Dear All,
I found a reference at http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17461
that lists '6 Crazy things I just learned about the metric system'. It
was interesting, supportive of the USMA, and generally positive.
However, the thing that struck me was the simple expression applied to
the three nations that are supposed to be not yet metric. These showed
a map of the world (via Digg) with all metric nations in grey and the
pre-metric nations in red. The map had this caption:
As the map below shows, three countries make up the Axis of Medieval.
The U.S. is one, but which other nations are willing to join us in
brandishing their yard sticks and uniting against the world’s most
popular measurement system? It turns out that our only allies in this
fight are Liberia and Myanmar.
I was amused by the notion of the 'the Axis of Medieval'
Cheers,
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