They're also still showing the larger sizes of Febreze as 2000 mL and 3000
mL.

"Two thousand thousandths" is just plain silly.

However, they're still in the lead when it comes to showing the SI value
first.

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Nat Hager III
> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 11:33
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:21636] incrementalism
>
>
> Have to laugh at P&G's incremental approach.  2 years ago I say
> Downy fabric
> softener on the shelf labled something like:
>
> 64 fl oz (2 Qt)  1.89L
>
> A year ago it was:
>
> 1.8 L (1.9 Qt) 60 fl oz
>
> Now I notice it as:
>
> 1.8 L (60 fl oz)
>
> Come on, let's get rid of the parenthesis stuff and be done with
> it! (Oops -
> but there's unammended FPLA in the way!)
>
> Nat

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