On Mon, May 12, 2008 10:15, PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx wrote: > (Side not: Only the _United States_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) , _Liberia_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia) , and _Myanmar_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar) (Burma) still use non metric > standards > though in the 1970 some road signs had mileage in both miles and > kilometer > (Research Triangle , NC) but they faded from view. Soda pop and other > stuff is > sold in liter bottles and metric stuff is now list on many foods) Britain still has road distances and speed limits posted in miles. Soda and beer and things are mostly sold in 12-oz cans. Some in 20-oz bottles. Lots of packaging, nearly all in fact, gives both kinds of units. And the standard soft-drink can in Europe, last I checked, is 355ml; in what sense is that a "metric" unit? (hint: it's 12.00 ounces). -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
