The funny thing about the Journal is they're supposed to be pro-business, and pro-business is pro-metric. But despite all their bullishness about globalization, they're still very protectionist when it comes to measurement.
Nat -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harry Wyeth Sent: Monday, 2004 March 01 14:15 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:29041] Japanese Snowball Fighting The Wall Street Journal did it again, writing an article on Feb. 26 about Japanese snowball fighting wherein the players hurl snowballs of diameters described as 2.56 to 2.76 inches at opposing teams. Of course, this is 6.5 to 7.0 cm, but the Journal tried to make it seem like some sort of oddball size. My missive to the WSJ ([EMAIL PROTECTED], in case anyone is interested) is attached (I do not guarantee that it can be successfully opened). HARRY WYETH
