John,

Yes. About 2-3 years ago I noticed them giving the metric values the
same round appearance as the ounce values, and putting the metric in
first place.  The ounce values never changed.

Nat

-----Original Message-----
From: J. Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Saturday, 2004 February 28 17:39
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; U.S. Metric Association
Subject: Re: [USMA:29006] RE: Wisconsin Ice Cream


Hi Nat,

Are you sure they rounded off the metric value and not the number of
ounces?  
>From the way you have typed it, it gives the impression that they 
>really mean
1.2 L, and put (40 oz.) as the approximate conversion.

John

On Saturday 28 February 2004 13:19, Nat Hager III wrote:
> Proctor and Gamble has been doing that properly for years.  Downy 
> fabric softener is listed as 1.2 L (40 oz) rather than 1.18L (40 oz).

> Dawn dish detergent is listed as 740 ml (25 oz), rather than 739 ml 
> (25 oz). They obviously put some thinking into their rounding, others 
> can too if they try.

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