Re: Newbie question :) be kind...

Ray Haddad wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:35:25 +1300, I said, "Pick a card, any card"
and Greg Procter <procter@xxxxxxxxxx> instead replied:

Ray, you're telling me it's legal to _sell_ a given item in two
different measuring systems.
I, and several others here, have attempted to point out to you that a
system can't be considered accepted (by the general population) if it
can't be _purchased_ (as well as sold) in either/both measurements.

Neither of those statements is at cross purposes. There are dual
standards in the US. A merchant can CHOOSE which method to use or he
can CHOOSE to use both. For practicality, most chemists (not
pharmacies in the US) sell their chemicals by the gram, kilogram or
tonne. Some don't. They sell by ounce, pound or ton. The point is
that they can sell using either standard and do so legally. But, now
here's the part you don't really get, they CANNOT sell without
having ANY standards applied. Well, not legally. I could sell a
handful of anything but if you wanted to question the sale later by
stating that my handful was an illegal measure, you'd be in the
right. Such is the standards system and why it's there. Acceptance
by the general population isn't at all relevant or to the point.

Of course it is. That is precisely the relevance or point.

It's just you reaching for a single thing you can call a win. This
wasn't ever about the hoi polloi embracing metric or Imperial. You
just try to steer it that way. It won't work.

Let me ask you something. Can an item be sold in ounces in NZ?
Legally, I mean? Forget that nonsense about whether or not you can
convert it correctly. Just the simple question. Can an item be
legally sold in ounces in NZ?


No, it cannot be sold by a manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, etc.
Otherwise it is like your "handful". An individual can sell by the
handful, plastic bag, sack ...
.

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