[USMA:43954] Re: Jerry's questions regarding "imperial" fuel & fish sales in the UK.

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:32:05 -0700

Jeez Ken.  Here you go....his actual quote.
"So do you discuss cars in metric since cars are only made in metric units all over the world?"
I said, "Do you talk cars in metric since they're all made in metric."   

Satisfied?    
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [USMA:43953] Re: Jerry's questions regarding "imperial" fuel &
fish sales in the UK.
From: Ken Cooper <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, March 15, 2009 6:20 pm
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>

Brian
 
Can I ask why you've changed Jerry's question?
 
As far as I recall (and we can look back up the thread if you wish), he didn't actually ask the question you ascribe to him in quotation marks.
 
The two questions I recall him asking Stephen were in the present tense. I don't remember either question referring to measurement units that cars were made during the last century.
 
It's pretty obvious that historic US & UK cars were likely to use imperial units. I would expect discussion on this thread to relate to the situation today unless SPECIFICALLY pointed out as about historical unit use.
 
But yes. You're right. This subject has been debated to death. Modern cars are built in metric.

--- On Sun, 15/3/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:43940] Re: Jerry's questions regarding "imperial" fuel & fish sales in the UK.
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, 15 March, 2009, 11:05 PM

Jerry...I gotta call this one in Stephen's favor.  You asked the question "Do you talk cars in metric because they're all made in metric."

Which of course, is an incorrect statement.  Stephen was egging you on a little bit by not coming clean with the type of car, but still.   He's not pawning an old Mini off as something modern, he simply said not all cars are made in metric.   There was no timeframe attached to that statement.  

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