This was posted to Allyn's website, and to his email address: Allyn:
Here's something very close to my heart. You may find this interesting. You even find this a good way to help 'metricate' the USA. If this is of interest to you, please take a moment and read through the site at Metric America Foundation ( http://metricamerica.blogspot.com ) <http://metricamerica.blogspot.com/> Thanks for a moment of your time. Tim Williamson Metric America Foundation On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Pat Naughtin < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > You might find this interesting > http://tiggerallyn.livejournal.com/826241.html where they say: > > It occurred to me, not more than ten minutes ago, that if Congress wanted > to create a jobs program to help kickstart the American economy, legislating > a transition to metric would be the way to do. There would be a massive > investment in making new road signs and installing them, making new grocery > scales and the like. making new industrial tools. With 9 percent > unemployment, a government works project on the scale of a nationwide metric > conversion would be perfect. It would be like one of FDR’s New Deal > programs. We built dams in the 1930s, we can make America metric! > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Author of the ebook, *Metrication Leaders Guide,* see > http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html > Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > Geelong, Australia > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped > thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands > each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and > professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian > Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the > UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com > <http://www.metricationmatters.com/>for > more metrication information, contact Pat at > [email protected] or to get the free '*Metrication > matters*' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to > subscribe. > > -- * * * * *If you do not wish to receive these messages, then reply with 'OPT OUT' in the subject line or 'OPT OUT' in the body of the email reply back to me. You may also call me at the number below as well.<[email protected]> * * * *Thankyou for your time. * * * *Tim Williamson Alabama, USA 1-205-765-6090 *
