Will do! I'll do it after I get up later and can compose something (I'm about to crash for now). -- Jason
----- Original Message ----- From: James R. Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [USMA:17313] Steve Thoburn is in National Geographic! > Jason, > > Please scroll down your list and see my USMA:17056 posted on 2001-12-31. > Then go to the NGS forum and post a comment yourself, as I did. Send a > copy to their email address as well, if you would. And of course, > provide us with a copy. > > Jim > > James Wentworth wrote: > > > > Can you believe it, folks? Our old friend Steve "I sell bananas by the > > pound, damn it!" Thoburn has made the January 2002 issue of National > > Geographic. > > > > In the article titled "Europe: Instant Superpower," Thoburn was mentioned as > > the poster boy of Britain's eurosceptic movement. He was quoted as saying: > > "I couldn't give a toss about politics. I've never cast a vote." > > > > That, in my mind, destroys any sympathy I might have had for him as a > > struggling businessman. If you don't vote, you have no right to bitch about > > what your government does since you didn't bother to make your voice heard. > > The rest of the article was, predictably for National Geographic, > > non-metric, with mentions about France's "186 mph" train and driving "110 > > mph" on the autobahn. Uh-huh. -- Jason > > -- > 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
