Hi All: Why blame the US Metrication Board, perhaps ourselves for *infighting* on diversity! Brij B.Vij
>From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:21769] Dull Events of the Month >Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 23:27:59 -0400 > >2002-08-16 > > > >From the site below come the following: > > > >Metric Conversion Act Anniversary > > On December 23, 1975, one of the most useless acts of Congress was >passed. This was Public Law 94-168, the Metric Conversion Act of 1975. It >declared that the metric system of units will be America's basic system of >measurement and established the U.S. Metric Board. The board is responsible >for the planning, coordination and implementation of voluntary conversion >to the metric system. > > We have been trying for a long time now to get a member of the U.S. >Metrics Board to be on the National Council of Dull Men. > > > >http://www.dullmen.com/Calendar/december.htm _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
