At 03:47 PM 1/29/2002 -0800, Brian J White wrote: >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.
I can easily understand how you come to this conclusion, and fully respect your right to this view. And, fwiw, if the government mandated metric starting on 1 Jan 2004, half of me would be a very happy camper! Jim Elwell
