I certainly agree with Nat. The Freedom Tower in New York City will be described by its height in feet (1776) for generations to come.
However, I would not be opposed to a 1 km structure to be built somewhere in the U.S. in the future, and even call it the Kilometer Tower. Quoting Nat Hager III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I would leave the World Trade Center alone, there's too much emotion in that > one. > > In a metricated US 50 years from now, the new tower would be listed as 541.5 > m high, which translates to 1776 "feet", where "foot" was a popular unit of > measure in the US back around 2007. > > Nat > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Brij Bhushan Vij > Sent: Thursday, 31 May 2007 13:14 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:38796] World Metric Tower RE: Special USMA license plates? > > Hi Scott, USMA list: > >Yes, I think it'd be a wonderful idea. > How about reconstruction of World Trade Tower in Manhattan be named, while > it is still under planning, as WORLD METRIC TOWER to boost US adopting SI - > Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites - in thought, action and spirit.? This > will automatically make every American child, adults (male & female) learn > 'metric norms' naturally. > During 2005-2006, there had been discussion on height of World Trade Tower > be kept to 1776 feet - a closer approximation would be 541.5m. Say, World > Metric Tower can have its height at 542m or whatever THINK TANKS decide. > Regards, > Brij Bhushan Vij > (MJD 2454250)/630+D-151 G (Thursday, 2007 May 30 H22:71(decimal) IST Aa Nau > Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; > May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of > Year is World Day) HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ ******As per Kali > V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth > karne mein hai" > Contact # 011-9818775933 (M) > 001(201)675-8548(when in US) > > > >From: Scott Hudnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >Subject: [USMA:38794] Special USMA license plates? > >Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 18:31:52 -0700 > > > >Following is a post I created at http://gometric.us/jforum/posts/list/ > >0/50.page#440 > > > >Please feel free to respond to it in either forum. > > > >snip------------------------------------------------------------------- > >- > >---- > > > >I know that my state of Washington (and many others) allow a non- > >profit to apply for special license plates with a portion of the > >proceeds going to benefit the organization. Here is the link for > >Washington licensing bureau that outlines how to do this. http:// > >www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/spcreatenew.html > > > > Since you have to be a 501(c)(3) organization to apply, I was > >thinking the USMA might be a good candidate. Is there sufficient > >interest at the USMA to pursue this for all states that allow special > license plates? > > > >snip------------------------------------------------------------------- > >- > >---- > > > >Scott > > _________________________________________________________________ > PC Magazine's 2007 editors' choice for best Web mail-award-winning Windows > Live Hotmail. > http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migratio > n_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 > > > -- 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
