If I were in charge......

[Bob Marino]

OK, if I were King....not President, I would be at a loss as what to do about, the economy, unemployment, crime, wars, Middle East, pollution, taxes, etc., etc..

Having said that, I'd take care of this troublesome development that has been occurring  for the last so many years and getting worse - right under our very noses; as such we are willing accomplices and must assume some blame also.
 
1. Ice cream would be sold in 1/2 pints, pints, quarts and half gallons only. No more of the 14 oz containers posing as pints!
2.Coffee 1/2, 1 and 2 pounds only, not the 11.25 oz (and shrinking) bags or cans.
3. Same with laundry detergents, soaps, Gatorade, etc. - full pounds, quarts or pints.
4. Candy bars - what's with the 2.27538888888 oz sizes?  Full, by the whole oz sizes only!
5. Dunkin' Donuts would go back to their original heart clogging, fat laded size of years ago.
6. Cookies - not only have sizes shrunk for each cookie, but the weights are as above. Sorry 4, 8, 12 and 16 oz only.
7. Oreos - my personal favorite cookie. The CEO would be ordered to disclose if the "double stuffed" oreos indeed have twice the filling or just more air than the classic oreos. ??? If just more air, this is by itself a fraud of epic proportion!
 

Finally, any company not in compliance, would be forced to apologize nationwide, via email, half page ads in the newspapers, twitter and tweet their attempt and complicity in tryn' to stick it to we consumers. Of course, the CEO as well as the bean counter who formulated this scam would be spend 25 hours a week doing public service work - first offense. Second offense, they are immediately fired - , no pensions, no  Golden Parachutes, only a  month's supply of their
downsized, offending product.

  Ah, feel better already. [big grin]

Bob
Ok, this is a start

 

[PeterK]

Bob - your requirements would fix all the rest of the world's problems!!
You have my vote.  [big grin] And I love double-stuffed Oreos. Had not thought of the air filled creme.  [huh]

Picked up a "pint" container of ice cream last night. Said it nice bold print 150 calories (per serving)! Sounded good to me. Then saw there is 4 servings in there. Dang, I eat an entire container at a time and them blokes are deceiving me when it is really 600 calories!!!! Should be a law. Congress needs to address this priority issue soon. 

Of course tool companies have been doing this for years - 10.8 volts = 12 volts, 6 horsepower = 15 amps, etc.

 

[woodguy7]

Slow week then Bob ?

 

[DKurzweil]

You could always take two regular oreos, remove one cookie from either,  and make your own "Double Stuffed" frankencookie.  

Of course then we have the problem of what to do with all the extra cookies.  At least milk is still sold by the whole quart, half gallon, gallon.  8)

 

[zapdafish]

What happened to the metric system?  [big grin]

I guess the TS55 would have to be renamed the TS2.16535  [tongue]

 

[Bob Marino]

Slow week then Bob ?

Nah, was on my mind for a while and just wanted to peck this out here.

Bob

 

[Bob Marino]

What happened to the metric system?  [big grin]

I guess the TS55 would have to be renamed the TS2.16535  [tongue]

Metric? Who knows if or when we will ever embrace that here.
But the difference is that the TS 55 was always the TS 55 - well before that the
ATF 55 and before that I am not sure of the name of the saw.
But Festool did not make it the TS 49 either;

 

[PeterK]

Any time the wife buys single stuffed Oreos they are automatically turned into double stuffed frankencookies!! The dogs get the extras.  [big grin]

 

[Bob Marino]

Bob - your requirements would fix all the rest of the world's problems!!
You have my vote.  [big grin] And I love double-stuffed Oreos. Had not thought of the air filled creme.  [huh]

Picked up a "pint" container of ice cream last night. Said it nice bold print 150 calories (per serving)! Sounded good to me. Then saw there is 4 servings in there. Dang, I eat an entire container at a time and them blokes are deceiving me when it is really 600 calories!!!! Should be a law. Congress needs to address this priority issue soon.   

Of course tool companies have been doing this for years - 10.8 volts = 12 volts, 6 horsepower = 15 amps, etc.

Yep and most of the other ice cream makers have followed suit!
Believe me, I'm going to get to the bottom of this double stuffed
Oreo caper!

Bob

 

[nickao]

Double stuffed oreos do NOT have twice the filling! They have more, but not twice as much!

