If his mathematical skills are as bad as his English, it's obvious why he
doesn't see the benefit of metrication.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 12:04
Subject: [USMA:8600] UK: the arguments developed more fully ;-)
I've just received the following e-mail:
>You are so pathetic.
>why do you not just let people use the system they want?
>
>What have it got to do with you, what people use, i use imperial and so do
millions of people in this country.
>
>If you want to use Metric, then use it, but do not force other people.
>
>My Father used Metric in the building trade for years, now he has retired,
he is using imperial, which proves what system he prefers.
>
>This is E.U fault again poking thier noses into own business, and our
goverment to scared to tell them where to go.
>
>Where will it end?,
>
>Many people find it difficult to imagine a weight or measurment in metric,
>I am glad that Tesco have decided to go back to imperial, but saying that,
i have not gone into a shop that forces me to buy in Metric.
>
>Even if they convert it to metric, that is up to them, but if i ask for 4oz
of roast ham, then I expect 4oz of roast ham.
>
>My recipes are still in impreial, and most T.V cooery programs are still in
imperial.
>
>I foyu do not like the system, then that is just tough on your part, if you
like Metric so much, then bog of to a country that uses it.
>
>In other words, mid your own dam business.
>
>Ad
Perhaps the clinic still hasn't started those remedial English classes
yet ;-)
Chris
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