Excellent example, Stan. Australia's primary method of metric education for consumers was simple: familiarize the public with metric products by making metric products. The Australian consuming public adapted. So will we. In many instances, we already have done so.
Paul T. Quoting STANLEY DOORE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Here's another example of the US going metric. > > I just bought some rolls of commercial paper hand towels at Costco. Guess > what? > > I measured the width as 20 cm which is just a little less that 8 > inches. > I measured the diameter as 17 cm which is a little less than 6 3/4 inches. > > Dimensions printed on the box are: > width 7.87 inches and 19.98 cm > Length 450 feet and 137.15 m > > Regards, Stan Doore > -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Phone (432)528-7724 www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.grandecom.net/~trusten
