I just bought 2-liter sodas for $1 over the weekend down here in Texas.
Ok. So you don't use metric for fluids.
Except when you do.
Got it.
I use "Coke" as a generic term for cola. I was always moderately annoyed when a waitress would ask "Is Pepsi ok?"
Its better that they specify. If I order a Coke and it tastes like Pepsi, I'll have them switch it out to something else.
You can draw a map if it'll help you.Do I need to draw you a map or are you truly too stupid to understand English? That's the whole point. We use imperial almost exclusively, about the only consumer good we package in metrics is soda and only in the larger sizes. I asked why and how we came to use it for soda and nothing else. Try to keep up.
There was a somewhat interesting reason soda went metric almost alone, but I can't remember why. World sales aren't plausible. They already have a multitude of sizes/languages, so a few more wouldn't matter. I heard it on the radio.
You aren't listening. Not only is it not sold across the world, it is ALSO sold in ounces in different sizes from the same bottling companies. If there was any truth to your argument then the 12oz can and the 20oz bottle would not be standard here... even though they are. When I was a kid they had 12oz cans, 12oz bottles, and 16oz bottles. Some no-name brands started sapping sales by offering "4oz free!" bonus bottles with 20oz, eventually getting Coke and Pepsi to offer "4oz free!" bottles. Eventually those became standard.You can draw a map if it'll help you.
I'm sure you'll work out why selling petrol by the gallon out of a pump is different to selling a packaged product that's sold across the world in the same package.
There you go again. I point out that the point of bottled soda made from syrup is to AVOID distributing in bottles beyond the bottling company's region and you completely ignore that and repeat that it is done for the "international supply chain." There isn't a shred of truth to that. Bottles are made at the regional bottling company. No one wants to pay to ship around ridiculously dense water across borders when they don't have to, so only syrup is regularly distributed internationally. If there was any truth to your assumption then the standard personal sizes would be metric too (half liter, 550ml, etc). Those actually get a little bit of gray market international distribution due to collector's or people who want things like Mexican Coke made with sugar cane.It's not just the bottles it's that their whole international supply chain is based on the metric system. (and I bet their US one as well)
Also lol at how chest thumping you guys get over a system of measuring. We use miles, pounds, pints and stones but we don't get all 'Cleetus pass me ma gun, them ther foriners are tryin ter serve my drinks in them dam funny measures!'
Seriously you don't see why an international business might want to use one system of measures in its business?
(ALSO: your puny American pint is puny. )
It's not just the bottles it's that their whole international supply chain is based on the metric system. (and I bet their US one as well)
Also lol at how chest thumping you guys get over a system of measuring. We use miles, pounds, pints and stones but we don't get all 'Cleetus pass me ma gun, them ther foriners are tryin ter serve my drinks in them dam funny measures!'
Seriously you don't see why an international business might want to use one system of measures in its business?
(ALSO: your puny American pint is puny. )
I don't care that much. Any cola is close enough. RC is my favorite, but you don't see that anywhere. I like Coke for the big players.
Yep, and Canada also uses weird a hybrid system for everyday use.
Metric: speed, distance/length, outdoor air temperature, atmospheric pressure, weights and volumes for packaged groceries, fuel volumes.
Imperial: height and weight of a person, weights of fresh groceries (vegetables and meats sold by the pound), altitude, indoor air temperature, cooking temperature, cooking measures.
Most countries use the metric system now for business and scientific purposes. The US is the only major hold out. If Canada can make the switch, the US can. Most Canadians are dumber than a bag of hockey pucks.
You can draw a map if it'll help you.
I'm sure you'll work out why selling petrol by the gallon out of a pump is different to selling a packaged product that's sold across the world in the same package.
that's an easy one. We don't buy "petrol" we buy the proper stuff called "gas". I don't think "gas" is sold any other way but by the gallon.
US:Yep, and Canada also uses weird a hybrid system for everyday use.
Metric: speed, distance/length, outdoor air temperature, atmospheric pressure, weights and volumes for packaged groceries, fuel volumes.
Imperial: height and weight of a person, weights of fresh groceries (vegetables and meats sold by the pound), altitude, indoor air temperature, cooking temperature, cooking measures.
Most countries use the metric system now for business and scientific purposes. The US is the only major hold out. If Canada can make the switch, the US can. Most Canadians are dumber than a bag of hockey pucks.
Most countries use the metric system now for business and scientific purposes. The US is the only major hold out. If Canada can make the switch, the US can.
Do you know if the US military has done any metrification yet?
I'm pretty sure the military is all metric.
Many engine displacements are measured in cubic inches, like Harley-Davidson.US:
Metric
- Electricity: Watts instead of horsepower
- Medication: Milligrams instead of ounces
- Engine displacement: Liters or cubic centimeters instead of pints or cubic inches.
- Drinks: Some are 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 liters.
- Discrete LEDs: Millicandela.
- Lights: Lumens.
Actually, an Imperial gallon is larger than the gallon America uses.Imperial
- Everything else.
I remember being able to walk to my local Fred Meyer (similar to Albertsons/Safeway/Kroger) and buy 12oz sodas for 25¢ each. This was just 12 years ago!