I can remember when the feds made the change to metric measure for alcohol and the USMA wante rational measures such as 100, 200, 500, etc. ml. As these are good R-numbers, consumers and makers would have a good range of quantities without silly values such as 187 ml which reflects customary sizes. Unfortunately, USMA failed to convince.
M Moon ------ Original Message ------ Received: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:04:45 PM PDT From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:36626] Re: metric stands alone I have certainly bought beer at MacDonalds in Germany. It is quite probable that German law requires that the quantity of the beer be clearly stated (in ml of course, except in Bavaria where they sell it by the litre). ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Millet To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:07 PM Subject: [USMA:36623] Re: metric stands alone Doesn't Mcdonalds sell liquor in places like Germany :)? I seem to recall that you can get it in several countries. Now if they're really smart they'll sell them in metric sizes i.e "Get your 250mL liquor fix with your big Mac meal" . Mike On 4/20/06, Paul Trusten, R.Ph. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Time for Micky D's to apply for liquor licenses. Maybe, with wine on the menu, they'll open stores with the name "Micky D's." in the same way Federal Express discovered that their clients were calling them "FedEx." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Darfus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" < [email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 00:46 Subject: [USMA:36619] Re: metric stands alone > Have you seen these new individual servings of wine? They're packaged > like drink boxes. We'll see whether the standard size ends up being > 187 mL or 250. In any case, we can look forward to Sunday paper ads > showing only metric quantities and news articles / individuals > referring to such items only in metric terms.... when FPLA is > modernized. > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12374800/ > >
