I figured you meant hectograms (per hundred grams). The Canadians found that pricing per pound is preferable to pricing per kilogram because per pound prices appear cheaper by a factor of about 2. But, better yet, 100 g pricing appears cheaper then pound pricing by a factor of about 5. That is why it is used instead of either pound or kilogram pricing.
BTW, in ST. John NB, were the scales metric? By law in Canada, they have to be. Euric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Saxton Sent: Friday, 2003-11-14 09:58 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:27566] Re: Victorian (BC) shops I should review my messages *before* I hit the "send" button rather than while in the shower several minutes later ... The prices for bulk items in the BC supermarket were in hectograms, not decagrams (sic)! -- Jon Saxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer of cross-platform software for UNIX, Windows and OS/2 U.S. agent for Triton Technologies International Ltd http://www.triton.vg/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.538 / Virus Database: 333 - Release Date: 2003-11-10 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.538 / Virus Database: 333 - Release Date: 2003-11-10
