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Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))Kai Henningsen (kai@khms.westfalen.de)14 Oct 1995 20:43:00 +0200
hatunen@netcom.com (DaveHatunen) wrote on 10.10.95 in <hatunenDG950E.L3L@netcom.com>:
> You're a day late and a dollar short (must have to do with being
That certainly explains why all the measures I've seen on US products
In fact, I can't remember a single metric unit used except sometimes as an
The "interesting" result of the US state of affairs is that TV sizes are
> As for what units Americans use in their personal lives, what's it to
It hampers my communication with them. It is a problem when reading books
In short, it has ramifications for *my* personal life.
> I am happy to see, though, that you Canadians recognize our dominance in
You count for something like 5% of the total population, if I got the
That's certainly enough to hold the rest of it up. Not forever, though.
Kai --
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