If I recall correctly, it *was* that easy when the modern state of Israel
was founded in 1948. The issue of measurement was presented to the Knesset
as "Shall Israel use metric or Imperial units?" In a matter of minutes,
with no debate, the votes were unanimously in favor of metric and that was
that! Of course, they had more important matters to worry about at the
time, but it still shows how easy it *could* be here if Congress would lead
for a change. -- Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 6:55 AM
Subject: [USMA:34314] Re: Nibbled to Death by Ducks
Bah. A pint should be locked into 500mL.
Ok..next issue please. haha...it should be that
easy.
And one of the major complaints you'll get from the UK
is that doing so would reduce the pint in size, as an
imperial pint is larger than 500 mL. They don't want
smaller glasses of beer, even if prices were reduced
accordingly, which many in the UK would doubt.
