Jewelry's purchase dates are in TROY format, since jewelry is usually made of precious metal(s). Chocolate's purchase dates are in AVOIRDUPOIS format, since eating chocolate helps one to add weight and avoirdupois means literally "to have some weight". Books' purchase dates are in METRIC format, since some books contain poetry, which is usually written in some metrical style. <G>
Bill Fairchild -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerhard Postpischil Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 2:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT measures was Re: Out damn'd GMT ... On 11/4/2011 11:31 AM, Clark Morris wrote: > Canada may be officially metric but I am looking at an advertisement > for meat at $4.99 a pound at my local grocery here in Nova Scotia, > Canada. Canada is all screwed up <G> We bought jewelry, chocolates, and a book at a Halifax mall, and each receipt had a different date format. Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, VT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
