Oops! Sorry - missed off Greece
(Sorry Greece!)
From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:33554] Re: metric Germany, yes---but euro coins, darn it!
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:21:14 +0000
What off the wall tabloid did you read this in? I doubt you visited every
country and asked all of the people?
A few points on this:
1) It's common knowledge - the Germans have even given it a nick-name - the
"teuro" (look it up)
2) It wasn't in a tabloid - its generally discussed on finance programmes,
in debates and organisations such as the BBC. I don't read newspapers that
often.
3) I have visited:
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales (place of birth)
England (where I live)
Denmark
The Netherlands
Jersey
France
Spain
Luxembourg
Portugal
Andorra
The Principality of Monaco
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Hungary
Belgium
All of which are in Europe - some of which are in the EU.
Try a new tactic - honesty - and tell me all the european countries you
have been to?
I don't mean to be smug but you seem to be able to preach an awful lot
about my own country and the other countries around which I live.
I wonder, between the two of us, where we have gleaned our knowledge -
experiancing the country and its people for real? Or a carefully crafted
collection of words submitted to a website called www.google.com
The subject is relative in that you keep trying to find obscure reasons
why old fashion practices still persist and/or why they are desired in
some small circles. The majority do move on with changes and new ways
despite your sides exaggerations to the contrary.
I'm still interested to know which "side" I am on.
I do hope its not one based upon fantasy and biggoted fanatisism.
If you know what I mean.
