I accessed the web site www.trace-sc.com and sent this email to the feedback address shown. This site was shown in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the end of an article about U.S.-Mexico relations under its new President Fox Norm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Werling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 2001January30 08:33 Subject: SI (international System of Units-metric system) > I am a 65 year old �Norteamericano� living in the state of Georgia. > > I am disappointed whenever I see Mexico yielding to the archaic > �estadounidense� way of measuring with pounds instead of kilograms, with > Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, with gallons instead of liters, or with feet > instead of meters. > > The metric measures are the only true international method. The so-called > American (some call them English) measures are what should be called WOMBAT > (Way Of Measuring Badly in America Today). Do not give in to it, fight > against it! > > The United States must be dragged into the modern way of measuring with > Mexico's help. > > Do not allow yourself to be misled by United States of America negotiators > who may try to argue that insisting upon SI-metric measures would be a > restraint of trade or an imposition upon its industries. > > The economic success of the USA is in spite of its archaic measures not > because of it. > > Sincerely, > Norman Werling > Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA >
