In a message dated 2000-10-18 17:32:25 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Good show, Carleton! If we keep getting these bits sprinkled about > enough, people become used to seeing them and then it's not a shock when > we officially make the final transition. > > Jim > That's the whole idea. We had km as well as miles in the timetable from about 1977 until 1986, when they changed the format and "needed the room". What I've been able to do is accepted somewhat but there is still lots of resistance, and it all is based on "this is America and we don't do it that way ..." . All the governmental dithering on the subject hasn't helped, but at least I'm trying to keep it on the radar screen. Carleton
