I think it is urgent for metrication proponents to fight against this state by state effort to go backwards on metrication.
Metrication is absolutely inevitable SOMEDAY. This current effort to take a few steps backwards, away from metrication, could result in prolonging this miserable business of doing everything in two systems, converting back and forth, for additional 10 or 20 or 30 years. What people hate is the concerting back and forth. All the misery would be over if we were to go forward and get done with it. If ever there has been a reason for metrication proponents to renew our efforts at every level, it is this, the very real probability that in the short term there could be serious steps backwards.... Happy New Year! Andy Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.downtobusiness.org --- Carleton MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems quite likely that the contractors are > working at picking off states > one at a time. With the current Congress and > administration it is unlikely > that there will be any serious move back to metric > now or in the future. > > cm > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Bill Potts > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 13:07 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:28188] RE: Fw: Metrics > > You should probably (and tactfully) tell your nephew > that it's "metric," not > "metrics." > > I hope Howard can reassure us that NYDOT won't be > reverting, as Utah and > others did. Utah was possibly the greatest > disappointment, as they had sold > off their old FFU manuals, which made it seem as if > their metrication > process was complete and irrevocable. Alas, no. > > Even California still allows exceptions in some > circumstances. > > I liked (and still like) Jimmy Carter, but his > decision to have a "balanced" > group of people implementing metrication at the > federal level was probably > one of the dumbest things he ever did. Once a > decision's been made, it's not > a good idea to invite the decision's opponents to > participate in the > implementation. Of course, Reagan compounded > Carter's mistake by defunding > the whole thing. Not surprising, though, as he was > the one who thought trees > caused pollution. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Behalf Of Norman & Nancy Werling > >Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 09:13 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:28187] Fw: Metrics > > > > > >USMA & especially Howard Ressel, > > > >My nephew, who sells for a machinery dealer, > forwarded this to me. It > >appears that the New York state chapter of > Associated General Contractors > >may now want to explore reverting to "English". > > > >Norm Werling > > > >Norm Werling > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Tom Schwarz" > >To: "Norm Werling" > >Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 21:22 > >Subject: Fw: Metrics > > > > > >> Uncle Norm - I could onl;y think of you when I > saw this one. > >> This is an update sent to member firms by the NYS > chapter of the AGC, > >> Associated General Contractors. That is a big > trade group of the highway > >> contractors. NYS has been using metrics for the > specifications > >on highway > >> projects for a little while now. And to think > that NYS DOT is > >one of only > >> about six states using metrics for their highway > construction. All along > >I > >> thought it was a natioanl standard when I saw it > in NYS specifications. > >> It is amazing how struggle with such simple > things. > >> Tom Schwarz > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: AGC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:00 AM > >> To: Schwarz, Tom > >> Subject: Metrics > >> > >> > >> Nortrax Equipment Co., Northeast > >> > >> > >> In the last Executive Level Partnering meeting > with NYSDOT, held November > >> 6, 2003, AGC raised the question of metric > reversal, or a return to the > >> english system of measures. With only about six > states in the > >union using > >> the metric system, does it make sense for New > York to continue? In the > >> past, NYSDOT vehemently opposed to turning back. > Surprisingly, > >this time, > >> their reply was simply, "no decision has been > made". DOT representatives > >> appear to be willing to talk, and have agreed > that an AGC/DOT task force > >to > >> study this issue may be appropriate. > >> > >> How do you, as an AGC member, feel about metric? > Please give this some > >> thought. AGC would like to present a list of > reasons, pro and con, for > >> continuing with metric or for reverting to > english. Don't list the > >reason, > >> "metrics leads to a lot of errors in > calculations". This may be very > >true, > >> but DOT has already heard it thousands of times, > and doesn't need to hear > >> it again. > >> Please reply by e-mail to John Neidhart, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> Thank you. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus
