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Costs of supporting dual measures
Ronnie Cohen provides us with an example from his work of the additional costs that businesses face as a result of having to provide for dual measures. Imagine how much better off we might be if all such costs in the UK economy … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Technical
Tagged business, Code, conversions, design, development, documentation, documents, features, industry, software, support, test, testing
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The 1972 White Paper Revisited
This week, Ronnie Cohen takes a look at the long-forgotten 1972 White Paper on Metrication. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, History, Myths
Tagged 1972, common market, EU, industry, metrication, myth, trade, White Paper
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Imperial left-overs in Australia
Although Australia is predominantly metric, there are still some pockets of imperial usage. Ronnie C recently visited that country and has written this account of what he found. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Views from abroad
Tagged Australia, clothes, DIY, industry, metric, metrication, pizza, size, sizes, standard, standards
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