This reminds me of something ... Last year I was in a Costco in Canada and picked up some toothpaste, Crest, quantity on tube is by volume -- 130 mL.
However, toothpaste sold in the US has the quantity in mass instead -- ounces and grams. Same stuff, wonder why the difference. Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Potts Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 18:26 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:29010] RE: Wisconsin Ice Cream Something is wrong here. !.2 L is a volume; 40 oz is a mass. Nat: Did the container say oz or fl oz? Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of J. Ward >Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 14:39 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:29007] 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. >
