Some of the comments made sense some didn't. One guy commented that companies that export are already metric. This is largely true, although other companies have gone metric for other reasons. Another myth perpetuated the notion you need Customary tools to work on American cars. There may be a few exceptions, but you mostly need metric tools. However, there are industries which are fiercely Customary, petroleum, aircraft, road builders to name a few. There is almost a "Two Cultures" phenomena where industries in metric and Customary camps don't deal with each other.
--- On Fri, 4/10/09, Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:44547] Omninerd To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 5:56 PM Dear All, You might find this site interesting. http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Metric_Weights_and_Measures_for_America_2?open_thread=22744#comment_id_22744 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 to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