Here is an experiment conclusion, the pdf is the entire experiment:

Now here is a guy that uses a different method that says they do have twice the amount or more!

http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2010/08/23/do-double-stuf-oreos-really-have-double-the-stuff/

Just like tool companies making claims about HP etc, it's all in the procedure they use and who does the tests that determine the results.

 

[Sparktrician]

I couldn't agree with you more, Bob.  I did find two companies that DO sell coffee in one full pound containers, French Market (commonly available in supermarkets), and Central Coffee Roasters in Sperryviille, VA (small company; local market).  This "clever" down-sizing of containers is very annoying, but I'll REALLY get hacked when they start downsizing ammunition lots.  Imagine buying boxes of 100 rounds of .22LR today, then going into the shop next week and finding 97-round boxes of .22LR.  [mad] 

 

[Jesse Cloud]

You know, Bob, with that platform, you could be president.  Add "No TV station can show the same commercial more often than once a day." and you are solid gold.
Got my vote!

 

[Bob Marino]

Double stuffed oreos do NOT have twice the filling! They have more, but not twice as much!

Here is an experiment conclusion, the pdf is the entire experiment:

Now here is a guy that uses a different method that says they do have twice the amount or more!

http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2010/08/23/do-double-stuf-oreos-really-have-double-the-stuff/

Just like tool companies making claims about HP etc, it's all in the procedure they use and who does the tests that determine the results.

Thanks DT. Ah, the power of the net. Oreo caper closed. ;D

Bob

 

[Bob Marino]

I couldn't agree with you more, Bob.  I did find two companies that DO sell coffee in one full pound containers, French Market (commonly available in supermarkets), and Central Coffee Roasters in Sperryviille, VA (small company; local market).  This "clever" down-sizing of containers is very annoying, but I'll REALLY get hacked when they start downsizing ammunition lots.  Imagine buying boxes of 100 rounds of .22LR today, then going into the shop next week and finding 97-round boxes of .22LR.   [mad] 

  I would also add Starbucks to those that sell - at least in their own stores, full 1 lb bags,.

Bob

 

[Bob Marino]

You know, Bob, with that platform, you could be president.  Add "No TV station can show the same commercial more often than once a day." and you are solid gold.
Got my vote!

  Jesse,  I did state "King" not "President", but thanks for your vote. [smile]
  Funny, the repetitious  commercials don't bother me, BUT the volume boost that commercials impose when airing is annoying. Ok, I have added these 2 issues to the list.

  Bob

 

[Corwin]

What?  So, does this mean you will not be splitting up 100 count boxes of abrasives any more?  [tongue] [big grin] [wink]

 

[Bob Marino]

What?  So, does this mean you will not be splitting up 100 count boxes of abrasives any more?   [tongue] [big grin] [wink]

.

Hey Corwin,

I did not get elected yet, so yes I will still break up those boxes, actually that will be my fall project - having all papers available in 10 packs. But it also seems Festool is also offering many more 10 packs.

  Bob

 

[Nigel]

Sorry to bear bad news Bob but recent events suggest the exact opposite of your King Bob royal decree is likely to happen. All that stuff is going to get smaller and smaller but of course you will still pay the same price - so that's good right? [crying]

 

[RONWEN]

One Saturday afternoon years ago when the boys were quite young (and easily entertained  [wink]) we were sitting around with a bag of chocolate chip cookies -- the outside of the bag said "100 chips in every cookie".  [unsure]  We decided that can't be true and we each dissected a cookie & counted the chips -- I don't remember what each of us counted but they all fell well short of 100 chips per cookie.  FALSE ADVERTISING! Now I'm on the hook with the boys & so I called an 800 number from the package.  After describing the process to the nice lady and giving her the tally count from each cookie she starting laughing so hard (I did too) she had trouble talking.  In the end, a few days later we got a replacement bag of cookies in the mail.   [big grin]  [big grin]  [big grin]  [big grin]

They have probably changed their ad campaign but I wonder how many other people took the time to count the chips in the cookies...  [tongue]  It was cheap entertainment back then.

http://www.keebler.com/product-keebler-chips-deluxe-chocolate-lovers-cookies-1072.aspx?category=cookies

 

[GPowers]

My add to Bob's list is that hot-dog makers and bun makers need to get together and sell ether 8 or 10 units per package. No more 10 hot-dogs and only 8 buns.