to think I used to run the grade/year 6 class shop in 1970 when the two monies ran in parallel!
I was all of 5 years old at the time of the changeover! I still have a "Snap" card game that was issued at the time, with LSD and new money depicted on different cards.
The main point as seen by those of us opposed to enforced metrication is simply that there is no need for the Draconian laws being inflicted upon us.
We are not being arrogant by trying to tell the rest of the world to use English units. We're not even telling people in our own country that they shouldn't use metric if they wish. (And yes, I
do use metric in scientific work, where appropriate.) Metric has been perfectly legal in Britain for well over a century.
The point is that we should be free to choose. The Trading Standards people should become involved
only in cases where somebody is trying to defraud by giving short measure, be it 15.5 oz. instead of 1 lb. or 950g instead of 1kg.
If you wonder why so many people in Britain are on the defensive over this issue, it's simply because we do not like a bunch of bureaucrats trying to take away our rights and enforce change upon every area of our daily lives.
Eagle eyed officials from Peterborough's Weights & Measures Department spotted Lynne Gibb's advertisement in her local paper offering to press a 10lb load of clothes for £4.99. They threatened her with a £1,000 fine unless she changed her pricing policy to kilos. (Mail on Sunday 20/5/01)
PLenty more examples at: http://www.kc3.co.uk/~dt/Metrication.htm
[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 09-03-2003).]
