--- In [email protected], I am the eternal <l.shad...@...> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote:
>
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
> >
> > arhatafreespe...@... wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > March 30, 2009
> > > Metric Time 2009: The government yesterday revealed that the country
> > would soon be converting to
> >
>
> Dude, we went metric almost 40 years ago. I-95 and highways parallel to it
> from DC to Boston had metric distances and speeds. I've seen pictures. It
> worked about as well as Quebec putting all it's traffic signs from the US
> border into French. I'm told the metric signs in the US were replaced back
> in a few months.
>
> Plenty of people were tired of being forced to drive 43 mph (actually it was
> 70 mph)
70 kph?
Who cares- it is more unAmerican bs.
