In USMA 10714 Michael Milstein was reported to have written: > The rest of the international >neighborhood works together and speaks the same language while we huddle in a >dark, outdated house at the end of the street (which we share with Liberia >and Burma, the only other two nations that have not gone metric) Reports by travellers to Liberia and Burma indicate that these countries are metric like their neighors, although there are remnants of their old measures. Presumably these countries don't chose to be members of the Bureasu international des poids et mesures because of the cotisation and other expenses involved. Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
