I looked up "chazerei" on yahoo.com and this email was the fourth item
listed! Now, how's that for making a quick international impression?
Jim
On 2012-11-27 08:12, Ressel, Howard (DOT) wrote:
If Yiddish can make the US mainstream with words like chazerei (or Chazari -
one of my favorites Yiddish words by the way), then the Metric system can too.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Paul Trusten
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 1:27 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:51980] Re: Metric System Still Has Loyal Supporters in the U.S.
- WSJ.com
My sentiments exactly. I was very disappointed, and haven't cooled fown yet. I
expected Scheck to take the high road on metrication, and he wrote the usual
chazerei. But the article puts metrication in the spotlight.
Paul Trusten, Reg. Pharmacist
Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
Midland, Texas USA
www.metric.org
+1(432)528-7724
[email protected]
On Nov 24, 2012, at 11:49, [email protected] wrote:
This WSJ article is not the worst I have seen, but it is typical of the generally
worthless "touchy-feely" articles that even the best journals now engage in.
Where are the hard data?
Where are the hard data about metric commerce? Where are the hard data about
the cost of maintaining dual inventories? Where are the hard data about how
many U.S. industries have already gone metric, like the automotive industry,
but without using metric units in advertising (except for the Chevy Volt).
What about the conversion of the household lighting industry last January to
fully metric data on CFL packaging?
Yes, the WSJ could have done a much better job if it purports to represent
American business.
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On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, Metric Rules Info wrote:
From today's Wall Street Journal on the front page:
Metric System Still Has Loyal Supporters in the U.S. - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732371310457813496273189
6422.html?KEYWORDS=Metric+oven
