2002-11-29 Sorry Han, I must have not seen the word "no" in the sentence. It may have been better if you had used the word "without" instead of "with no".
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-11-28 15:28 Subject: [USMA:23661] Re: M&M's > Mars does not put FFU units on its products in the EU. I wrote: "Here all > Mars products are packed in rational metric sizes with no TABD > 'supplementary' indications at all". WITH NO TABD... Chris stated that the > same is the case in the UK, rational metric only. Mars even makes a "Metre > of Mars", hardly indicative of an anti-metric bias, I would say, in the > contrary. I think that the US branch > can set its own policies. > > Han > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, 2002-11-27 15:51 > Subject: [USMA:23613] Re: M&M's > > > > 2002-11-27 > > > > It seems Mars is not consistent. In the Australian market, Mars products > show grams only. But, in the EU they have to add FFU. Why? If the EU > packages are not sent back to the US then there is no reason to add FFU on > to them. The only reason I can see for them to do this is that they are > being spiteful to Europe for its desire to be metric only. > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, 2002-11-27 02:41 > > Subject: [USMA:23607] Re: M&M's > > > > > > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 07:32:36 +0100, "Han Maenen" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >Simple. Mars Products America is trying to prove that metric is > ridiculous, > > >difficult, always yielding monstrous numerical values and therefore it > > >should never be adopted in the USA. On the other hand this company is > > trying to prove that USC is rational, simple, always yielding sane > numerical > > values and the only sensible choice of units. > > > > > >Here all Mars products are packed in rational metric sizes with no TABD > > >'supplementary' indications at all > > > > As in the UK. In fact, it's Mars who bring out a Christmas special, > > called the 'Metre of Mars', while the good old British company, > > Cadbury, brings out a 'Yard of Dairy Milk' (or somesuch). > > > > Chris > > > > -- > > UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/ > > > > >
