2002-12-04 Today I bought another bag of M&M's with peanuts. This is the pack labelled as 14.0 OZ 396.9 g. Before I opened the package I weighed it on my Ohaus balance. Well, the package weighed in at a whopping 405 g. Since this is the only package I weighed, I have no idea if other packages would have the same mass as this one or much less.
As I wrote before, I have weighed a sample of the candy and found each to have a mass between 2.5 and 3.5 g. Thus, even if the bag had one less piece (maybe even 2) of candy in it, the bag will still contain more than 400 g. So, at the present time I see no justification for the package to state the package mass to tenths of a gram nor do I why the package can not state the contents as 400 g. If any of the US members of this list happen to buy this candy, please weigh it before opening and verify the package mass. I would like to know if the product mass is consistently over 400 g. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-12-04 16:23 Subject: [USMA:23799] Re: Translating metric into inch-pound > Matthew Zotter wrote: > What branches of the US armed forces use SI, and to what degree? I think > the Army does, but I know that the Navy does not. > > You seem to be right about the Navy. As an example, I looked at the > information at > http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ships/ship-dd.html. They don't > just use inch-pound units in the primary position. They also show the metric > conversions with a ridiculously high degree of precision -- a tactic common > among those who want to discredit SI. > > As to your more general question, I'll leave that to others more > knowledgeable in the military area. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >
