Fantastic work, Pat!
As silly as it sounds, I've heard some Americans say that they dislike
the metric system because it's French. Perhaps this will change some minds.
Cheers,
Mike
Pat Naughtin wrote:
Dear All,
You may be interested in these references.
http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/
_http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/scienceandtech/
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/scienceandtech/mikeswain/july07/metric.htm
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I have also attached the relevant media release from the United Kingdom
Metric Association (UKMA).
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305, Belmont, 3216
Geelong, Australia
Phone 61 3 5241 2008
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