Michael: I suspect your signature block, depicting the World Trade towers, is lost on most people on this list.
Out of curiosity, I copied it into a Notepad document. However, as I use a proportional font for email, it appears, in messages, as a random collection of vertical lines and backslashes. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Michael G. Koerner > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 11:27 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:20582] Re: Dutch company builds road in the USA > > > "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Subject: [USMA:20574] Dutch company builds road in the USA > > Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:39:29 +0200 > > From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > A Dutch company, HBG Constructors, American subsidiary of > Hollandsche Beton > > Groep (HBG) (beton means concrete) has achieved together with > the American > > company Lane an order to build a 17 km highway in North > Carolina. The road, > > with six lanes and 23 bridges crossing it is to be delivered at > the end of > > 2004. > > I am kindof curious, what highway project is this? North Carolina have > been very active in new highway (especially motorways) construction in > recent years. > > > HBG will carry out the design and the building of the project. If NC > > is ifp, then HBG will adapt to it, it is simple like that. > > Is North Carolina a 'metric' or a foot-pound state? I wonder > whether ever > > American contractors will get orders to build roads in the EU, > as they have > > succeeded so wonderfully in forcing the large majority of US states to > > revert. > > Unfortunately, North Carolina does its highway engineering, contracting > and construction entirely in Olde Englishe 'quotes and apostrophies'. > They never made any real attempt to use SI during the 1990s. The state > is in the heart of the highly conservative 'Deep South'. > > And yes, it is the USA's domestic contractors who lobbied (and continue > to lobby) the various state governments to 'revert' to and remain using > Olde Englishe measures. > > > If ever they want to expand to the EU, they will have to use the > > metric system of course, even in Britain! And as they are rabidly > > anti-metric they may miss out, shooting themselves in the foot > and adding to > > the American trade deficit. > > That Mr. Nayaert from Michigan, who was one of the main persons > responsible > > for the reversion of that state, will never get an order for > his company to > > come to the EU with his ifp equipment to build roads and other > objects. And > > training our workers in the use of that trash is a definite no-no. > > People like those contractors are often too short sighted to see beyond > the borders of their own state into other states, much less across the > Saint Mary's and Saint Claire Rivers (into Canada from Michigan) for > even more opportubities. > > None the less, the USA is in the midst of joining the rest of the world > in 'football' power and prowess, as the national team played well enough > to make it deep into the second round of the World Cup this year (almost > beating Germany, too) and fields all across the USA are being literally > overrun by young people playing the game. > > A sea change is DEFINITELY in the air. > > (I also hear that our money will be taking on additional colors starting > next year....) > > > Han > > Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands > > -- > ___________________________________________ ____ > _______________ > Regards, | |\ ____ > | | | | |\ > Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | > rise again! > Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | > ___________________________________________ | | | | | | > _______________ >
