Now if we can only get the soda industry to use metric for their personal 
sizes. Besides the old can problem which is a legacy dimension, they have the 
relatively new 20oz and now coke has 12 oz plastic bottles out. 

Howard Ressel
Project Design Engineer, Region 4
(585) 272-3372

>>> "Remek Kocz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/06/07 6:36 PM >>>
I see this quite a bit in the "volume" area of consumer goods.  The 399 mL
bottle of pomegranate juice that prefers to be known by its 13.5 fl oz size,
or the 399 mL bottle of generic shampoo that mimics Procter & Gamble's 400
mL Head and Shoulders.  In both cases you've got someone taking those fluid
ounces too seriously :)

Remek

On 2/6/07, STANLEY DOORE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  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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