Re: [gardeners] Manure and food safety

George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 21 Jan 1999 14:23:22 -0600

IIRC the US went metric years ago, just no one enforces it. The military
has been metric for at least 30 years or more and I believe the fed
agencies also use the metric system. Just seems the general populace
doesn't want to.

George

Harry Boswell wrote:

> yeah, right...like "Give them a centimeter, and they'll take
> a kilometer"
>
> Just doesn't have the same ring   ;-)
>
> but I was disappointed when the US stayed English
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Penny Nielsen <NIELSENP@gov.ns.ca>
>
> >Wouldn't it be nice for the new millenium if everyone went metric.
> >
> >