Aaah, Jim... the eternal optimist... :-) But don't forget our bet, eh? 10 years from now, we'll talk again!... (So, I'd encourage you to start "taking notes"... ;-) ).
Marcus On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:06:30 Jim Elwell wrote: >At 07:20 PM 1/24/2002 -0500, Joseph B. Reid wrote: >>Can Jim [Elwell] name a country that has gone metric after a referendum or >>other >>form of consultation of all the people? > >No I cannot, but I'm not sure of the point of this. > >My contention has been unchanged for quite a while: the USA *is* >metricating already. It is going slowly, but it is most definitely happening. > >Given that the USA is the only country of note that is still not metric, I >do not see how we can possibly NOT go metric, regardless of polls or >referendums or politicians or good-'ol-boys who hate anything "un-American." > >Someone else on this list has pointed out that much of the underlying >(i.e., non-consumer) industry in the USA is already metric. As a >manufacturer of industrial products, what I see every day agrees with that. >So we are to the point that we have to let it sink into the public >consciousness. It's going to take awhile, but it is going to happen. > >Jim Elwell > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
