Dear Pat, I hope that I will be able to receive that station. Then I will find out what units they use. 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Paris this summer, or will they do the right thing: 38 degrees in Paris this summer. Only, 25 degrees Celsius is enough for me, in France and elsewhere. I hope we will not a scorcher like last year again (35 degrees and above).
Yours, Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2004-05-16 21:27 Subject: Re: [USMA:29795] Re: Tesco press release. > Dear Han, > > I have just heard that there will be an English language radio station > opening soon in Paris. Presumably this is to provide a service to the 'many > British (who) have gone to live in France'. I wonder what the measurement > policy of this new radio station will be. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin > Geelong, Australia > -- > > on 2004-05-14 07.33, Han Maenen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Many British people travel to the European mainland year after year. Now even > > many British have gone to live in France. What about being confused in French, > > Dutch, German shops etc? Those who live in France and those who camp out have > > to get their food and drink in the shops, and there are no Imperial Tesco's > > there, no acres, no degrees Fahrenheit, no pints of milk and pints of beer and > > no Imperial scales. How can they cope, if they are that much 'confused'? > > Then there are a few extreme types among them, who also claim to be 'confused' > > and then expect mainland Europeans to understand and use their units for their > > benefit (see USMA 29703- a Tale by a Colleague). > > Much of this 'confusion' is deliberate and with purpose anyway. > > > > Han > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > >> From: MightyChimp <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> To: U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> Sent: Wednesday, 2004-05-12 5:36 > >> > >> Subject: [USMA:29773] Tesco press release. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> When Tesco reverted to imperial, what actually reverted? What is the actual > >> status of scale conversion in the areas where there was resistance? Is > >> compliance increasing? It would be nice if people who live in the UK could > >> keep us up-to-date on whatis happening. > >> > >> Euric > >> > >> Imperial weights and measures are to be reintroduced and highlighted in a > >> move to help confused shoppers. > >> > >> Tesco will reintroduce price per lbs on product packs, imperial weights will > >> be enlarged on shelf edge labels and metric will be dropped from point of > >> sale material. > >> > >> Under new Euro rules, metric measurements are meant to take precedence. But > >> research by Tesco has shown customers still weigh up their purchases in > >> pounds and ounces. Over 53 per cent of customers find metric confusing and > >> 76 per cent of customers would like imperial measurements displayed. Only 8 > >> per cent of customers would like metric weight displayed on its own. > >> > >> The research also showed that most customers ''think'' in imperial. When > >> asked to guess the weight of a bag of apples, 87 per cent of customers > >> estimated the weight in imperial, when asked the same question for Fresh > >> Mince, 86 per cent of customers expressed their answer in imperial. > >> > >> "It''s time to turn the scales in favour of the British customer, 90 per > >> cent of our shoppers think in imperial " says Tesco Marketing Director, Tim > >> Mason, "They tell us when it comes to size, imperial matters. We''re not > >> anti Europe, but we are pro shopper. Our customers quite clearly live their > >> lives thinking and working in imperial" > >> > >> A spate of mis ordering, by Tesco Home shopping customers pointed up the > >> problem. One customer ordered 3 kg of broccoli rather than 3 lbs, another > >> ordered 9 kg of potatoes rather than just 9 Ibs. The final straw came when > >> one customer ordered 2kgs of prawns rather than the 2Ibs she wanted. > >> > >> New posters and point of sale labels are being rolled out to all 650 Tesco > >> stores. These will headline prices in imperial units. However, to remain > >> legal, all shelve edge labels and labels on products will carry both metric > >> and imperial unit pricing. > >> > >> "We are in the business of making life easier for shoppers," adds Tim Mason, > >> " right now customers want their purchases pointed up in pounds and ounces." > >> > >> * Imperial measurements will be along side shelf edge labels and on > >> products. Point of sale material will be in imperial only. > > > > >
