Excellent example, Stan. Australia's primary method of metric education for
consumers was simple: familiarize the public with metric products by making
metric products.  The Australian consuming public adapted. So will we. In many
instances, we already have done so.

Paul T.

Quoting STANLEY DOORE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Here's another example of the US going metric.
>
> I just bought some rolls of commercial paper hand towels at Costco.  Guess
> what?
>
> I measured the width as 20 cm         which is just a little less that 8
> inches.
> I measured the diameter as  17 cm   which is a little less than 6 3/4 inches.
>
> Dimensions printed on the box are:
>     width      7.87 inches     and  19.98 cm
>     Length    450 feet          and  137.15 m
>
> Regards,  Stan Doore
>


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