Re: JPMorgan Chase to strengthen offshoring to India

From: Chris Hills <chris_at_phaedsys.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:55:56 +0000
Message-ID: <i5wq9qAcTsnDFAY6@phaedsys.demon.co.uk>

In article <dnm73s$31i$1_at_reader2.panix.com>, docdwarf_at_panix.com writes

>In article <pcL4EcAyVpnDFAKG_at_phaedsys.demon.co.uk>,
>Chris Hills <chris_at_phaedsys.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>In article <1134432470.189635.322230_at_g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>>Richard <riplin_at_Azonic.co.nz> writes
>
>[snip - apparent misattribution preserved]
>
>>>> After de-metrification, it's only one small step...
>>>
>>>Hmm, they may print the labels with US measure conversions of the
>>>metric sizes - eg "Load not to exceed 440.924495207592 pound"
>>
>>Most of the world went metric a long while ago. The US will have to
>>follow eventually.
>
>As a citizen of the United States of America I can feel secure in
>responding to this with a hearty 'I dunno...'
>
>I recall reading an article a few years back about how there was going to
>be a strong drive towards switching to the metric system in the USA.
>
>About two years after that I read another article about how Neil Armstrong
>set foot on the moon.
>
>DD

:-)

I know what you mean. In the UK it took about 30 years to switch and that was with metric being the only system taught in schools. Most people over 50 in the UK still tend to use Imperial unless their job requires metric. However in another 15 years very no one will use the old imperial units.

I understand that parts of the US industry have gone metric already they are multinational. It will creep in slowly. In say another 50 years.

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