Stephen, Canada needs to be more like Germany. Look how well Germany is doing:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=a_BpetWkysRM&refer=germany The German economy actually surpassed that of the US in 2006. And that was real growth, not deficit inflation that the US calls growth. Metric sells. Germany engineers, designs, sells and services metric products. Metric is what sells, metric is what customers world-wide want to buy. The figures show it. If this wasn't so, then they would be buying US products and not German. Note the key events: Construction jumped 4.1 percent in January from a month earlier Demand for plants, machinery and other so-called capital goods climbed 4.5 percent from a month earlier For now, improved job prospects and demand in markets outside the U.S. are shoring up the economy. These are all measurement sensitive industries. They are all metric, they demand only metric and they are booming. Germany is moving away from the US market, the market Canada thinks is so easy to do business with. As a result they are prospering. They found that the vast metric world is a better market for their goods then the US. But then again, Canada's loss is Germany's gain. I guess some dogs just prefer to wait for scraps from the master's table instead of searching for something better elsewhere. That is fine until the master no longer has any scraps to give. Dan ----- Original Message ---- From: Stephen Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:25:55 PM Subject: [USMA:38145] Re: Label Typo The advantage Canada has with being metric is they don't have to depend on the US for all of their trade. Maybe so, but but having the US on their doorstep means that its the quickest and least expensive market to which they can transport their goods. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html
