I remember that in the 1970s a BC cartoon mentioned the proposed metric conversion for America:
One character bemoaned the possibility that he wouldn’t be able to say “I love you a bushel and a peck” (From the musical Guys and Dolls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw2phldcmCQ) The other character replied that you would be able to love someone “a liter and a meter” (Alas, I haven’t been able to find the graphic of this cartoon.) Best wishes from 8.3 km inland (and 27 m above sea level!) Peter Goodyear > On 6 Dec 2016, at 00:36, Ressel, Howard R (DOT) <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If anyone saw BC in Sundays paper its in metric! > > http://www.gocomics.com/bc/2016/12/04 > > I wonder if he assumed that since his message was from across the sea > (presumably in Europe) that it would have been metric or if the cartoonist is > pro metric. > > > Howard R. Ressel > Project Design Engineer > > New York State Department of Transportation > 1530 Jefferson Road, Rochester, NY 14623 > > (585) 272-3372 | [email protected] > > www.dot.ny.gov > > > > > > Metric Means Jobs and Money! > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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