A unit of distance is appropriate there. The expression used to be "miles ahead," not "years ahead." I hope we don't need to put on our seven-league boots to think metaphorically.
On 11/14/07 6:23 PM, "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's see. The light year is a unit of distance, not time. Moreover it's not > SI. > > Stephen will now go and stand in the corner. :) > > Bill Potts > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > -----Original Message----- >> From Stephen Humphreys > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 13:49 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:39711] RE: State of British and Irish media wrt metrication > > Hardly light years ahead - in the USA it's not illegal (or unlawful or > whatever) to put up a sign with meters on it! :-) >
