I see that Steve is spouting yet more garbage. "I've seen official 'pint' glasses with 'made in france' etched into the base! ;-)" He knows that the tolerances applied to any UK spirit, wine or beer capacity measure are set out in metric and checked by the Approved Verifier in metric, yet he still persists in his fantasy that foreign glass manufacturers use imperial measurement to manufacture UK pint glasses. Just because a measure says "pint" does not mean that it has been checked against an imperial standard. He also "forgets" to mention that "pint" glasses (and other metric measures used in UK bars) are now CE marked instead of the old "crown" stamp. CE marked measures are accepted throughout Europe (wherever the sizes are legal for trade) Has Stephen become a convert to EU standardization? Finally, he fails to mention is that (apart from a few small niche manufacturers), all large scale UK "pint" glass production has now shifted to the Czech Republic & to France, as the 2 main UK manufacturers went into liquidation (bankruptcy) a few years ago. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-425868/EU-stealing-crown-great-British-pint.html
"The manufacture of most pint and half-pint glasses has been shifted to the Czech Republic, where costs are much lower." I'd be far more surprised if Steve could find a new pint glass marked "made in the UK", but his "British is best" blinkers would never allow him to admit that any British business has failed. [USMA:47864] Re: Letter to the North Denver Tribune Stephen Humphreys Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:48:19 -0700 In my opinion: An outsourcing company treats the possible 'outsourcee' as a potential customer. If the customer want imperial (or customary, or whatever) then at the fear of losing a contract the external company will work to achieve such demands. To use a similar example (not exactly the same but..) - I've seen official 'pint' glasses with 'made in france' etched into the base! ;-) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:02:49 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:47863] Re: Letter to the North Denver Tribune To: [email protected]
