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Message date : 06-07-2004 01:46
From : "David King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To : "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject : [USMA:30294] Re: The Campaign against Metric Signage
So who wrote this garbage?
MightyChimp wrote:The Campaign against Metric Signage
<snip>* ...of a metre, or four inches. Imperial signs (eg 14'6") are accurate to within one inch.
- ** Dual yard/metre and mile/kilometre signs should only be allowed in Britain on the condition that similar signs are adopted across the Continent.
* What nonsense. An Imperial bridge may indeed be designed to be 14'6'' wide, but if a metric bridge is designed to be 4.4 m wide, this argument is idiotic. I presume that all new bridges on or over British roads are now built to metric standards.
** No way. Unacceptable. If it should come to this I prefer British withdrawal from the EU. I might be sorely tempted to spray the Imperial units on such signs and then have to face charges for criminal damage.
Han
