Using R-numbers may be a better choice: 1:2:5. Then you have 200, 500, 1000, 2000 and so on. In this fashion, you can get 2500, 1200, 1700 and so on with minimal loss.
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------ Original Message ------
Received: 07:39 PM PDT, 09/14/2011
From: Brij Bhushan Vij <[email protected]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:51122] Re: Fw: Re: RE: decimal submultiple of a liter
Received: 07:39 PM PDT, 09/14/2011
From: Brij Bhushan Vij <[email protected]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:51122] Re: Fw: Re: RE: decimal submultiple of a liter
Stan, John Steele sirs:
>> *500 mL (correctly marked in net contents but "half liter" on wrapper)
> *20 fl oz ( roughly 600 mL, 591 mL to split hairs)
> *700 mL
My post may not be of much interest to members; BUT I would consider 'liquid consumer goods' need packaging in steps of 1:2:3:4 i.e.
250mL (8.454 fl.oz), 500mL (16.91 fl.oz), 750mL (25.36 fl.oz) & 1Litre (33.81 fl.oz) bottles/tins. The pricing can accordingly be adjusted, so consumer doesn't feel cheated.
It shall be my view that the dual lablling be for a maximum period of FIVE years and then ONLY Metric.
Regards,
Brij Bhushan Vij
Wednesday, 20110914H22:58(decimal)EST
Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda
The Astronomical Poem (revised number of days in any month)
"30 days has July,September,
April, June, November and December
all the rest have 31 except February which has 29
except on years divisible evenly by 4;
except when YEAR divisible by 128 and 3200 -
as long as you remember that
"October (meaning 8) is the 10th month; and
December (meaning 10) is the 12th BUT has 30 days & ONE
OUTSIDE of calendar-format"
Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30
Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30
(365th day of Year is World Day)
******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar*****
"Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai"
My Profile - http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf
Author had NO interaction with The World Calendar Association
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Possible World Calendar, since 1971.
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Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:01:12 -0400
Subject: [USMA:51121] Re: Fw: Re: RE: decimal submultiple of a liter
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
John. The example you show below indicates how little thought is given to setting metric unit sizes and packaging of materials for space saving and transportation to help reduce costs.
Kirkland was the only example with common sense.
Thanks for raising the issue. You show how far we must go to become metric.
People buy grocery products mostly by visual size comparison unless a specific size is needed for a reciepe.
Regards, Stan
>> *500 mL (correctly marked in net contents but "half liter" on wrapper)
> *20 fl oz ( roughly 600 mL, 591 mL to split hairs)
> *700 mL
My post may not be of much interest to members; BUT I would consider 'liquid consumer goods' need packaging in steps of 1:2:3:4 i.e.
250mL (8.454 fl.oz), 500mL (16.91 fl.oz), 750mL (25.36 fl.oz) & 1Litre (33.81 fl.oz) bottles/tins. The pricing can accordingly be adjusted, so consumer doesn't feel cheated.
It shall be my view that the dual lablling be for a maximum period of FIVE years and then ONLY Metric.
Regards,
Brij Bhushan Vij
Wednesday, 20110914H22:58(decimal)EST
Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda
The Astronomical Poem (revised number of days in any month)
"30 days has July,September,
April, June, November and December
all the rest have 31 except February which has 29
except on years divisible evenly by 4;
except when YEAR divisible by 128 and 3200 -
as long as you remember that
"October (meaning 8) is the 10th month; and
December (meaning 10) is the 12th BUT has 30 days & ONE
OUTSIDE of calendar-format"
Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30
Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30
(365th day of Year is World Day)
******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar*****
"Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai"
My Profile - http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf
Author had NO interaction with The World Calendar Association
except via Media & Organisations to who I contributed for A
Possible World Calendar, since 1971.
HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/
Contact via E-mail: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:01:12 -0400
Subject: [USMA:51121] Re: Fw: Re: RE: decimal submultiple of a liter
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
John. The example you show below indicates how little thought is given to setting metric unit sizes and packaging of materials for space saving and transportation to help reduce costs.
Kirkland was the only example with common sense.
Thanks for raising the issue. You show how far we must go to become metric.
People buy grocery products mostly by visual size comparison unless a specific size is needed for a reciepe.
