>Bill Potts
>I believe FFU would be illegal.

You cannot have imperial only but you can have dual. This applies to
prepacked goods such as soft drinks and to goods weighed in the store such
as cheese.


>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.

Ahem. 113 grams

In one major store that I visited, staff that use scales receive training
and reference cards. They knew how to convert a quarter without looking, but
not 6 ounces. The cashier thought that a pound and a kilogram were the same.

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