I was referring to clothes sizes in my posting below. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 7:14 AM Subject: [USMA:22637] Re: Voluntary metrication
| 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 | | > | | > | | > | | | | | |
