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That's my man!
Duncan
-----Original Message-----
From:
Jim Elwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: U.S.
Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:
January 31, 2002 10:50
Subject: [USMA:17794] Letter to local
paper
Today I sent the letter below to the Salt Lake
Tribune, one of the two major Utah newspapers. (www.sltrib.com)
Jim
Elwell
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:32:51
-0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Jim Elwell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Weather Info for
Olympics
Editor:
In just a few days we will have tens of
thousands of people from other countries visiting Salt Lake
City.
Since the US is the only country left in world that uses
non-metric units, very few of those tens of thousands will have any idea
what "-5 degrees Fahrenheit" is, or what "inches of snow" means, or whether
"10 mph wind speed" is fast or slow. So very few would understand the "Chill
Out?" article on the front page of today's Tribune (31 January
2001).
Please consider putting metric equivalents into your weather
information, as a courtesy to these thousands of visitors. It will be a
tremendous help to them, and it will help our citizens become more familiar
with the measurement language the rest of the world uses, and which the US
will eventually use.
Thank you.
Jim Elwell
President
QSI
Corporation
Salt Lake City,
Utah
801-466-8770
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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