BTW, showed up on my database as a recent Letterman Top 10. Must do
something about this perception (#9) ...
Nat
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Signs You're Not One of the 25 Most Influential People in America
10. You're 50 and you still share a bunk bed with your brother.
9. You're the president of "Americans for the Metric System."
8. You actually give birth to a space alien, and the National Enquirer
doesn't report it.
7. You: "Happy Mother's Day." Your mom: "Do I know you?"
6. You're the host of the show, but everyone calls you "Paul Shaffer's dorky
sidekick."
5. The Nielsen company informs you that nobody gives a darn what you watch.
4. You can't even get the guy at McDonald's to supersize your meal.
3. You're listed in "Who's Not Who."
2. Your best pickup line: "I drive a Ford Fiesta!"
1. You weigh 500 pounds but Richard Simmons won't hug you.
>I sense some confusion and lack of knowledge about the meaning of
>"lobby" in this context. That confusion and lack of knowledge may exist
>between only my ears, though.
>
>
>However.... I am certain that the officers (and of course the members)
>of the USMA are allowed to go to Washington, DC (or wherever they need
>to) and to tell members of Congress how we feel about metrication of the
>U.S. and what we would like to see them do. I am also certain that the
>USMA officers not only are allowed to do this, they have done this many
>times. Additionally, they have worked at helping out behind the scenes
>in the preparation of various pro-metric bills or in planning the defeat
>of other bills that would halt or reverse metrication efforts. I guess
>that's not lobbying though. I'll just call it politicking.
What about simply communicating?
Duncan
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>Jim
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>kilopascal wrote:
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