On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 07:38:04 -0700, "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Methinks our friend, Mr. Herron, is a little prone to exaggeration. > >But then, I suspect, it comes with the territory. Since when did restricting themselves to the truth, rather than relying on irrelevant emotional calls, bother such people? The words "an honest, hard working fruit and veg. man" are irrelevant, and it has been indicated to me that they may not be entirely correct, which is why the police were involved. >Wouldn't it be nice if he really could get you some press coverage. <g> Possibly, though I'm not sure I'd want to be in their debt! I'm still trying to decide how to respond. Jim Frysinger has a point about picking one's battles, but I don't want to give them the excuse that I was too rude/arrogant/unsure to acknowledge him. I'd have to say that I couldn't comment on the particulars. He has a valid point (to some extent) about poor publicity, but leaflets were issued (and traders such as Thoburn and Herron could have got copies of conversion charts), and there was plenty of press coverage - starting in 1989! He seems to think that no-one was educated in metric before 1999. It might be of interest that I've submitted several questions to my MP to be asked in the House of Commons when they return in just over a week or so. These were kindly provided by Chris Howell, and Nigel Jones seems keen to raise them. Chris -- Metrication information: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK legislation, EC Directives, Trading Standards links and more