Regards, Stan
On Sep 14, 2011 4:55 PM, "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was at Costco yesterday. They had three sizes of Ice Mountain water:
> *500 mL (correctly marked in net contents but "half liter" on wrapper)
> *20 fl oz ( roughly 600 mL, 591 mL to split hairs)
> *700 mL
>
> Is it necessary to have three sizes this closely spaced? The unit price of the 20 oz and 700 mL were about 50% higher because of a "sport cap."
> The Kirkland brand was only in 500 mL bottles (all of the above were correctly dual marked in net contents area, various statements on over-wrapper.
>
> --- On Sun, 9/11/11, John M. Steele <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> From: John M. Steele <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [USMA:51117] RE: decimal submultiple of a liter
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> Date: Sunday, September 11, 2011, 3:19 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Looking at Ozarka's website, they seem to mark correctly in the net contents area, but they seem to lack a measurements units policy.
>
> http://www.ozarkawater.com/#/products/our_products
>
> They list sizes of:
> 500 mL, 700 mL, 1 L, 1.5 L, 3 L
> 8 oz, 20 oz, 1, 2.5, 3, and 5 gallon.
>
> Using one primary unit or the other, I think a smaller number of sizes would need to be offered. The 20 oz seems unnecessary with 500 mL and 700 mL sizes, and I question whether both 3 L and 1 gallon, or 2.5 and 3 gallons are needed.
> --- On Sat, 9/10/11, Carleton MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> From: Carleton MacDonald <[email protected]>
> Subject: [USMA:51117] RE: decimal submultiple of a liter
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, September 10, 2011, 11:25 PM
>
>
> Today we had a bell ringers' meeting in Frederick, Maryland. The person
> whose church it was obtained some bottled water from the Giant Eagle store.
> The bottles had the usual 16.9 fl oz stuff, but after it was not "half
> liter" or ".5 liter" but, instead, 500 mL. That was as refreshing as the
> water itself.
>
> Carleton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Paul Trusten
> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 00:08
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:51109] decimal submultiple of a liter
>
> "HALF LITER" used to be the language on the wrapper. This Ozarka package of
> 24 500 mL bottles says it differently. Taken at Albertson's supermarket in
> Midland, Texas, USA.
>
> I was at Costco yesterday. They had three sizes of Ice Mountain water:
> *500 mL (correctly marked in net contents but "half liter" on wrapper)
> *20 fl oz ( roughly 600 mL, 591 mL to split hairs)
> *700 mL
>
> Is it necessary to have three sizes this closely spaced? The unit price of the 20 oz and 700 mL were about 50% higher because of a "sport cap."
> The Kirkland brand was only in 500 mL bottles (all of the above were correctly dual marked in net contents area, various statements on over-wrapper.
>
> --- On Sun, 9/11/11, John M. Steele <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> From: John M. Steele <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [USMA:51117] RE: decimal submultiple of a liter
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> Date: Sunday, September 11, 2011, 3:19 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Looking at Ozarka's website, they seem to mark correctly in the net contents area, but they seem to lack a measurements units policy.
>
> http://www.ozarkawater.com/#/products/our_products
>
> They list sizes of:
> 500 mL, 700 mL, 1 L, 1.5 L, 3 L
> 8 oz, 20 oz, 1, 2.5, 3, and 5 gallon.
>
> Using one primary unit or the other, I think a smaller number of sizes would need to be offered. The 20 oz seems unnecessary with 500 mL and 700 mL sizes, and I question whether both 3 L and 1 gallon, or 2.5 and 3 gallons are needed.
> --- On Sat, 9/10/11, Carleton MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> From: Carleton MacDonald <[email protected]>
> Subject: [USMA:51117] RE: decimal submultiple of a liter
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, September 10, 2011, 11:25 PM
>
>
> Today we had a bell ringers' meeting in Frederick, Maryland. The person
> whose church it was obtained some bottled water from the Giant Eagle store.
> The bottles had the usual 16.9 fl oz stuff, but after it was not "half
> liter" or ".5 liter" but, instead, 500 mL. That was as refreshing as the
> water itself.
>
> Carleton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Paul Trusten
> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 00:08
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:51109] decimal submultiple of a liter
>
> "HALF LITER" used to be the language on the wrapper. This Ozarka package of
> 24 500 mL bottles says it differently. Taken at Albertson's supermarket in
> Midland, Texas, USA.
>
