Yeah, but this is the Original South (est. 1670)! A day or two ago, one of our local and well-liked columnists referred to this place as "Charleston, the place where the Civil War started and may someday end." ;-)
Much as I (and my neighbors) poke fun at our town and at ourselves, in some ways we're not doing so badly. Even the local columnist mentioned above slips up once in awhile and uses the length unit, "meter", without apologies or explanations. As an example of what one sometimes sees around here, our State Ports Authority posts a lot of its information in metric units. By golly, if metric units can be used here, they can be used anywhere! Jim Adrian & Sandra Jadic wrote: > > Hey! I moved south and I take offense! > > Here in Arkansas we are only 0.5 century behind! > Yall exagerate!:) > > A. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of James R. Frysinger > Sent: Tuesday, 01 January, 2002 16:50 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Cc: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:17095] RE: Euro Celebrations in North America > > Bill Potts wrote: > > > > Atlanta Standard Time? > > > > That a new one for me. > > > > Damn Southerners. <g> > > > > Bill Potts, CMS > > Roseville, CA > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > Bill, I suspect that you don't know about Southern Standard Time then. > It's the same as Eastern Standard Time except that it's always a day > late and a century behind. > > Jim > > -- > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
