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Message:: [QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 68188, member: 57463"]Just Reporting Changes, Not Making Any Dollar Gains Cents; More Inches in the Yard (Washington DC) The US National Institute of Standards and Technology announced new rules for defining our common units of trade and commerce.  "This is not a new standard," said Dr. Mortimer Snerd, assistant associate deputy press undersecretary of NIST.  "We are only recognizing the realities of the marketplace."  According to NIST, the new dollar will have 109 cents, based on the fact that an 99-cent pack of gum carries an average of 10 cents of state and local sales tax.  The new yard will have 40 inches, making it closer to the meter, which is the international "metric" standard.  The pint is officially a half liter, making the guart exactly one liter. Beer drinkers may or may not be happy with the new standards.  The 12-ounce bottle will be phased out by 2010 and all beer in "six packs" will be sold in Half Liters. Still undetermined is the affect on American major league professional football, which traditionally is played on a field 100 yards long.  The New Jersey Giants have begun extending their field, tearing out stands in the end zone.  However, the Baltimore Ravens recalibrated their field, placing the goal posts on the 91-yard lines.[/QUOTE]