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Subject:	Re: FS : Mars promo sets
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:59:07 GMT
Reply-To:	jsproat@io(ihatespam).com
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Rob Doucette wrote: > http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561451642-ba3 I loved that last paragraph: "There are other signs that the United States is *INCHING* toward acceptance of the metric system..." [emphasis mine] I saw it noted somewhere that the 2-liter soda bottle is a 2-liter bottle and not a 2.11-quart bottle *only* because the imperial measurement is not given as an alternative. So, goes the line of thought, if we were to start calling 12-oz cans 340-g cans, they'd still be 12-oz cans a decade later. Cheers, - jsproat -- Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/ "I've spent the past few years building up an immunity to bullets." - Angus McGuire

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		Re: FS : Mars promo sets
(...) and (...) given (...) calling (...) We changed over in the UK way back in the 70's. At that time we were all ripped of as products were generally down sized to metric sizes by a few few grams or millilitres.... but the prices stayed just the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: FS : Mars promo sets
(...) How widespread are the three-liter milk jugs? At my local store, they have the gallon (3.785L) jugs next to the 3-liter jugs. It takes some quick math to figure which is the better deal. The price levels seem to switch weekly. Steve (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: FS : Mars promo sets
Due to ingorance of the metric system, these candies will melt in your hands and not in your mouth... (URL) to .off-topic.fun Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn7vhi1s.s9g.....bu.edu... (...) You're not alone. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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