Tom, Thanks for the update. This is, indeed, good news. (I also didn't realize the Irish were so progressive when it comes to smoking regulations, too, Bravo!)
While speed limits signs are FAR more important, I'm curious about what the department will do about those pesky remaining distance signs in miles (since I'm assuming these signs do NOT have explicit unit indications and can therefore confuse folks who assume that they refer to kilometers rather than miles). Any way to find out? Does the department even know for sure how many there are and where they are? Finally, I'm copying a reply I got this morning from Mike Joy about what he has observed regarding metric and Imperial usage among the youth in Australia (where he used to live) and New Zealand (his new home). Cheers, Ezra -------------------------- Yes, in both Australia and New Zealand children use both imperial and metric measures with the important difference being that they don't know how to use the imperial system, nor do they want to learn it. They are basically metric school kids but use imperial terms colloquially such as what they hear in speech from older people or from American movies. So a 6 foot man, or a 10 gallon hat, or a 10 acre farm are just figures of speech. For an accurate measure they have to use metric because imperial rulers, etc. are not generally available. So it's two different types of talking that are used, and kids like to show off by being "American", so the sooner America goes metric the better off our kids will be.
