I've never given credit to the 3-country "thing". Like - what metric country would have miles and yards written all over the main way of moving about?
I prefer to see a 'merticonometer' (or make you're own name up) with a gauge showing places like Germany, China, etc on one side - US, UK, caribbean etc near the other side and various at various levels in between like Canada, Australia etc. A barometer approach. > Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:23:00 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:48091] Re: S.Leone goes metric after 49 years > > Hmm I always thought there were three non metric countries, now that Sierra > Leone has gone metric, its back to three or is it? How many others are out > there that are not metric that we don't know about. > -- > > "Go for a Metric America" > Howard Ressel > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > (585) 272-3372 > > > >>> On 7/7/2010 at 12:56 PM, in message > <[email protected]>, "Anthony O'conner" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know if anyone came across this, but it seems like another country > > is > > giving up on British imperial. It seems people in Sierra Leone > > associate imperial measurements with cheating. > > > > I wonder Sierra Leone's move will encourage Liberia to do the same. > > > > Does anyone know when Sierra Leone will begin to convert things like petrol > > > > pumps and grocery store scales, Weather reporting, etc? > > > > > > Does anyone know what is already metric in Sierra Leone? > > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100611/wl_africa_afp/sleonelawparliamentmeasur > > > > ement_20100611174708 > > > > > > > > S.Leone goes metric after 49 years > > > > > > Friday, 2010-06-11, 13:47 ET > > > > > > FREETOWN (AFP) * Sierra Leone's parliament has passed a law adopting the > > metric > > system of measurement after 49 years using the British imperial system, > > Trade > > and Industry Minister David Carew told reporters Friday. > > > > "The law modifies the weight and measures act of 1961 under which the > > imperial > > unit of measurement had been used and now adopts the universally accepted > > metric system," he said. > > > > "The law will enable us to get the correct measurement of foodstuffs and > > other > > commodities since measurement terminologies like pound and mile have been > > replaced with kilometres and kilograms." > > > > Many housewives, like Hawanatu Silla, welcomed the new law. > > "It will help to reduce cheating by market women and butchers who had used > > the > > pound measurement to defraud customers buying meat, cups of rice and other > > consumables." > > The law stipulated fines ranging from 300 to 6,000 dollars for defaulters > > including trade inspectors who cheat while using the metric system. > > > > Sierra Leone is the sole member of the three-nation economic organisation, > > the > > Mano River Union (MRU) which comprises Guinea and Liberia, that maintained > > the > > use of the imperial system of measurement, officials said. > > > > The metric system is the world's most common method of measuring units > > although > > is still not fully used by some countries, notably the United States. > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now
