On Jul 26, 2:06*pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:40:27 -0700 (PDT), pat wrote:
> > blake murphy wrote:
> >>o.k., that sorta makes sense. *but i doubt that, say, crystal palace vodka,
> >>has much of an overseas market.
>
> > But it competes in the liquor store against foreign products.
>
> > Incidentally, the producer of Crystal Palace vodka is Sazerac and they
> > have lots of brands and imports/exports. So they have a financial
> > interest in eliminating technical barriers to trade.
>
> i just wanted to pick a ridiculous exampe. *mad dog 20/20?
>
> > Consumers in America and elsewhere want to buy French brandy, Scottish
> > whisky, Italian Amaretto, and American bourbon. They may well want to
> > choose between a local liquor and a foreign (to them) one.
>
> >>maybe i'm just used to the u.s. tail wagging the world dog.
>
> > The interesting thing for me is that some people say metric units
> > would be too difficult in the shops. But liquor and wine has been
> > metric for decades. Nobody seems to worry. I think it shows that
> > there's a difference between what people think about change and how
> > they behave after change.
>
> sure. *you just do a (in my case, fuzzy) calculation in your head, or say
> '1.75 liters is a big-ass jug.'
>
> your pal,
> blake

If you live in Canada it makes life a lot simpler since you don't have
to check on any number of items to see if the volume is in US or
Imperial gallons.

And, as you say, it really does not take long to figure out rough
sizes which for shopping is all that one uses weights and measure for
anyway.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada