Pat & Mike & all, sirs: >.....violently opposed. Don't you agree that 'violent opposition' itself is SELF admission to examine the need to metricate in its totality!Regards,Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 2454481)/995+D-016W02-02 (G. Tuesday, 2008 January 15 H 21:21(decimal) ISTAa 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)962-3708(when in US)
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [USMA:40040] Re: Hostile reactions to "speaking metric".Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:44:30 +1100To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike, I can't remember the original source for this quotation that I adapted to metrication but it may contain some relevant seeds of truth for your situation. Metrication* passes through three stages. First, the metric system is ridiculed. Second, the metric system is violently opposed. Third, the metric system is accepted as being self-evident. — * Metrication — the process you choose to upgrade to the metric system. It would appear that you friend might be passing through stage 2. Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ for more metrication information, contact Pat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or subscribe to the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter at http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter/ On 2008/01/14, at 3:29 AM, Michael Palumbo wrote: Has anyone else had something like this happen to them? Last week, my coworker's wife had a child, and we did the "guess the gender and weight" contest that we always do in our office. I guessed an even 3000 grams, and was the closest; the baby was 2981 grams. I had to translate the numbers for a few people, but no one really minded that I submitted my answer in metric. Last night, I was recalling this story to my friend Megan while in the car, and her reaction to it was *this* shy of violent. She began screaming at me, telling me how much of a (insert various four letters words here) I am for using a system that no one else understands. Her basic points were, if I ascertained them correctly in between her ranting: - "No one" understands the metric system, therefore it's off-putting for me to use it. - It's "extremely rude" to speak in a manner that people don't understand. - It's "moronic" and stinks of me just trying to "be different and weird for the sake of being different and weird". I told her that I wasn't going to listen to her insult me, dropped her at her house, and left. I cannot, for the life of me, understand that type of reaction. My office-mates, even when they don't directly understand it, have a pretty good idea of what I'm talking about. Rather than try to learn something new, Megan's reaction is what I fear may be typical of many people in this country. Either you act like everyone else, or you'll be branded a nut-case. Never mind that most of the world uses this system, never mind that the foreigners in this country use it, never mind that the doctor who delivered the baby used it, *I* am not supposed to because it makes her think, and she can't handle that. Regards, -Mike _________________________________________________________________ Get the power of Windows + Web with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_powerofwindows_012008
