Great points Paul and Mike. Mike, if you or anyone still wants a trailer built and listed in metric units, then....I may be able to accommodate you. What are your requirements?
Tim Williamson www.metricamerica.org On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Michael Payne <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for pointing this out Paul. I've been doing this for 25 years or so. > Probably before I became a member of the USMA. > > One amazing (to me) occurrence on this subject was me calling around to buy > a Car Trailer, I called every manufacturer I could and asked for a brochure > that listed metric units. This was at the height of the depression in 2009. > Not one had a brochure nor the data available. I told them a sale hinged on > having metric units, yet none would come thru. I'm still looking for that > trailer! > > Mike Payne > > On 22/02/2011, at 24:32 , Paul Trusten wrote: > > Dear USMA Listserver Subscribers and friends of U.S. Metrication, > > NIST Laws and Metric Group Coordinator Elizabeth Gentry has asked me to > seek one vital ingredient that all those who support U.S. metrication can > provide: *demand for U.S. products and services that use the metric > system of measurement*. > > If the American people want metric products, they must ask for them. U.S. > industry listens to consumer demand! > > If you use a product that you would want to see in metric, contact the > manufacturer and tell it so. If you discover a product that is marketed in > metric sizes, or a publisher that uses or emphasizes the metric system in it > publications, contact both the publisher and the author and express your > support for their stance on metric units. They will listen! > > In your demand messages for metric products, remember to mention the Metric > Conversion Act of 1975, in which Congress declared metric to be the > "preferred system of measurement" for U.S. trade and commerce. > > SIncerely, > > > Paul Trusten, Registered Pharmacist > Vice President and Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > www.metric.org > [email protected] > +1(432)528-8824 > > > > > -- * * * * *If you do not wish to receive these messages, then reply with 'OPT OUT' in the subject line or 'OPT OUT' in the body of the email reply back to me. You may also call me at the number below as well.<[email protected]> * * * *Thankyou for your time. * * * *Tim Williamson Alabama, USA 1-205-765-6090 *
