Jason, Please scroll down your list and see my USMA:17056 posted on 2001-12-31. Then go to the NGS forum and post a comment yourself, as I did. Send a copy to their email address as well, if you would. And of course, provide us with a copy.
Jim James Wentworth wrote: > > Can you believe it, folks? Our old friend Steve "I sell bananas by the > pound, damn it!" Thoburn has made the January 2002 issue of National > Geographic. > > In the article titled "Europe: Instant Superpower," Thoburn was mentioned as > the poster boy of Britain's eurosceptic movement. He was quoted as saying: > "I couldn't give a toss about politics. I've never cast a vote." > > That, in my mind, destroys any sympathy I might have had for him as a > struggling businessman. If you don't vote, you have no right to bitch about > what your government does since you didn't bother to make your voice heard. > The rest of the article was, predictably for National Geographic, > non-metric, with mentions about France's "186 mph" train and driving "110 > mph" on the autobahn. Uh-huh. -- Jason -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
