In a message dated 2001/12/29 16:38:06 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
...we should be able to change to metric. If we can't we are a doomed nation... I wouldn't say "doomed", but I would say FFU is one more impairment we don't need. We (and our Canadian neighbors) were once among the world's greatest dreamers, inventors and engineers: today, we've convinced ourselves we can progress as a mere community of bankers, data-entry specialists and lawyers, exhausting our resources at home while depending on everyone else to take the risks that we've become too timid (under the guise of tradition) to explore ourselves... ..wait a minute: I'm ranting. Anyhow, you're right, John, but we need to break this stupid notion we have that the yardic non-system is somehow "patriotic". Randi Lose ugly pounds and inches overnight! Metricate. |
