The Irene Malin thing is weird. I don't know what the relation is and I am
NOT being judgemental, but the "womanhood" web site, with the dimensions
listed in ifp sometimes and other times metric, is strange.
You'll see her/his/its posts often on Deja, in support of F2M.
Nat
> I just did a google search on "Malin F2M" and got a bunch of hits for
> transgender organizations! Seems F2M also stands for female to male <g>.
>
> found http://www.freedom2measure.org/ what a bunch of hooey, but
> no mention
> of Malin. Mailing address is Arlington, Texas. Maybe he sells
> propane and
> has a son named Bobby.
>
> A lot of the tripe in that website keeps emphasizing that nobody
> asked them
> if we should metricate and how undemocratic it all is. I would
> love to have
> a vote. Virtually all my students can't figure out what the
> hang-up is and
> we should just convert now.
>
> Scott C
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Dennis Brownridge
> > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 3:48 PM
> > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: [USMA:8543] RE: Malin
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know why Malin and his "F2M" organization has spent
> > so much time
> > and effort fighting metrication? What is his business? Why does
> > he care? I
> > care about metrication because I know it's impossible for
> people to really
> > understand things without a coherent system of units.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nat Hager III
> >
> > Hate to be cynical, but I couldn't help but think "with all the
> > opportunites
> > in the world, why does someone who sounds articulate choose such a lousy
> > cause?" If he was an artist or a writer I could understand,
> but this guy
> > sounds like a practial businessman. The only conclusion I can
> > come to is he
> > sees a business opportunity for himself somewhere.
> >
> > Let's face it, he got himself on the radio...
> >
> > Nat
> >
>
>
>
