2003-03-15 We have to be careful with this. Freedom units become FU for its symbol and you all know what FU stands for.
Second, it only feeds the Joe Six-pack "nuke them towelhead bastards" back to the stone age nasty attitude. I would rather see the effects of euroisation force metrication then wasting my time trying to convince an arrogant and ignorant population they are better off with SI. One gets better results talking to the wall. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2003-03-14 23:14 Subject: [USMA:25149] Re: FPLA timeline? (Freedom Units) > Perhaps we can "ride" the current wave of American anti-French sentiment by > referring to metric units as Freedom Units and the system as the Freedom > System? :-) -- Jason > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian J White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:27 PM > Subject: [USMA:25148] Re: FPLA timeline? > > > > Thanks John...that certainly answered my question. > > > > Uhhh... > > > > At 18:07 2003-03-14 -0500, kilopascal wrote: > > >2003-03-14 > > > > > >Congress is too involved with Iraq to care about anything else. And with > > >the increasing anti-French, anti-European attitude permeating every > aspect > > >of American lives, I doubt you will ever see it any time soon. > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Friday, 2003-03-14 11:03 > > >Subject: [USMA:25138] FPLA timeline? > > > > > > > > > > All the discussion on amending the FPLA and one thing I haven't seen > yet > > >is > > > > a timeline for when the amendment will come before Congress. > > > > Anyone know? If at all at this point? > > > > > > >
