While I respect your political beliefs Jim, after reading your messages for the past year or two, and after considering others views as well, I have come to the conclusion that metrication in the USA WILL NOT happen with US legislation, or without a well publicized government example.
Otherwise, this whole thing is just academic. Soft drinks here, cars there. But we keep influencing the rest of the world to support dual units as well. And that's just wrong. Had Congress actually passed an Act with teeth in 1975, and had the generation there taken metrication seriously, I wouldn't have to deal with this stuff today. (I was born in 1974) Anyway....I just felt like commenting. If the government said...we're metric starting tomorrow...and everyone has to be metric starting Jan 1 2004, I'd be a happy camper. B At 16:27 2002-01-29 -0700, Jim Elwell wrote: >At 03:02 PM 1/29/2002 -0800, Ma Be wrote: >> >I'm glad to hear this. Some on the list think we are making no progress at >> >all, and that mystifies me. >> >... >>The difficulty, Jim, is how to explain the backpedaling that continues to >>take place in 'metric' countries, like Canada, due exactly to the >>influence of your powerhouse! We used to enjoy near unanimity here with >>regards to mL, for instance, the oz was practically defunct here, and now >>it's back with furious force, so much so, that one cannot see ONE >>instance of mL in site outside of the *regulated* market, like in grocery >>stores. > >Some backpedaling is to be expected, unfortunate as it may be. I guess we >will just have to wait and see who is right a few years down the road. > >I think in some ways we are the blind men feeling the parts of the elephant. > >Jim Elwell
