I became acquainted with Greg Peterson through his Canada Metrication web site several years ago. Eventually he joined in the USMA list and was a contributor for a year or so.
Last summer, my wife Nancy and I visited the Petersons in Saskatoon, SK. Greg was born in 1971 and if you read the following email I just received from him, you will understand the context and significance of the newspapers which he just found which proved the use of kilogram pricing in ads in Saskatoon from 1972. I wonder how much of Canada's regression from metric can be blamed on the United States doublecrossing them with its false start and subsequent backing off from the Metric Act of 1975, as opposed to Canadians simply backing off themselves. I urge you to access his Canada Metrication web site. Just back up and click onto the "1 (flag's maple leaf) m" symbol and read his web site's information. Norm Werling ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Norman and Nancy Werling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 00:03 Subject: 1982 > Hi Norm, > > You may recall when you were in Saskatoon we went for Chinese one > evening. There was another couple with us (Henry and Myrtle) and their > daughter (Anica) who's the same age as Oskar. Tammy and I (and Oskar) > were over at there place helping them pack. They're moving into their > first house next weekend. While I was helping Henry disconnect his audio > and computer network in the basement I stumbled across some old > newspapers being used as cupboard liners. > > Right in front of me was a grocery ad from 1982. Kilo prices were all > listed first and were just as large as the pound prices! Before I found > this I was beginning to think I was making up the fact that kilo prices > were in the grocery store during my childhood. > > I've attached a link to my web page where I posted the ad for all the > world to see. > > greg > > http://members.shaw.ca/metric/1982.html > >
