If the numbers are 'stick on' ones maybe they ran out of '3' s ...
... or were just hedging their bets!
Still, that's the beauty of maintaining two (or more) systems. You need
extra symbols (in this case 4 instead of 2 per sign) and the inevitable
mistakes.
How much easier life would be for these poor folk if all they had to deal
with was a single rational system of measurement that everyone understands
whether they were catering for local or visiting clients.
sigh
Phil Hall
Paul:
Here may be a picture for MT. Three are attached:
1 --The Sheraton resort at Orlando
2 & 3 --Their metric-first signs that agree on 1 m but not on the
conversion.
You might want to select just the proper picture and say that Stan Jakuba
was pleased to comment to the resort management on the proper usage of
metric and their willingness to accommodate the many foreign guests they
must undoubtedly be serving.
Stan Jakuba
