Pat,
If Subway persist in ignoring your letters, would it help if you were to lodge an official complaint to your Government (state or federal as appropriate under Australian law). After all, it is my understanding that Australia banned the use of imperial units many years ago and as you rightly point out, re-introducing them will undermine the teaching of science and mathematics in Australia (as is happening in the UK). Regards Martin _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Naughtin Sent: 11 January 2008 07:29 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: USMA Subject: [USMA:40024] Re: Finishing metrication in Australia On 2008/01/02, at 9:10 AM, Ezra Steinberg wrote: Pat: I was just wondering if, with a new government now in place, there might be any efforts to help certain industries (such as textiles) complete metrication (perhaps by their switching from centimeters to millimeters). Best wishes for the new year! Cheers, Ezra Dear Ezra, No, I don't think that the change of government in Australia will have much effect on metrication. After the initial burst in the 1970s political parties generally decided that there was little interest in metrication matters as a political issue and since then they have simply ignored it. This leaves a political vacuum where others may decide to use old pre-metric measures for their own commercial purposes.For exampleexpatriatesfrom the USAsuch as Subwayare currently pushing the ideas of a 'footlong' and a 'sixinch' andKFC is emulating this witha 'nine inch' bread roll filled with chicken as a marketing device. I have written to KFC pointing out my opposition to their '9 inch' campaign I had no reply. Here is a copy.
