2003-02-25 She might be like most Americans and are blind to the metric on the labels. It has to be there, it is the law.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2003-02-25 18:50 Subject: [USMA:24934] RE: 250 mL Coke > I ended up writing the author of the article who responded within minutes > to state that when she saw the cans, they were labeled as 8.4oz. > I've never seen the can, so who am I to argue. > > If that's the case, I can't fault the writer. > > At 18:30 2003-02-25 -0500, kilopascal wrote: > >2003-02-25 > > > >I didn't see one reference to 250 mL in that article. I just hope when the > >FFU-ists claim that the 8.4 ounce size is a down-size from 12 ounces, that > >we supporters can respond by saying: "Can't be! It's 12 ounces downsized to > >8.4 ounces" Everyone is calling the can 8.4 ounces. And 8.4 ounces is not > >metric. > > > >The other thing is to have an irrational 8.4 appear as the primary unit and > >the rational 250 appear as the afterthought. > > > >How utterly stupid! > > > >John > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, 2003-02-25 13:57 > >Subject: [USMA:24932] RE: 250 mL Coke > > > > > > > > Of M R > > > > Coke Classic 8.4 FL OZ (250 mL) can is distributed > > > > free. > > > > > > > > > See: > > > www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=36702 > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Terry Simpson > > > Human Factors Consultant > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > www.connected-systems.com > > > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > > > > > > >
