Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 15:10:03 EDT

From: David Bergdahl bergdahl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: metrification



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Date: 28-Sep-1995 03:07pm EST



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From: David Bergdahl Dept: English

BERGDAHL Tel No: (614) 593-2783



Subject: metrification





Am I the only one to remember that metrification was well under way in the U.S.

(with some interstate hwys posting speed limits and distances metrically) until

Reagan was elected in 1980 and stopped the conversion process by--as they

say--defunding it?



BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

David Bergdahl Ohio University/Athens

"Where Appalachia meets the Midwest"







Received: 28-Sep-1995 03:10pm