[USMA:30588] RE: Irish Times today

[Carleton MacDonald]

There are fixed distribution costs that do not directly relate to the quantity of product inside the container.  For this reason two half-sizes in two containers is usually more expensive than one full-size in one container.   Carleton   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Han Maenen Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 07:12 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:30586] Irish Times today Letters to the editor. Pub arithmetic Madam, - One pint of Guinness: �3.85. Two half-pints of Guinness: �4.20. A 9 per cent surcharge. For what? Could we seek an EU harmonization directive demanding that the price of 284 ml of Guinness is half that of 568 ml? - Yours, etc., DENIS GILL, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. The EU should harmonize this nonsense? Really? BTW, all small portions are rip-offs anyway.   The news from the disaster in Belgium was covered today in the Irish Times in a way that would do the BWMA and the IAML proud.   Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands