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. �������
Holland, which was the first country to go metric, which they did in 1816, and fully metric in 1832, adopted 500 g as a "pond". I have had to argue with a Dutchman that a pound is only 454 g. I know from personal knowledge the 500 g is known as a pound in France and Germany.
Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
