2002-10-04 I'm going to disagree with you on this one. The size, colour, shape, name or whatever feature a coin may have has absolutely nothing to do with its acceptability. The Susan B. Anthony dollar would be accepted today and nobody would complain about it looking like a quarter. Over time, we all adapt to what is new and find ways to distinguish the differences, no matter how fine or minute.
Both dollars failed by plan. The plan that introduced them did not allow for the phasing out of the paper dollar bill. If the paper dollar had been phased out in 1979 when the SBA dollar was introduced, people a long time ago would quickly adapted to it. But, the paper bills were not withdrawn and people refused to adapt. Sound familiar? It is the same problem with SI adoption. No one is going to use SI if the old system is allowed to persist. Take FFU away and completely replace it with SI and in no time people will be using it as if they were born knowing it. Our leaders in their infinite stupidity can't seem to get it through their thick skulls that voluntary does not work. All it does is create a long period of confusion and frustration. Think of the costs and mistakes that occur daily in industry as companies have to deal with two systems of measurement. And they do, but they don't care because they feel this is normal and they pass those costs on down to the end user. And as long as all are willing to pay the price the status quo remains. Can you imagine the chaos if the EU did things the American way? Their national currencies would still be legal along with the Euro. And guess which currencies would be used more often? The national ones, because they are/were familiar and the Euro is new. The Europeans are smarter then the Americans when it comes to implementing long term plans and eliminating or reducing potential problems. It is just a matter of time before our poor planning methods catch up with us and we are left behind in the dust. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "John David Galt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-10-02 17:04 Subject: [USMA:22425] Re: $1 coins (was Metric clothing labels) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> 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. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The treasury department was ORDERED by Congress to keep printing dollar bills > > -- that was specifically included in the dollar coin legislation! One more > > case of Congress wimping out to the whiners. > > It's not whining to point out that the new $1 coins are too unfriendly to use. > Despite the smooth edges, they still feel exactly like a quarter in one's > pocket. > > I'll start using $1 coins when they make them the size of the Eisenhower $1 > coin again. > >
