Some might also include a rebel colonist called Thomas Jefferson as a decimalizing fanatic, though the bulk of the British population might say "uh? Wah? Oos ee?" when asked to voice an opinion about him.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 05 April 2010 07:04 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:47039] Re: Decimalising fanatics Yes, indeed, Pat --- I take your point. All I was trying to do was parody the rabid anti-French feeling on the part of some Britons disguised as anti-EU feelings (or the reverse, where some of those folks have rabid anti-EU sentiments and use the French and their influence as a proxy for that). In either case they conveniently forget that their currency reform adopted one (thought of course not all) of the central tenets of the metric system and yet no one that I have heard of seriously regrets the change. -- Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 10:37:55 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [USMA:47038] Decimalising fanatics On 2010/04/05, at 14:42 , [email protected] wrote: Hmmm, does this mean that, had they been in power at the appropriate time, they would have saved pounds, shillings, and pence for Britain as well from those damned French decimalizing fanatics??? -- Ezra Dear Ezra, I would look elsewhere than France for the 'decimalising fanatics' - perhaps even closer to your home! See http://metricationmatters.com/docs/USAMetricSystemHistory.pdf for details. Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html 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 <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.
