My number (90%) was not at all scientific. I note that the [Toronto] Globe & Mail, Maclean's Magazine, Leisure Ways (OML) etc. tend to hue to the SI line. I applaud them for that. (And I question them when they backslide.) Duncan
-----Original Message----- From: Ma Be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 1, 2002 15:09 Subject: [USMA:17091] Strong suggestion to our Canadian friends >On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:25:56 > Duncan Bath wrote: >>On the plus side, many Canadian publications are 90%, or more, committed to >>the use of SI units in their pages. >>Duncan >... >Unfortunately you wish, Duncan. I'll cite Readers' digest as an example. They use to publish metric units in prominence for recipes, but recently changed that (July 01) in a move I suspect has as a future motive to eliminate completely the SI units from that section. They also used to put metric units for people's personal data, too. Well... They're nowhere to be seen. > >Therefore, I'd like to use this vehicle to strongly urge ALL our Canadian fellows here to complain vehemently about this with them (I've already done so, but I didn't even get the dignity of an answer...). > >Then there is McLean, Cosmopolitan, Alberta report, etc... > >Marcus > > >Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably >Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. >Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com >
