And beer is still sold by the pint, as also is milk in places. You also
find sneaky quantities like 454 gm - 1 lb! France also uses the
lb...especially in market places, rather than supermarkets, i.e. la
livre, though this is now 500g.
But when dealing with silver halide printing paper, I'm happy with sizes
in inches, but for digital pruinting I prefer e.g. A5, A4, etc
Howard
David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
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).
