On 2011/02/28, at 07:42 , [email protected] wrote: > Well, right now I'm watching the NASCAR Subway 500 from Phoenix. That's 500 > km. Really. > Carleton
Dear Carleton, Back in the olden days in Australia we had a car race for modified production cars called the Bathurst 500 -- meaning 500 miles. At metrication this was changed to the Bathurst 1000 -- meaning 1000 kilometres. This is the way it is still held; see http://www.bathurst1000.com.au and play the video for the full vroom - vroom! By the way Carleton, given the sponsor for the NASCAR Subway 500, I have to ask: Is the race sponsored by the SIXINCH or the FOOTLONG? The fact that the people in Phoenix can happily accept a 500 kilometre race just supports the view (which I often repeat) that the metrication of the USA is inevitable -- it cannot be stopped. However, support from people like the members of this forum can, and will, influence the way it is done and therefore the speed with which metrication can be completed. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/ApproachesToMetrication.pdf Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY 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 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.
