2003-03-27 The BBC and Blair would be speaking kilometres if British roads were in kilometres. This is a good reason for Britain to abolish the law that forbids metric road signs. This is what is keeping the miles going.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2003-03-27 17:52 Subject: [USMA:25350] Re: President Bush's speech to the military > Dear Howard and All, > > Prime Minister Tony Blair did the same thing in an interview that I heard > yesterday. He kept speaking about troops being 'sixty miles from Baghdad'. I > have no doubt that his military advisors informed him that they were 100 > kilometres from Baghdad and that his media advisors dumbed this down to 60 > miles. > > By the way, it's no wonder that the BBC uses so many colonial measures when > the Prime Minister of the UK is yet to convert to metric. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Geelong, Australia > > on 2003-03-28 00.07, Howard Ressel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Interesting listening to President Bush speaking to the military in > > Florida. I wonder if anyone in the audience understood him. He spoke of > > "miles" to Bagdad when everyone, I'm sure, in that audience will and > > have used "Kilometers" to Bagdad. I thought one rule of public speaking > > was to "know your audience and speak their language". > > > > Howard Ressel, Metric Manager > > NYSDOT Region 4 > > > > > > Howard Ressel > > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > > (585) 272-3372 > > >
