But Jim, we know that you are single-handedly changing Charleston to metric! A drop at a time.
I was the so-called southerner who made the mistake of using Atlanta instead of Atlantic. Being originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana it comes naturally. Hoosiers are the most lawless in the U.S. with regard to time and time zones. Indiana counties near Cincinnati and Louisville use summer EDT in spite of Indiana's legislature having exempted the Eastern Time Zone portion (about 90% of the state) of Indiana from the use of daylight saving time. Thus the use of summer EDT in Indiana is technically illegal. The northwestern and the southwestern corners of Indiana are in the Central Time Zone and legally use CDT in the summer. Norm P.S. I offer a profound apology to all who deplore all of this as non-SI and out of place on this forum. But it somehow ties in with all of the emails regarding the Euro and French overseas departments. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 2002January02 16:36 Subject: [USMA:17139] RE: Euro Celebrations in North America > 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 >
