Same here in Australia. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 3:56 AM Subject: [USMA:22616] Re: Mandatory conversion?
| In Ireland Tesco does not seem to be involved in anti-metric antics. And I | do not think they can indulge in them in their shopping centre on the French | side of the Channel Tunnel. | | Han | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Thursday, 2002-10-10 21:30 | Subject: [USMA:22602] Re: Mandatory conversion? | | | > Gunthros wrote: | > >I'm from the UK | > | > Welcome. | > | > | > >Tesco (one of our major suoermarket chains) advertises its | > >loose bananas at 39 p/lb | > | > Tesco is using the law on advertising to continue promoting pound only | > prices. They show dual or metric-only prices where the indication is not | > an advert. Thus the law on 'price indication' is being complied with. | > Advertising is a completely different set of laws. | > | > Tesco is known to be anti-metric. | > | > >This does seem to contravene the spirit of Magna Carta that there | > >shall be one system of measurement throughout the realm. | > | > Magna Carta does not say that. If it did, then it would not have been | > possible to run dual metric and imperial measures for all these years. | > That is, if Magna Carta were treated like the US Constitution, which it | > is not. The UK constitution is a much more complicated entity. | > | > Have you joined the UKMA? | > | > http://www.usma.demon.co.uk/index.htm | > | > | > | |
