No, they weren't complaining - they just treated it as part of life. Most thought it strange that this last bit of metrication hadn't been done. The feeling was that the country should just get it over with.
Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 00:05 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:33451] Re: BBC-- a basket case? Were your friends complaining about the status quo? What direction do they think the UK should take on the issue, if any? Can you give us more details of your experience? Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carleton MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 2005-07-05 19:05 Subject: [USMA:33450] Re: BBC-- a basket case? >I was in the UK the past couple of weeks. Most interesting was the use of > "m" on motorway signs to mean "miles", as in, "A32 exit 1/2 m" ... a sign > only 500 mm from the exit would not be very useful. > > UKMA is right, it's quite a jumble still. Friends over there said the > problem was not doing it all at once like the Australians did. > > Carleton > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Stephen Humphreys > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 03:53 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:33445] Re: BBC-- a basket case? > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4646969.stm > > This one is interesting for the use of "m" to mean "millions": > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4649423.stm > >>From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >>Subject: [USMA:33437] Re: BBC-- a basket case? >>Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 16:01:07 +0100 >> >>Today following the actual impact they report it in metric only: >> >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4647673.stm >> >>Phil Hall >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Ezra Steinberg >> To: U.S. Metric Association >> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 5:46 AM >> Subject: [USMA:33435] BBC-- a basket case? >> >> >> So, here we are, on the web site of the official British news >>organization discussing a science event (the crashing of the space probe >>into a comet for the first time), and every single appearance of SI is >>immediately followed by Imperial (in parentheses): >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4642845.stm >> >> Sadly, this isn't any better than NASA's site (at least based on the >>couple of pages I quickly sampled on this topic), which also leads with SI >>and follows with US Customary in parentheses. >> >> Ah, well. As an eternal optimist, I continue to hold out hope that one >>day Britain will once again lead the way! >> >> Ezra > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/41 - Release Date: 2005-07-05 > >
