Kilopascal asked in USMA 17210:

>I find it odd that my US passport doesn't have height/mass data at all.  I
>always thought the reason might be that the US wants to use FFU, but FFU may
>cause confusion world-wide and problems for Americans, so they don't use
>FFU.  But, if they used metric, it would be awkward for Americans who would
>see their personal data in numbers they don't understand, and would make
>them look stupid and inferior in front of foreigners.  so, they don't
>provide the info.
>
>Does anyone know why US passports don't show height/mass info for sure?


Canadian passports don't show mass or height.  The bottom edge of the data
page has 2 lines of what I take to be meant as machine-readable.  They give
date of birth in YYMMDD form, sex, passport number. nationality and some
numbers that I can't decipher.

Joseph B.Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto  M5P 1C8             TEL. 416-486-6071

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