<html><head></head><body><div>On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 13:55 -0500, Jim Lynch wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><pre>Back when they went metric on liquor, it would have been natural to make
a 2 liter bottle to replace the old half gallon. But no, they decided
to make it a 1.75 liter bottle (59+ oz) and charge the same as the old
half gallon, thus pushing a 10% increase without doing a thing. Same
for quarts, they went with the 750 ml instead of the more logical 1
liter bottle. Eventually many companies came out with a liter bottle at
an inflated price. Liquor companies loved metrication.
</pre></blockquote><div><br></div><div>So did the coffee packers. Used to be a 1lb package that turned into a 12oz package at about the same price.</div><div><br></div><div>We don't use metric now because the auto industry yelled it bankrupt them to convert. Hmm. Didn't we bail out a few? Don't they all use metric now anyway? My "Made in the USA" Saturn Vue has lots of metric bolts.</div><blockquote type="cite"><pre>
On 01/26/2016 01:21 PM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">
With their liters not only is it not cheaper it is quite a bit more
expensive. I’ve often wondered why the oil companies in America
haven’t gotten together to try to force liters on us so they can start
incrementing the price without a noticing.
</blockquote>
_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
<a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a>
<a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a>
See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
<a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a>
</pre></blockquote><div class="-x-evo-signature-wrapper"><span><pre>--
James P. Kinney III
Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
</pre></span></div></body></html>