This appeared in the Saturday, 2000-12-30 issue of the Sydney Morning
Herald, apparently written by their USA correspondant. It writes about
the inertia that prevades American culture, preventing such utterly
simple, logical improvements to day-to-day life as 8 digit local
telephone numbers, dumping the $1 note for the MUCH more convenient coin
and 'metrics'.
Enjoy!
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0012/30/text/features12.html
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Regards,
Michael G. Koerner
Appleton, WI
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