I never liked the space.   1.5L vs 1.5 L.  500mL vs 500 mL.  

> On Oct 27, 2020, at 05:21, Ressel, Howard R (DOT) <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Interesting, we had metric milk for a while years ago (Wegmans) but the new 
> bottles were not very well received (not because of the metric labels) so 
> they went back to the traditional packages. Too bad they changed too many 
> things at once.
>  
> It be interesting to see if the filling machine for the milk on the right is 
> calibrated  in Liters, assuming the fill volume is
> metric, someone should write them and suggest the 1.5 L go first as it is 
> obviously the standard measurement on the package vs the equivalent in oz.  
> The actual volume should always go first with the equivalent second.  Also 
> the need to add a space after the 1.5 but one problem at a time.
>  
> Howard
>  
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> Now remember how tightly regulated milk is, and yet here we see both 1.74 
> (could be 1.75 with a little more fill) and 1.5 liter sizes. In both cases, 
> the silly numbers are the ounce designations, not the metric designations.
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