The BWMA, like UKMA is a very small outfit. I doubt that most people know
either.
Rooms are measure, not in sq ft, but in feet/in length and width. Some
places quote metres too.
From: "john mercer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:34302] visitors from the UK Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:22:26
-0700
Hello everyone. This afternoon i had a chance to have a little talk with 2
visitors from the UK. I asked them about metric. They had never heard of
the BWMA. They were probably in their mid fifty's. They said that most
people over 40 had some trouble with metric. They had rented a motor home
here in Canada. I asked them if they had any trouble with the km
speedometer and they said no. I asked about tesco's they said that prices
are given in both with the metric first. They still weigh people in stones
but they said they are slowly changeing to kg. I asked if you go to the
doctor and get weighed is it still in stones they said yes. I found it kind
of interesting that they had never heard of the BWMA if you listen to the
BWMA they make it sound like every Britt is on their side. These people i
talked to didn't seem angry at all about metric. I asked them if when
houses are listed for sale are they measured by sq ft. They said no just by
the number of rooms so they don't use sq m either. I would have liked to
talk to them longer but we were on the bus and we both arrived at our stop
at the same time. Just thought i would pass on this info. John Mercer.
