30-05-2022, 09:13
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Re: The return of the lb
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Correct. When we first joined the EU, some people refused to display their prices in a different way from before and were eventually prosecuted for it. The law expects traders to use metric measurements, but permits imperial to be used
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Wasn't even the EU, the rules were set when it was the EEC
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_Martyrs
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In 2001 Steve Thoburn, the main defendant in the original case,[3] was convicted of two offences under the Weights and Measures Act 1985 of using weighing equipment that was not stamped by a Weights and Measures Inspector.[4] The stamps had been obliterated because the scales were not capable of weighing in the metric system as well as imperial, and hence were no longer permitted for commercial use
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