I think June 16, 2004, the 100th anniversary of the fictional occurrence of James
Joyce's "Ulysses", would
be a marvelous day to mix it up in Ireland with km/h.
Wonder what Poldy Bloom would say to that one?!
>
> From: "Norman & Nancy Werling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/06/15 Sun PM 08:03:58 EDT
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [USMA:26106] Re: Joke about Irish metric speed limts
>
> It is June 16 and I am wondering if Ireland has begun its advertising
> campaign for km/h.
>
> Norm
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Wade VMS Systems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:07
> Subject: [USMA:25697] Re: Joke about Irish metric speed limts
>
>
> > >What a real great french akkkenteu ;)
> >
> > Almost as authentic as the Irish accent implied by the guard !
> >
> > Seriously though, at least this deadline is registering on the public's
> > radar. The Dept of Transport says that it intends doing the changeover
> > of speed signs in Summer 2004. Of course, it has stated its intentions
> > of doing this on at least 3 failed deadlines, but the Summer 2004 time
> > frame has appeared in a couple of newspapers, which will make another
> > missed deadline more visible. The ridicule of the published article was
> > more aimed at the contradictory signs that metric per se.
> >
> > The person I spoke to in the Dept of Transport said there would be a
> > public announcement at the end of May 2003, with an advertizing campaign
> > to follow. I will be abroad at that time, but if there is an announcement
> > in the Irish Times, I'm sure Han will relay it to the list.
> >
> > On the car instrumentation side, I have not been able to ascertain what
> > the deadline for metric dash equipment is. There are no car assembly
> plants
> > in this country, and currently most new cars are imported from factories
> in
> > the UK, as they make right hand drives. Unfortunately, they also make
> > them with imperial guages. Hopefully, the Dept of Transport will force
> > them to make the change soon.
> >
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