Sad to say, but much of what Harry writes is the truth. Which brings up a question. How do we compell the Federal Government to start (re-start) metrication efforts?
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:17:42 -0700, Harry Wyeth wrote > For years I have been pessimistic about metrication in the US absent > a real federal leadership effort. No amount of messaging on this > site will change this. Unless the feds do something, it will be SOS- > -the same old story. Those of us who are so inclined can look at > our metric digital automotive displays all day long, and no one will > pay attention to us. > > Forgive me for being pessimistic, but from my point of view, not a > lot has changed for the better in the last ten years. It is so sad > that it would take just a small push from the feds, such as > requiring that all milk cartons sold in military PXs be in liter > size containers, and so forth. > > HARRY WYETH
