[USMA:28251] RE: Steve Thoburn

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From what I have been told the clerk weighs out something close and then asks the customer if the amount is ok.  They usually don't convert a quarter pound in front of the customer to grams.  They may, but it isn't the usual procedure.   In an argument between a BWMA member and a person from Australia, the BWMA member insisted Tescos had reverted to pound measures.  What it turned out to be was Tescos added signs showing pound prices of some products like onions.  The BMWA member insisted he bought the onions based on the pound price on the sign.   When questioned about the deli and the point of sale scales, as well as the sale receipt, the BWMA member refused to give an answer only restating he bought the onions based on the sign.  This person never admitted to ever going to the deli and asking for anything that had to be weighed out.  Nor ever seeing the products he purchased weighed at the cash register, not ever looking at the receipt.    In other words, he avoided products that did not show pound/ounces on the contents and did not have a pound price somewhere, such as a sales sign.  He avoided eye contact with all store scales that were metric only, thus giving him the opportunity to say such scales don't exist.  Nor would he ever look at the receipt or acknowledge looking at or else he would have to admit, despite the sign, the transaction was carried out in metric.  To this day I believe he will insist Tescos sells in pounds and not kilograms.   Euric     ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Potts To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Sunday, 2004-01-11 21:33 Subject: [USMA:28248] RE: Steve Thoburn John:   As Terry's reply says, they are metric only. I believe FFU would be illegal.   For groceries that are weighed or measured in the store, there may be a sign in FFU, in addition to the mandated metric sign. The FFU text may not be larger than the metric text. All weighing or measuring must be metric, although there is nothing to stop the customer from asking for FFU (with the store employee getting the metric equivalent from a printed conversion table on his/her side of the counter).   I suspect if someone asks for a quarter of a pound of something, most store employees would be able to immediately say, "O.K., that'll be about 225 grams," without even looking at the conversion table. As in the U.S., how precisely the employee weighs something is probably a matter of fairly informal negotiation. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of john mercer Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 17:12 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:28245] Steve Thoburn Has anyone heard any more about Steve Thoburn in Sunderland U K?  Did he ever pay his fine or go to jail?  Another question do soft drink bottles in the U K have both metric and FFU?John.