[USMA:29237] RE: Steve Thoburn

[Bill Potts]

I don't think he had a store. As a "market trader," he would have had a stand.   Yes, you're right, he could have done as you say. However, he didn't. He was unwilling to switch from the units he'd always used to the units everyone else uses. It was that stubbornness that eventually led to his prosecution.   For more detail than that (regarding, for example, what scales he actually possessed), we'll have to rely on Chris Keenan. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]     -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of john mercer Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:06 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:29236] Steve Thoburn If a customer came in to Steve Thoburns store and asked for a pound of fruit or vegetables couldn't he have just weighed 454 g and sold it to them that way?  It's not illegal to ask for a pound of something in the  U K is it?  Could Steve have had a chart on the wall of his store saying that 454 g is a pound, and that if a customer asked for a pound that's how it would be weighed out.