That may be all well and true but I don't think the list needs daily updates on the value of the Euro.
>>> "James Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/16/02 09:26AM >>> From: Howard Ressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <I know we go off on tangents once in a while but I fail to understand why the constant updates on the Euro. What does this economic news have to do with SI? I don't have time to read and sort though all these postings and it just wastes more deleting those not having to do with metric. If I wanted info on the Euro I would subscribe to an appropriate list.> The rising value of the Euro symbolizes Europe's ability to resist and turn back the cultural pressures from the US. Up until now, Europe has tended to cave in to American pressures (including those involving units of measurement in trade). The rising Euro is making Europeans realize that the US isn't the only "375 kilogram gorilla" on the block--they too now have economic might that they can wield. The Euro's connection to SI is rather indirect, but the positive psychological effects on the EU of its rise will, hopefully, help fuel a new EU boldness and an EU resolve to resist American pressures. -- Jason
