In Oregon, all gas stations non-self-serve by law. I forgot that in other states, the pumps are often self-serve.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 28 February, 2005 13:47 Subject: [USMA:32312] Re: New metric legislation introduced > On Monday 28 February 2005 15:46, Gavin Young - Renewable Electricity > Solutions wrote: > > The USMA works hard to attract the attention of US metric lovers, but I > > have an idea of how they can do more. It needs to develope an action plan > > to get all US metric lovers to take action with their consumer power. If > > action plans are posted on the USMA website, more US metric lovers will get > > excited about getting involved with USMA. For example here are some ideas: > > > > Encourage metric lovers in the USA to do the following two months from now, > > and every two months thereafter: > > > > 1) When going to a grocery store or deli to buy food by the "weight" from a > > store clerk that will "weigh" the food for you, buy the food by kilogram > > instead of the pound. If they say their scale can not display in kg, then > > make them calculate the conversion to lbs. The idea is to get them tired of > > making the calculations, so that they get a dual scale and begin weighing > > by the kg when requested. > > > > 2) When buying automotive fuel (gasoline, diesel, biodiesel, ethonal, etc.) > > at fuel stations ask for the amount in liters. If they say their pumps can > > not display in L, then make them calculate the conversion to L. The idea is > > to get them tired of making the calculations, so that they get a dual pump > > and begin dispensing fuel by the L when requested. > > When I had a car, I usually just filled it up. But if you fill it up, you > could ask how many liters it was. > > When you buy a house, ask that the survey be labeled in meters. (I can do this > manually, though it takes some calculating.) When renting an apartment, ask > how many square meters it is. (They said they'd add it to their sheet. I > haven't checked whether they have.) > > Bug Empire Imports. They have no excuse for dimensioning their furniture in > inches. Anyone who buys from them is already metric. > > phma > -- > lo nu punji lo sovda be lo cipnrkuku kukuku > zvati lo zdani be lo na'e cipnrkuku kuku > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 2005-03-01
