The other thing that Australia did was to remove copper coins. 5 cent coins are the lowest coin denomination. $5 note is the lowest 'paper' denomination. Their coins are:- 5, 10, 20, 50 cents and $1 and $2. Baron Carter -----Original Message----- From: Bill Potts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 02 January, 2001 11:30 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:10159] RE: Aussie newspaper article on the USA's curious 'inertia' Apart from using both "metric" and "imperial" in the plural, it's a pretty good article. I wonder where, in the US, he's living, though -- New York?. Around here, everyone pronounces "quarter" as "quarter," not as "quadda." <g> A lot of US metrication is invisible to him, of course. Most people are probably unaware of the metrication of Caltrans, NYDOT and other state highway departments. Regarding the 8-digit phone numbers, even Denmark adopted them, about ten years ago. Of course, as it's so small, Denmark doesn't have any area codes. Bill Potts, CMS San Jose, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Michael G. Koerner > Sent: January 02, 2001 09:11 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:10158] Aussie newspaper article on the USA's curious > 'inertia' > > > 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 > > l > -- > __________________________________________________________________ > __________ > Regards, > > Michael G. Koerner > Appleton, WI > __________________________________________________________________ > __________ > >
