Are there any Romans still around? Hail Cesar!

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
John M. Steele
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 7:31 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:49750] Super Bowl: NFL, stop with the Roman numerals

This reporter would rather learn the metric system than decode Roman numerals.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020303182.html
Long rant about Roman numerals for numbering Superbowls.  This pragraph says it 
all:
"I'd have no objection to learning, say, the metric system, even in my dotage, 
because a lot of the world is already using it. Good incentive. Why should I 
have to decode Roman numerals once a year? The Romans don't even have to do 
that, for Pete's sake."


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