2002-04-14 Han,
I think you missed the point. The person is a supporter of ARM (the BWMA sponsored Armed Resistance to Metrication). These are the people who go around in the dark of night and convert metric signs to imperial. Someone noted that a sign directing the public to the toilets was still giving directions in metres and wanted the know why the BWMA and UKIP had not converted this sign back yet.! What I want to know is where are our supporters and why aren'tt hey undoing the ARM handiwork? Are we going to wait until the BWMA undoes all of the signs? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-04-14 11:50 Subject: [USMA:19440] London Marathon and Paris-Roubaix cycle race > I have been looking at the London Marathon to-day. It uses mile and metric > splits. The BWMA and/or the UKIP were not active to-day, it seems. I have > not > seen any defaced or destroyed km markers. It is sponsored by Flora. There > were signs: > > FLORA > Toilets 200 m. > > BWMA and UKIP, where are you? > > In Northern France is also the Paris-Roubaix cycle race of 261 km. Of course > this race is a metric-only event as all cycle races are, even if some > English speaking reporters who cover such races don't seem to understand > this, and pretend that they are ifp fests. American cycle-racers (Hincapie, > Armstrong) took part as well. > The hallmark of this race is riding over numerous stretches of very bad > cobblestone roads. These roads are now only used by agricultural traffic. > The cobblestones cause punctures and crashes. Sometimes serious injuries > result; a few years ago a Belgian racer crashed and was kneecapped on one of > the worst stretches; his recovery was slow, but he made his come back. He > *won* today 3 minutes before rthe competition. The race is called the Hell > of the North because of these dangers. > > Han > Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands > > > >
