On Sunday, February 12, 2012 00:22:31 Paul Rittman wrote:
> The last few times I went shopping for breakfast cereal, I tried to compare
> the prices of various cereals on a per-ounce or –gram basis. Tonight, one
> cereal I bought was $2.84, and the package said it weighed 13 ounces or 368
> grams.
So, with Jim's correction, killing metric was a bipartisan effort. I'm glad
they could work together on something. I just wish it was something ELSE.
--- On Mon, 2/13/12, James Frysinger wrote:
From: James Frysinger
Subject: [USMA:51467] Re: CBS Sunday Morning Almanac spot
To: "U.S. Metric
That was Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-SC) who deleted the due date for metric
compliance. He was not from Alabama. I wrote to him on this issue while
it was in committee and he sent a personal reply, assuring me that state
highway departments would not revert. Right!
Jim
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James R. Frysinger
632 S
It wasn't that the US public was opposed to metric, it was that a couple of
politicians who managed to mess with the transition and stall the whole
process. Without looking up references, there was an Alabama congressman who
inserted language into a Highway funding bill that made the whole proce
