"and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection". to paraphrase from the law.
If they had changed the units from metric, then they were deeming my use of metric invalid and basically objecting to my use of metric which is stated in the law (above), which is what I pointed out. Not surprisingly most people are totally amazed that there is such a law. It's almost saying that it's discrimination to object to someone using the metric system. Mike Payne > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 26/10/02 20:45:44 > Subject: [USMA:22954] RE: US Code, Title 15 > > Michael Payne wrote: > >Decided today to test this law. I had to obtain a new airport ID > >badge, the form I filled in listed Height ..... ins > >Weight ...., I crossed out the inches, put in 173 and > >put 63 under weight > > Good for you! Congratulations on causing a little stir. > > > > >they wanted a copy of the law so they could look into the > >issue. I'll let you know what happens Monday. > > I am surprised that they did anything other than simply recalculate. > That would have been their easiest route. > > > -- > Terry Simpson > Human Factors Consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.connected-systems.com > Phone: +44 7850 511794 --- Michael Payne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
