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Why 284 mL and 568 mL? Why not 300 mL and 600
mL? If the EU is to harmonise, do so with rational numbers. It is
already done that way in most EU countries, the UK and Ireland would benefit if
they followed suit.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, 2004-07-31 07:11
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
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