I met some of them some years ago in Ireland. There was no better country in
the world than the USA and what the heck, why do they use that irrational
Celsius scale in Europe? I stated that the USA was a decent democracy, but
that she was no better or worse than other Western democracies. I also said
that I far preferred Celsius to Fahrenheit. If I had let loose about ifp,
telling them what I thought of it, they would probably have exploded.
There is also another side to it. In 1972 a brother of mine married. Another
brother had taken an
American girl home who lived in Amsterdam. She was very different. And when
she expressed a measurement she used metric. She said to me: "Metric is
easier than English count". I now wonder whether she was a member of the
USMA. I have met more pro-metric Americans in Erope.
Han
6:04
Subject: [USMA:9310] American vs. Foreign
> 2000-11-23
>
> Even though this sounds like a good idea, I doubt the US will ever adopt
it. For one reason, it is a foreign idea....
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