Yes I do. Britain. As per the 'long running British Company' quote in my text below. I cannot believe I've done this (shakes head) but I just ran up to the bathroom to recheck: Molton Brown. Very nice stuff actually.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:46895] Re: The Good the Bad Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:04:13 +0000 "There are other things - like long running British companies using traditional looking containers which use floz. Check out the soaps in John Lewis outlets - I can't for the life of me remember what the manufacurer is but one of the posh ones quotes floz next to mL." There may well be soaps from John Lewis with floz on them, however I've certainly never came across them. Do you happen to know the country of origin of this product? ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Humphreys To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:43 PM Subject: [USMA:46890] Re: The Good the Bad A couple of things to add to that:- Milk: I'm not sure if it's to get around the rules or whatever but those 1,2,4,6 pint jugs that have the metric on the side have a large number with no unit on the front face label. The big number is equivalent to the pint amount. First I noticed Tesco doing it but now I've noticed other retailers doing it. Beer: Current Carlesberg tins have 'ONE PINT' across the front in large font written horizontally. I had to look around for the metric which was on the side of the can printed vertically (sort of landscape if that makes sense). Other drinks: There are quite a few with the floz - check out a health store. If you remember a post I did a while back these are the same products that use the US style nutritional label. There are other things - like long running British companies using traditional looking containers which use floz. Check out the soaps in John Lewis outlets - I can't for the life of me remember what the manufacurer is but one of the posh ones quotes floz next to mL. Oddly enough there are other floz based products which are imported from Europe! I have an italian oil which has floz and mL for example. Sometimes it's easier to find imperial on products imported into the UK than on products made in the UK (presumably because they either believe/understand that we still use imperial [delete depending on your point of view]). Similarly - apologies for the UKcentric nature of the post but I do know that Ezra and Carlton find UK items interesting - perhaps as a reference to possible US conversion. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:46886] Re: The Good the Bad > Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:36:26 +0000 > > > Sorry to refer to the UK again (its just that the UK is in my sphere of > experience) but, in the last few years, certain US imports, particularly > deoderants, are coming into UK ahops with floz readings on the boxes and > cannisters.. > > I'm not sure if this is legal or not, but I would strongly suspect "not". > > "On the other hand Coke just came out with two new smaller sizes in our > areas. I think its in anticipation of our wonderful governors proposal > to tax sugary soft drinks by the oz. (gee I wonder how they are going to > compute that on a 2 L bottle). The new sizes are 12 oz plastic bottles > (cans are hard to reseal) and a new 8 oz can. O well." > > There just seems to be a ridiculous mix of units here. The Listerene kids > mouth rinse are in metric units (albeit with customary units in brackets) > but they appear to sell Coke in cans by the fluid ounce.. Just a > thought....would anybody care all that much over there if a can of Coke was > in hard metric units only? Nobody here does (probably because bottles and > cans haven't been measured in floz for decades over here). People just ask > for "a can of Coke", they don't really care about the amount that's in the > can. > > There are a few exceptions to the all-metric rule in regard to packaged > goods in the UK. 1136ml bottles of milk will have 2 pints written on them > in smaller letters, as will 568ml bottles (1 pint). Very occasionally, you > will see 568ml cans of lager with "Pint Can" written on it. These are very > much the exception to the rule though, and they MUST have their metric > equivalents written in a larger font. > > Are there any signs that metric, particularly with food and drink, is > becoming more prominent in the US? > -- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howard Ressel" <[email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:36 PM > Subject: [USMA:46885] The Good the Bad > > > > Listerine fluoride kids mouth rinse 500 ml size with instructions in > > metric first and English in parentheses 10 ml does (two tablespoons). > > Also the storage temps. were in Celsius followed by Fahrenheit in > > parentheses. > > > > On the other hand Coke just came out with two new smaller sizes in our > > areas. I think its in anticipation of our wonderful governors proposal > > to tax sugary soft drinks by the oz. (gee I wonder how they are going to > > compute that on a 2 L bottle). The new sizes are 12 oz plastic bottles > > (cans are hard to reseal) and a new 8 oz can. O well. > > -- > > > > "Go for a Metric America" > > Howard Ressel > > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > > (585) 272-3372 > > > > > Not got a Hotmail account? Sign-up now - Free _________________________________________________________________ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
