[USMA:28270] 500 g

[john mercer]

Hello i have an idea it may sound crazy but i'm going to say it anyway. What do you think of the idea of calling 500 g of food 1 lb? i am thinking of the U K and even in Canada it would make things easier if people are going to continue asking for things by the lb.  Especially when customers ask for halves and quarters.  All the store clerk would have to do is weigh 250 g or 125.  I believe China did this with one of their old measurements for mass they kept the same name but metricated it. I wonder how that has worked.  John.