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Subject:	Re: FS : Mars promo sets
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Tue, 5 Oct 1999 15:51:49 GMT
Reply-To:	jsproat@io.SPAMLESScom
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Scott-A wrote: > 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 same. But you still use MPH on the roads... 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
Metric is bigger than Imperial.. a 2 liter soda bottle holds more per "ounce" than a 2 quart bottle... same with a gallon of milk.. 4 quarts is less than 4 liters. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: FS : Mars promo sets
(...) This is a good point, and I do not see it changing in the short term. Every new car in the UK comes both mph and kph on the speedo. The cost of change (signs and accidents) would be huge. Additionally, just last week, my supermarket started (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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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)

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