2002-10-16 I surmised it from the contents of this quote from one of the articles posted about the Austrian woman:
"However we have to enforce the law. If we make an exception in this case it would set a precedent and we would have pubs up and down the country demanding the right to be able to serve their drinks in half-litres and litres." I figured it would be a domino effect. A few pubs doing it, then eventually all. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-10-16 14:38 Subject: [USMA:22745] Re: UK beer - challenge > Kilopascal wrote: > >We know that once the litre is permitted, > >it will automatically replace the pint. > > What makes you say that? > > > > >If this were not true, the law would > >have been amended to allow it long ago. > > What makes you say that? >
