----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2001-04-03 13:35 Subject: [ukma] reDiscovery.. > On Tue, 03 Apr 2001 16:36:55 -0000, "riane martin" wrote: > > >Attached is letter from Discovery after adding my complaint about them > >heeding the drivel of the BWMA- seems we are doing fine. Just noted even > >more metric only height signs all around London in my travels (Even on > >local petrol station height restriction- Metres ONLY...) Regards, Riane. > > Excellent, Riane. I've noticed these canopy heights being increasingly > shown in metric only. > > The comment below (more of a considered response than I got!) shows > the extra problems we face. At one time, virtually all programmes were > made in-house by the BBC or one of the ITV companies. Today they buy > in from wherever is cheapest (which often means the USA and their bad > habits). > > Chris > > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: Britain IS Metric > >>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:39:43 +0100 > >> > >>Hello Riane > >> > >>Thank you for your email to Discovery Channel Europe. > >> > >>I think you'll find the majority of programmes shown on Discovery are > >>already > >>employing metric measurements, rather than imperial measures.Programmes > >>tend to > >>be acquired in a ready-made form from various Production Companies around > >>the > >>World. > >> > >>With some material, however, it is not feasible to alter the commentary, > >>prior > >>to transmission. > >> > >>I'll pass on your comments to our Management Team for evaluation. > >> > >>Thanks for watching. > >> > >>Best Wishes > >> > >>Jeremy/ Viewer Relations > >> > >> > >> > >>---------------------- Forwarded by Mail Us/UK/Europe/DCI on 03/04/2001 > >>16:33 > >>--------------------------- > >> > >>To: Comments_UK@DCI > >>cc: > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Date: 28/03/2001 16:56:16 > >>Category(s): > >>Subject: Re: Britain IS Metric > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >>Dear Discovery, > >> Am writing in the hope of encouraging you to use more > >>Metric > >>in your programs. As you may know Britain has motioned and legislated to > >>use > >>the same standard system as the rest of the 96% of the planet who use it. > >>Our children are ONLY Metric educated some 30 years now and every effort is > >>being made on behalf of our media to introduce everyday Metric terms to our > >>general public. It is sad that you are probably being canvassed by the > >>"stuffy old Imperialists" who have now lost their last vestiges of hope by > >>order of the LAW to hold on to outdated measurements- they admit to wanting > >>to keep them for political motives as a vendetta against our commitment to > >>a > >>stable European Union and the glory of long-gone Imperialism! Everything > >>bought and sold in Britain is now weighed and measured in Metric- even > >>every > >>recipe in a paper or magazine is Metric... we do understand very well and > >>are not a nation of elderly, confused, stereotypical "fogies". > >>Thank you- please ask any further Imperialists to get a grip and learn > >>Metric- it only takes half an hour at most. By the way-many million other > >>European viewers watch discovery and have NO idea what Imperial terms are- > >>as does anyone in Britain under 40 years old... > >>Mrs Riane Martin > >> > >>_________________________________________________________________________ > >>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > >> > >>http://www.discoveryeurope.com > >>http://www.discovery-europe.co.uk
