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Re: Conversions pt or qt to cc

Subject: Re: Conversions pt or qt to cc
From: Steve & Eileen Genotte <gopack@sprintmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:33:21
Sorry, Colonel.  After comparing the two systems for over 20 years, I'd
go metric in a heartbeat, but I'm forced to put up with the insanity of
pounds, pints, and pecks.  

Grrr.

Steve G.

Eddie and Sue Lindsay wrote:
> 
> Not ALL of us here in The Colonies are enthusiastic about the idea. I
> certainly am not, and would bet I have some company out there in Email-land.
> (I think I'm really going to regret this. What the heck.) -Ed Lindsay, etc.-
> P.S. Please be kind?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rowland & Wilma Carson" <rowil@clara.net>
> Subject: RE: Conversions pt or qt to cc
> 
> >
> > >It sure would be nice if the clowns in Congress did something useful like
> > >mandate SI units (that's metric to you non-technical types) for the US.
> >
> > Glad to hear there are some folk in the colonies with the right idea.
> > It'd be nice if the British government could get back its nerve (lost
> > sometime in the 1970s) to get us over here metricated properly, too!
> > The only thing worse than not doing a job at all is to stop doing it
> > half-way through and tell the customer "Oh well, it's your problem
> > now!"
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Rowland
> >
> > __________________________________________________________
> >            ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...
> >
> 


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