----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2001-04-05 14:26 Subject: [ukma] Take away the imperial "Crutch" > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 21:47:45 +0100, "Phil Durden" wrote: > > I expect some of you will remember the children's TV programme "Heidi" > (in fact they're doing a remake soon). There was a girl in it who > always moved about in a wheelchair, until the boy (her brother? - I > can't remember the precise relationships) pushed her chair off a > cliff. Now she had no chair, she had no option but to learn to walk, > which she did manage to do, so it was a blessing in disguise. > > What's this got to do with Metric, I hear you ask? > > Well, a genuine disability is of course far more serious than an > unwillingness to learn metric, and as someone who has a disabled > brother I would always take the subject seriously. But this scene from > "Heidi" does illustrate, as I've mentioned before, how it is perfectly > possible for someone to learn to get on without something if it is > taken away from them. > > This message needs to be drummed into newspaper > publishers/manufacturers of measuring equipment, or indeed any person > or organisation which is responsible for writing dual measurements on > anything. "Take away the Imperial equivalent, and people will learn to > manage without it" > > No-one, not even older people, ever asks "What's my car's engine-size > in cubic inches?" (unless they're American, and talking about classic > Yank tanks) > > Imperial inhibits, so remove it quickly. > > Regards, > > Phil D
