I was just being faceitous; it isn't always obvious in plain text. See Nat's
response:
>> SI would confuse the consumer
1.89, 1.65, 1.42 – how can anyone understand that??
>> compare half-gallon to 1.75 quarts to 3 pints -
Simplicity in itself!
--- On Fri, 2/20/09, mech...@illinois.edu <mech...@illinois.edu> wrote:
From: mech...@illinois.edu <mech...@illinois.edu>
Subject: [USMA:43104] Re: consumer education on the metric system
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 9:45 AM
Mark,
I don't believe your conclusion that ice cream sold in one liter, two
liter, or three liter containers would confuse consumers. The public already
accepts two liter containers of beverages.
How do you arrive at your conclusion?
Gene.
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:27:03 -0800 (PST)
>From: Mark King <king...@yahoo.com>
>Subject: [USMA:43096] Re: consumer education on the metric system
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
>...
>
> Clearly the FMI is correct that SI would confuse the
> consumer,...
