[USMA:51122] Re: Fw: Re: RE: decimal submultiple of a liter

2011-09-14 Thread Brij Bhushan Vij
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. 250

[USMA:51121] Re: Fw: Re: RE: decimal submultiple of a liter

2011-09-14 Thread G. Stanley Doore
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

[USMA:51120] Fw: Re: RE: decimal submultiple of a liter

2011-09-14 Thread John M. Steele
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

[USMA:51119] RE: Millimetres of Mercury & Millibars of air pressure.

2011-09-14 Thread Saint Lucia Metrication Secretariat
Kilopascal Yes, Ezra passed on the UKMA blog to me. I was very grateful to see our country being acknowledged for its efforts towards metrication despite the Caribbean muddle. My hope is that Saint Lucia will complete the metrication process this time around. Too many of the Caribbean Countries ha