Dear Terry, I don't think you're going to get much joy out of these media organizations. There's obviously some Congressman in Washington that's telling them to "keep it American" (to the detriment of the future of all Americans).
I've been writing since 1984 to the National Geographic Magazine to catch up with the rest of the world to use metric notations instead of US ones only, but they prefer to keep their heads in the sand and pretend that no-one in the English-speaking world wants to read metric measures so why change? I get the same reply each time "...after long and careful consideration we have decided....etc, etc". I got fed up waiting for something that's never going to happen so I now subscribe to the Australian Geographic Magazine which I find to be a far superior production (it's 100% metric) and I will stay with them. Best wishes Mike Joy Perth, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:43 PM Subject: [USMA:22065] temperature in Celsius | Response from Washington post re Celsius. | | -- | Terry Simpson | Human Factors Consultant | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.connected-systems.com | Phone: +44 7850 511794 | | | > -----Original Message----- | > From: webnews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | > Sent: 3 September 2002 20:04 | > To: Terry Simpson | > Subject: Re: temperature in Celsius | > | >Dear Terry Simpson: | > | >Thank you for your letter. I have forwarded your letter on to our | >weather editors for review. | > | >Thank you for taking your time to write to us about the weather | >coverage. | > | > Sincerely, | > | > Sarah Abruzzese | > Customer Care | > washingtonpost.com | > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | > Personalize your Post! Get all of the award-winning washingtonpost.com | > news and information you care about - and nothing you don't - in one | > easy-to-use Web page at: http://www.mywashingtonpost.com | > ____________________________________________________________________ | > | > | > | >Terry Simpson wrote: | > | >>I read your website a lot. I addition to the news, I like to check | >>temperatures but you only show Fahrenheit. | >> | >>Please would you show dual temperatures i.e. Celsius/Fahrenheit. | >> | >>Many thanks. | > | |
