2002-10-12 07:14 John We have been using cm for nearly 30 years now. Pat will have an exact date when inches was dropped.
Regards Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [USMA:22611] Voluntary metrication | 2002-10-10 | | Mike, | | What clothes sizing system is used in Australia? Do you use a metric based | system or is it still inch based? Do you see Australia adopting this new | standard? | | John | | | | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Thursday, 2002-10-10 19:52 | Subject: [USMA:22611] Voluntary metrication | | | > On 2002-10-07, Markus wrote: | > | > > that an employee of Marks & Spencer (Jerry Dunleavy) was one of the | > driving forces behind getting many large European clothes retailer | > chains to work together on the new measurement-based metric labeling | > standard. | > ********* | > | > Now, wouldn't it be great if there was a US equivalent of Jerry Dunleavy? | > This is what we need, and thereby avoiding the need to have a major | > disaster to force change. | > | > I know that the NIST and USMA guys are doing a tremendous job, but they | are | > swimming in treacle. | > | > If anyone knows of a US equivalent of JD then let's have his name and | > address, so we can all give him a tremendous BOOST! | > | > This would counteract our enemy no.1 (Rupert Murdoch) who is doing so much | > to prevent his papers and media in the US from using SI units. | > | > Best regards | > | > Mike Joy | > Perth, Australia | > | > | > | |
