Admonishment taken :-)
So, on topic, how do we actually move the US forwards towards
conversion? Even if the Whitehouse responds favourably I doubt
anything will happen unless a major political party decides to
push for it.
Having lived through metrication in the UK I know that there was a
lot of resistance to converting to units lots of people didn't
understand.
Can we pick one particular measure and push for that to change? say
temperatures in weather reporting on TV and websites. Maybe we can lobby
NOAA to make
http://forecast.weather.gov
show more that just one temperature in Celsius and make the metric link
more obvious and in fact actually work correctly.
Anthony.
On 12 Jan 2013 at 07:41:09, Paul Trusten wrote:
> I wish to join in requesting that participants on the USMA
> Listserver confine their discussions to topics and issues related to
> the metric system of measurement. We must especially avoid
> subjects that tend to excite personal animosities. There is ample
> room across the Internet for discussion of these other issues.
>
> Thank you very much for your effort in keeping us focused and unified.
>
> SIncerely,
>
> Paul R. Trusten
> Registered Pharmacist
> Vice President and Public Relations Director
> U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
> www.metric.org
> [email protected]
> +1(432)528-7724
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Frysinger"
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> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
> Sent: 2013-01-11 14:59
> Subject: [USMA:52149] Stay on topic
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>
> >I, for one, would appreciate it if those who post here would
> >remain on topic. Especially they should avoid topics that might
> >encourage fractious debate not relating to the metric system.
> >
> >Surely there are other forums in which participants can express
> >their feelings, pro or con, about the PP-ACA and other political
> >landmines.
> >
> >Jim
> >
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