Are there still Aussies and Brits who need convincing too?Yes for the UK too.
The Margaret Thatcher legacy when she 'saved the pint and the mile for Britain'
have been an obvious disaster for honesty of measurement in the UK. The
constant presence of these two old legal measuring words, pint and mile, have
had the effect of assuring the UK public that it is morally OK to apply old
pre-metric measuring words to many aspects of life in the UK. As you know the
two words (pint and mile) are about the only legally defined old measuring
words left in the the UK – and both of these have a metric definition – it's
quite odd really.
>> If an ounces or pound figure on a product is clearly wrong then the trades
>> description rules come to the fore.>> Similarly mpg need to be accurate.>>
>> I've personally never worked out this 'pint and mile' thing as what happens
>> to what I mention above plus yards, feet, inches etc?>> >> Also - terms like
>> 'disaster' when relating to your text above I think is a bit too far-fetched
>> - I cannot think of anyone who uses dishonesty regarding a word for a
>> measurement. or-conversely- anyone who has been a victim of that. I think
>> 99% or so traders probably want a good reputation - esp in times of
>> recession. But that's merely an observation.>> If you want to do a poster I
>> believe it should be short, snappy and have some form of humour to it. I
>> wouldn't dwell on cooking too much as I believe there's probably far better
>> areas than that.
P.S. I was (and still am) A Mrs T fan - just wish she could sort out the
current mess (not measures) ;-)
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