In fact, the USA fell victim to this 'communist plot' as early as 1893 with
the Mendenhall Order. Then all English speaking nations fell for it in 1959
when they agreed to define the inch as 25.4 mm exactly, and also defined the
yard and the pound on such lines. All measurements made in the UK and the
USA are metric, albeit second hand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Hudnall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2007, June 12 6:05
Subject: [USMA:38893] Persistent attitudes toward metric
I was talking with a co-worker the other day, and was appalled to learn he
thought metrication was a communist plot. I had heard this once as a
school boy back in the 1970's , but thought it was a joke. I did some
searching on the Internet and found this clip from 1977 in the CBC
archives.
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-1572-10614/science_technology/
metric_system/clip5
The clip is 30 years old, and communism is all but dead - so what can we
do to change these attitudes?
Scott
