"Brian Morrison" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:23:49 +0100
"michael adams" wrote:

Why would anyone want to use the same weights and measures as
their major trading partners ?

The issue is that in cases where people are more comfortable with
pounds and ounces that it is illegal to use them alone. I find it
incomprehensible why it should be, provided that customer and vendor
are happy with what is being weighed and bought.

While campaigners for imperial are undoubtedly honest
people who have no intention of diddling anyone, that's
not to say that there may not be more unscrupulous
individuals who wouldn't take advanatge of the situation.

After all, if customers and vendors weere always happy
with what was being weighed and bought, there'd be no
need for trading standards in the first place. Which are
as much for the protection of customers as anything
else.

And again while its possibly still much easier for people
over a certain age to visulaise a pint of beer or a pound
of apples, that's not really much help when trying to work
out, either in your head or with a calculator the price of
say 2lb 5oz of apples priced at say £1.45p per lb.


michael adams

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