From: Stephen Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: August 19, 2001 16:59
Subject: [USMA:14962] Re: ENGLAND
>Neil Herron of the Metric Martyrs has also won a small and hollow victory
>against Sunderland city council by bringing to light apparently illegal
road
>signs that read in metres and kilometres. The ones that read in kilometres
>signposted the way to a tiny village near Sunderland and their 'illegality'
>I feel is open to question as this is a 'restricted' road and therefore
some
>doubt as to whether they are covered by regulations for the Queens highway.
>
>As it is, the council were embarrassed into removing these signs and
>replacing them with the imperial equivalents. The signs that read 'Public
>Footpath - Old Burdon - 1 1/2 km' were replaced with 'Public Footpath - Old
>Burdon - 500 yards.
When was the last time the distance was actually measured?
1 1/2 km [or 1.5 km] does not translate into 500 yards.
That is unless there is, yet, another imperial measure coming to light.
Duncan
The signs in question had stood for more than a quarter
>of a century without (to my best knowledge) a single complaint from anyone.
>
>His hypocrisy is, of course, staggering!! He lambasts the council for
>breaking the law, then actively encourages other people to break the law.
>The story was only reported mainly in our local press and received very
>little national attention. It is apparent that they are having great
>difficulty keeping this cause in the public eye. The November appeal is no
>doubt a last ditch attempt to get this stupidity back into national
>prominence and garner public sympathy again. I call it stupidity as they
>risk losing thousands of pounds if their appeal fails, which it almost
>certainly will.
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 7:43 PM
>Subject: [USMA:14961] Re: ENGLAND
>
>
>> I wrote:
>> > A lawyer would make mincemeat of your argument. If I pay you, in my
>house,
>> > with counterfeit currency, I am breaking the law. If, within my house,
>you
>> > and I agree that I will sell you a pound of something for an agreed
>price
>> > and we follow through with the transaction (using legal
>> > currency), no law is broken.
>>
>> I should have added, "unless what I'm selling you is either a controlled
>> substance or something that is not mine to sell." <g>
>>
>> Bill Potts, CMS
>> Roseville, CA
>> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>>
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