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The one dollar bill. A waste of
taxpayer... well, dollars. If the treasury department had been firm in its
commitment to kill it by not printing them anymore, we'd all be using the
Sakkawea coins by now.
As for clothing sizes- it's 100 percent
unstandardized. I remember reading magazine reports about how they found
that clothes were shrinking, others about how they were labeling larger sizes
with smaller numbers, and so on...
Johnathan McClure
--Reminding you it's Metric
Month--
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 10:43
PM
Subject: [USMA:22415] Re: Metric clothing
labels in the US?
2002-10-01
So, what happens when a thin lady goes to a
store looking for a size 8 as that is size she believes she is and finds that
all of the size eight clothes are too big for her? Maybe the best thing
to do would be to change the mens sizes first to the ISO standard. I
don't think most men would have a problem with such a change.
And even if they did change the womens clothes
tot he ISO standard, what can the women do if they don't like it? Not
buy clothes and run around naked? They will still have to buy clothes,
new sizing system or not.
John
This is one of those issues that people, especially women, are
very passionate about. "Don't EVER EVER change ANYTHING about the way I
buy clothes. EVER." And the clothing manufacturers cater to them
by expanding their clothes (as their customer base expands) while keeping the
size numbers the same: "I am a size EIGHT. I have ALWAYS been a
size eight. Show me something in a size eight!!"
Same
reason metrication becomes personal when it comes time to buying loose meat
and produce.
My wife also has attitude about the $1 bill --
wants to keep it because it's familiar. However, she has completely
understood me converting all the thermostats in the house to
Celsius.
Carleton
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