Mike Nattrass shows his lack of education when he wrote "Give the EU an inch and it tries to take a kilometre, or should that be 0.621371192 of a mile?" The saying is really "Give him an inch and he will take an ell".
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat Naughtin Sent: 13 June 2011 21:37 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:50617] Birmingham Mail article Dear All, Dear All, The promoters of old pre-metric measuring words at ASDA seem to be spreading their dishonest poison that can only do harm to the UK nation, and especially to school children. See http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/06/13/walsall-market-tra ders-back-ukip-campaign-to-resist-metric-measures-97319-28868686/ where you will see lines like this: "I welcome Asda's decision to use imperial measurements and I hope they roll-out the use of British weights to other products. No-one in the UK goes to the bar and asks for a litre of beer and people often nip out to buy a pint of milk. It was the EU that attempted to destroy our imperial measures. Give the EU an inch and it tries to take a kilometre, or should that be 0.621371192 of a mile?" UKIP MEP MIke Nattrass is obviously unaware that the metric system was invented by an Englishman. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/who-invented-the-metric-system.html Cheers, 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 <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.
