open eyes, I see that you have provided three articles, sans prologue, apparently with their URLs appended individually. The last of those is the one I have seen before and now you know where I got that bit about the 400 g and 800 g loaves of bread. The others are new to me; thanks for providing those. I had not heard until now about Germany abolishing many standard-size regulations. And I found the survey data to be quite interesting. This may be one EU issue to watch, not because of the issue of regulating package sizes so much as because of the trend towards uniformity within the EU, across state boundaries. One tidbit seemingly unadressed is the impact this would have on importers to the EU, such as our American businesses. A hint is given in the last paragraph prior to the "Assessing impact" subheading, though. Since I'm one apology to the credit side, please apply it here. Perhaps I should set a curfew on my email correspondence and turn the computer off sooner at night. Thanks again (and belatedly) for those articles and URLs, especially the latter. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Of James R. Frysinger > >Sorry, Terry. That doesn't matter to me. > > I am not sure why you are apologising. > > >I'm focusing on metrication, not package size regulation. > > I am confused now. You raised the subject of package size regulation > when you said: > "European countries apparently seem to favor government determination of > > proper and allowable product sizes. We in America tend not to go for > that except for a few products, such as liquor and wine." > > I was unaware that package size was regulated. Since you raised the > issue, I decided to search for the raw data. I was grateful for you > bringing it to my attention. > > >You've got some spiffy points, I'm sure, > > I did not make any points. I did not write a single word in that > message. > > Perhaps you did not notice that 100% of the text was within quote marks. > I was merely quoting the raw data on legislation in Europe. The text was > consistent with your assertion. > > >but they have no bearing on what I'm pushing for. I've covered my > >reasons for that more than adequately already. > > I was trying to be helpful to you. If I misunderstood, then I am the one > who should apologise. > -- > Terry Simpson > Human Factors Consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.connected-systems.com > Phone: +44 7850 511794 -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
