From: Carleton MacDonald <carlet...@comcast.net>
Subject: [USMA:43665] Re: Jerry's questions regarding "imperial" fuel &
fish sales in the UK.
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 11:24 PM
>
Metric related: Unlike most American cars, the km markings
on the
speedometer of the 9-5, inside the mile ones, are lit at
night and can be
read.
Carleton
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu
[mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Stephen Humphreys
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 05:50
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:43627] Re: Jerry's questions regarding
"imperial" fuel & fish
sales in the UK.
Congrats are due to you for mastering the use of a manual
gearbox! I think
that's more of an achievement than road placement
(based upon most Americans
driving Automatics).
> From: carlet...@comcast.net
> To: usma@colostate.edu
> Subject: [USMA:43622] Re: Jerry's questions
regarding "imperial" fuel &
fish sales in the UK.
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:18:29 -0400
>
>
> I remember the first time I rented a car in the UK.
October 1982,
> Edinburgh, Scotland, British Rail Waverley Station.
>
> Left my wife Susan at the bed and breakfast, took a
bus downtown, went to
> the station, to the Godfrey Davis office. A kind,
pretty young woman (I
was
> young then too) had me fill out the paperwork then
gave me the keys. I
> thanked her, opened the door, got in, and sat down. On
the left side.
> Where's the steering wheel? Oh, right. Got out,
closed the door, glanced
> at the booth: she was inside, hand on her mouth,
suppressing a laugh.
> Walked round the back of the car, got in the right
side, sat down, felt
the
> shift with my left hand, started the car, said a very
significant Anglican
> prayer, put the car in gear, and headed out, saying to
myself, "Drive on
the
> left. Drive on the left. Drive on the left. Drive on
the left ..." Headed
> back to the bed and breakfast, scared to death. Picked
up Susan, headed
out
> of town toward the bridge over the Firth of Forth.
Stopped, took picture
of
> the famous railway bridge. Started up again, found
myself making a left
> turn to the right side of the intersecting road,
corrected quickly, too
> quickly, hit a stone kerb, blew out the left front
tire, stopped to change
> it.
>
> Somehow we got through the three days without hitting
anything, and it
even
> included a distillery tour, a steam train ride, and a
night in Glencoe,
> where my ancestors got massacred in 1692.
>
> Carleton
>
> P.S. When we got back to San Francisco we went to the
store and Susan
> bought soup; I told her to put the Campbell's soup
back on the shelf!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-u...@colostate.edu
[mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
> Of Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 21:02
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Cc: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:43620] Re: Jerry's questions
regarding "imperial" fuel &
fish
> sales in the UK.
>
>
> Ah, but the rule of the road is in the eye of the
beholder. Left-siders
must
> think the rest of the world has it backwards.
>
> Quoting Brian J White <br...@bjwhite.net>:
>
> >
> > I think you brits should also fix your cars and
> > roads so you drive on the correct side of the
road. But that's just me.
> :)
> >
> >
> > At 15:54 2009-03-09, Stephen Humphreys wrote:
> > >Sorry  - I think you might have the wrong
person.
> > >I'm not anti-metric - I'm a
pro-choicer.
> > >
> > >The most 'extreme' views I hold on
the subject regards safety.
> > >
> > >I have always said and always been firm that:
> > >
> > >1) Road signs should stay imperialÂ
> > >2) Medicines and chemist goods should always
be metric
> > >
> > >Both of these relate to safety concerns.
> > >
> > >For most other things (in fact prob all) I
> > >prefer the dual route or a flexible degree of
choice.
> > >
> > >This may put me at odds with many on this
list
> > >but I'm always truthful and up front
about it
> > >and as many many have said it is healthy to
have
> > >a contrary view here for purposes of debate.
> > >
> > >With regards to the USA - I actually believe
it
> > >should be more metric than it is.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
> Public Relations Director
> U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc.
> www.metric.org
> 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122
> Midland TX 79707-2872 US
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>
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