Something tells me that ,if the station were located in BC, that those numbers would be reversed <grin>.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 5:51 PM Subject: [USMA:26297] Seattle NPR today: Canada vs USA > I heard some guy on the local Seattle NPR station today talking about > Canada being better becuase they don't use the "Customary Measurement" system. > He sounded like a USMA guy! hahaha.. > Just curious if you're on this list. > > Background: Seattle's NPR station did this call in show about which > country was better (for lack of a better way to describe it), Canada or the > US. 51 people said Canada, 32 people said Seattle (IIRC). Many people > talked governmental compassion, leadership, ethics. Many talked about the > personality of the people themselves. Many talked about images > abroad. The one guy brought up the metric thing...I joined the show too > late to call in unfortunately or I would have mentioned it as well. >
