From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: October 19, 2001 20:36 Subject: [USMA:15722] Milk churn
>Dear All, > >This morning an item in 'The Age' , a Melbourne daily, read as follows: > >'BELFAST. Police arrested six people yesterday after discovering a >60-kilogram bomb in a Catholic village near Omagh, scene of the deadliest >attack in Northern Ireland's conflict. Police raided the home in >Sixmilecross, eight kilometres west of Omagh, on Wednesday night and >discovered the bomb hidden in a metal milk churn.' > >I thought you might like to check the journalist's conversion from miles to >kilometres, and to mull on the matter of the resistance of names like >'Sixmilecross' from any change to SI. Let's not fall into the trap of objecting to NAMES such as 'Sixmilecross', or 10-gallon hats, or inch-worms etc. The issue is measurements, not names or expressions. Duncan > >Cheers, > >Pat Naughtin >CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist > - United States Metric Association >ASM - Accredited Speaking Member > - National Speakers Association of Australia >Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers >-- >
