Wesleyan is around the corner from West Hartford. I'll see to it that my wife and myself invite him for dinner one of these days. Maybe even unload on him some of my metric material to distribute thereabout. Stan Jakuba
On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 5:52 PM, Peter Goodyear <p...@alphalink.com.au> wrote: > Hi, everyone, > > An Asian student at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, has > written an article calling for America's metrication. It’s in the Wesleyan > Argus (the University’s student newspaper,) here. > <http://wesleyanargus.com/2018/02/08/going-metric-a-long-overdue-system-of-simplicity-and-perfection/> > > The article quotes some of the international students and their > difficulties with USC measurements, and one American student supporting > USC. > > The closing paragraph is an excellent summary: > > It’s a small change in day-to-day life, but it is an important one. Given > the greater interconnectedness of the world and the standards on which > technology and industry operate, it is a foregone conclusion that America > will eventually switch to the metric system. The question, now, is when. > > The article has been posted to Reddit and comments will be here. > <https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/7wh6i1/going_metric_a_long_overdue_system_of_simplicity/> > > I hope you can show him some support. > > Best wishes, > > Peter Goodyear, > > Melbourne, Australia > e-mail: p...@alphalink.com.au > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@lists.colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > >
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