The post cards the England Supporters Club sells look incredibly cheap. 0.15
p each! Once again the improper use of naked decimal points!
Who knows, soon even the BWMA may start using metric units on its site! They
do use A paper sizes. Maybe it was them who claimed that under the metric
system A4 paper will be banned!

Han

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 2002-09-23 13:25
Subject: [USMA:22305] A little more progress


> Hi all,
>
> Our anti-metric friends at This England magazine are starting to advertise
in metric units at last - this would be totally unthinkable a few years ago.
>
> Three ads are attached from the Summer 2002 edition - 1) See the line >
'Flags',  2) and 3) See the line 'Actual size' .
>
> While they are only ads (the editor knows which side his bread is buttered
on) it's just a matter of time before even these staunch activists start
mentioning metric units in their stories as a matter of course.

Progress marches on - slowly.

Regards,
Mike

Perth,
Australia



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