From: "Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [USMA:33605] Re: The New Pint: A Compromise between the USA and
the UK.
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:03:37 -0400
That is what metric opponents want you to believe. Every country has
their weights and measures laws and they are enforced. If there is an
appearance that there aren't any prosecutions it just means that the laws
are being obeyed.
There is no such thing as real pints. A pint is whatever the person using
the word wants it to be. It can mean 568 mL in the UK or 473 mL in the
US, 500 mL in the US hard liquor and wine trade, 500 mL everywhere in
Europe and in many cases just another term for a glass.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: H. Maenen
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 2005-07-20 10:33
Subject: [USMA:33593] Re: The New Pint: A Compromise between the USA
and the UK.
If mainland Europe is less strict on W&M the time is long overdue for
change in that regard. Zero tolerance to UK and USC units. The presence
of so-called ' real pints' in mainland Europe is a disgrace and should be
stamped out. i would boycott any business in mailand Europethat uses
British pints and I hope that this nonsense will stop once and for all in
2010.
Han
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Message date : 20-07-2005 13:18
From : "Stephen Humphreys"
To : "U.S. Metric Association"
Copy to :
Subject : [USMA:33587] Re: The New Pint: A Compromise between the USA
and the UK.
Can't you see that the post was meant in the style of humour?
Perhaps adopting a sense of that would help rather than find every
opportunity to chuck insults at someone, by name, who does not even
post
here?
Besides - the rules in (mainland) europe seem to be less strict on
W&M than
Britain (ironically). I have found "real" pints* in France, Spain
and more
recently Hungary.
(* The UK pint of 20floz / 568ml)
>From: "Daniel"
>To: ,"U.S. Metric Association"
>Subject: Re: [USMA:33581] Re: The New Pint: A Compromise between the
USA
>and the UK.
>Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:03:00 -0400
>
>I was expecting this type of response. I just wish Tony Bennett
would see
>this picture. I'd like to see how he would contort this to insist
the
>French are using British pints.
>
>Priceless!
>
>Dan
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Humphreys"
>
>To: "U.S. Metric Association"
>Sent: Wednesday, 2005-07-20 03:57
>Subject: [USMA:33581] Re: The New Pint: A Compromise between the USA
and
>the UK.
>
>
>>You astonish me sometimes.
>>
>>That was the whole point of the post made by Carleton!
>>Do you think he just likes posting bar menus for a living?
>>
>>It showed the prices for a bar in France where they used the
British term
>>"pint" to mean 50cl in their particular bar.
>>
>>As I said on another board - while you're down there here's another
>>shovel.....
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Daniel"
>>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>To: "U.S. Metric Association"
>>>Subject: [USMA:33578] Re: The New Pint: A Compromise between the
USA and
>>>the UK.
>>>Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:36:17 -0400
>>>
>>>The best part is the bottom of the board where it states that a
pint is
>>>50 cL.
>>>
>>>What do you think of that Steve?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Carleton MacDonald
>>> To: U.S. Metric Association
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 2005-07-19 21:30
>>> Subject: [USMA:33577] The New Pint: A Compromise between the
USA and
>>>the UK.
>>>
>>>
>>> Picture taken in Lourdes, France, June 20, 2005.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Carleton
>>>
>>>
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