Told you, I can't get away. Thought I'd enjoy some SI talk on my vacation, but mainly I've resubscribed from my AOL address because I saw something on TV last night. Here we go with sex again; well, darn it, sex can be an inspiration for US metrication, and remember that inspiration is my first step in the process. I am not at all averse to the use of sex to sell metrication. After all, our opponents have used jingoism, stubbornness, and ignorance against us. This has to do with a potentially metric dildo. Last night, on "Sex And The City", something I never watched before, but which my father (!) thinks is clever (and I guess I think it is), one of the women in the story visits Los Angeles and meets the purveyor of a line of dildoes. As it turns out, he's from Canada, and when he mentions this while displaying his product, and saying "We're "big up there", the lady responds by saying, "Love that metric system!". Granted, no units were quoted in this TV vignette (no inches, no centimeters), but the pitch had been made. Titillating, appealing to basic instinct, yes. But, ladies and gentlemen, it WAS a form of positive reinforcement for SI, and it did bring home the point of the geographic nearness of SI to the United States (in Canada). So, to quote an old Tareyton (?) cigarette commercial, it's not how long you make it, it's how you make it long (GRIN). Also, the flight attendant on my flight from Midland to Houston on Thursday mentioned that the drop from the rescue slides to the ground in an emergency evacuation from the aircraft would be 1.6 m. He did mention the WOMBAT first, but at least used the SI, too. Paul Trusten 3609 Caldera Blvd., Apt. 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
