Joe, Canada is in a vastly different position than Australia. It's almost another state of the US as far as trade, media, geography is concerned, which has made it impossible to metricate fully.
Australia, on the other hand, has no other countries on it's borders, and no ifp country of any importance this side of the world. I don't recall any real organized opposition to metrication - just a bit of noise which has long ago died down. Without this interference, it's easier to keep things metric. Except for today's US media, of course, and that's why I joined USMA. Regards Mike Perth, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 11:46 PM Subject: [USMA:21664] Re: Fast Track | Mike Joy in USMA 21657 reported that: | | >The point is, Nat, that there must be a heck of a lot of voters in the US that | >either support the SI system or at least it won't affect their votes if SI was | >brought in. | > | >Same as here - if everyone was dead against it, it would never have been | >brought | >in. | > | >Mike | >Perth, Australia | | | | In Canada there was no organized opposition to metrication until 10 years | after the start of the metric conversion program. It occured when the | conversion of retail food scales started. People were afraid that they | would have to ask for loose food in kilograms while they neither knew nor | cared what a kilogram is. | | Joseph B.Reid | 17 Glebe Road West | Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 | |
