And at the bottom of the page it provides charges for slipways and grid blocks 
in "metre" lengths. :-) 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Potts" <[email protected]> 
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> 
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2:46:32 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: [USMA:45259] Gratifying use of SI in my home town 



I was looking for information on free broadband wi-fi in my hometown of 
Scarborough, UK. I discovered it was only in the Harbour (sic) area. However, 
while exploring, I came across the following page, which gives the rates for 
private marina berths in UK pounds per square meter: 

http://www.yorkshireports.co.uk/content/scarborough/leisure/pb_prices.aspx 

As the site is a government one, the use of metric units is unsurprising, but 
it's gratifying nonetheless. I was thinking that, if Yorkshire Ports can get it 
right, there's no reason NASA (and Boeing) can't also. 

Bill 
Bill Potts 
W FP Consulting 
Roseville, CA 
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] 




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