On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:37:11 -0600, "Kenneth Burgener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Jonathan Ellis wrote: > > That's called "avoiding the bleeding edge." There's good reasons for > > taking that approach, ones that are hardly unique to Americans. > > -J > > > I hardly think that the metric system is "bleeding edge". It has been > around for how many centuries?
You clipped off the part I was replying to, which was "American's [sic] are afraid of change... [rant on change-fearing luddites, blah blah blah.]" As for a grass-roots incrementalist approach to switching measuring systems in particular, hey, have at it. -Jonathan .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
