Hardly light years ahead - in the USA it's not illegal (or unlawful or
whatever) to put up a sign with meters on it! :-)
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> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [USMA:39704] State of British and Irish media wrt metrication
> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:52:34 -0800
>
> Even though the UK is light years ahead of us here in the States when it
> comes to metrication, it's still said to see something in the press that is
> such a throwback to something one could have read back in the 1950s.
>
> From the Guardian (UK) today:
>
> "As Tuesday dawned, the weather forecast eliminated any prospect of a
> weakening in oil prices. A storm whipping up in the North Sea prompted BP and
> ConocoPhillips to evacuate staff by helicopter from offshore platforms
> threatened by 20ft waves and wind gusts of more than 60mph. Oil and gasfields
> producing 540,000 barrels a day were shut down."
>
> No attempt at metric whatsoever ... :-(
>
> Makes me wonder if, for instance, the Irish press (e.g. Irish Times) would
> have reported this same story using metres and km/h instead. Any folks out
> there familiar with current trends in the Irish print and electronic media in
> terms of metric usage?
>
> Ezra
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