2002-10-12 Would it be possible for you to scan some typical Australian clothing labels and post them to the list as jpg files, so we can see how they appear?
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2002-10-11 19:34 Subject: [USMA:22639] Fw: Re: Voluntary metrication > 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 > | | > > | | > > | | > > | | > | | > | > | >
