on 2005-03-10 08.34, Jim Elwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> What is "selfish" about wishing to have control over one's life?

Dear Jim,

I take your point on the word 'selfish -- I should have used the word
'self-centred'.

What I was trying to get at was the idea that some folk would have all old
pre-metric units legally available because, 'I don't want to change my
mind'.

Cheers,

Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia
61 3 5241 2008
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.metricationmatters.com 

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