Why have you taken that sentence out of a wider paragraph and out of
context?
Anyway - I think the query has been solved/answered now so I'm bowing out of
this one - it's up to you if you want to continue the "mate" thing etc.
From: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36003] Ahem......!
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:48:57 -0000
Stephen Humphreys Feb 6th:
"You cannot even have a dual label (imperial/metric)."
Stephen Humphreys Feb 9th:
"Yes I agree, and the TSO I spoke to mentioned the fact that you can have
dual labelling"
Make yer mind up, Steve mate!
Regards,
Steve.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:22 AM
Subject: [USMA:36001] Re: History of imperial since 1824
> >I had to wait until I got a response from a TSO I know before making
the
> >following claim.
> >
> >
> > It is ***illegal*** to have glasses marked as "568ml" for
beer/ale/cider
> > in pubs. You cannot even have a dual label (imperial/metric).
>
> I too have made enquiries about this and the advice I have received is
as
> follows:
>
> The "pint" indication is mandatory. However the law doesn't explicitly
ban
> supplementarry metric indications. There is a principle in British law
that
> if something is not prohibited then it is allowed. In the event that
> glasswear was submitted for approval for use in trade bearing both
metric
> and imperial it would only be rejected if the extra information made it
> unclear such that it could be misread for example as meaning "1 pint +
568
> ml".
>
> I can't think of any reason why a glass manufacturer would bother about
the
> metric label unless there is a market for thier products in other
countries
> where they can be used but metric is required.
>
> In conclusion therefore we can rule out glasses that just say "568 ml"
but
> we can't rule out "PINT" ... "568 ml"
>
> Phil Hall
>
