Psychology. Pricing at the smaller amount per unit looks good to the consumer.
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> From: "Brian White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/07/29 Tue PM 12:16:42 EDT
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Fuel in the US was Re: [USMA:26455] Re: A trip to the vet: a study in
> WOMBAT nihilism
>
> Speaking of that...does anyone know what the whole 9/10ths thing is about
> with fuel prices in the US?
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Paul Trusten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:07:33 -0400
> Subject: [USMA:26455] Re: A trip to the vet: a study in WOMBAT nihilism
>
> > As I gassed up my car last night, I thought: if WOMBAT is supposed
> > to be so great, why are the gallons divided decimally? Why doesn't
> > the pump read out in gallons, quarts, pints, fluid ounces, and minims?
> > >
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Date: 2003/07/28 Mon PM 09:09:34 EDT
> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: [USMA:26449] A trip to the vet: a study in WOMBAT nihilism
> > >
> > > Tonight we took our 16 month old cat, Tiger, to the vet for her yearly
> shots.
> > > Aside from the fact that she nearly took the doctor out in the process
> of
> > > getting them (this cat does NOT like going to the vet), I noted with
> dismay how
> > > she was weighed. The scale is electronic, reads in decimal, and has a
> switch
> > > that changes between lb and kg. Despite the fact that medicines are
> dosed by
> > > kg, the vet's office always weighs in pounds for the benefit of the
> unwashed.
> > >
> > > I asked to have her weight in kg first. 4.16.
> > >
> > > Then the girl moved the switch to lb. 9.04. "Nine pounds, four ounces,"
> she
> > > said.
> > >
> > > $%^%$%^%#@@&*!?#**$
> > >
> > > I asked the vet about it. "Oh, that's nine pounds, four ounces," he said.
> > >
> > > Wonder what he does when the weight shows 9.27 lb. "Nine pounds, 27
> ounces?"
> > > I doubt it.
> > >
> > > The Dumbing Down of America proceeds apace. They don't even know the
> system
> > > they claim is familiar to them. Maybe we need a scale that weighs in
> vulgar
> > > fractions, like the old stock market figures.
> > >
> > > Carleton MacDonald
> > > <A HREF="www.buzzflash.com">www.buzzflash.com</A>
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
> > 3609 Caldera Blvd, Apt. 122
> > Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
> > 432-694-6208
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > There are two cardinal sins, from which all the others spring:
> > impatience and laziness.
> >
> > ---Franz Kafka
> ------- End of Original Message -------
>
>
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
3609 Caldera Blvd, Apt. 122
Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
432-694-6208
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are two cardinal sins, from which all the others spring: impatience and laziness.
---Franz Kafka
