"Chuck F. " <cbfalconer_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> You fail to appreciate the extent of the NIH syndrome here. To
> illustrate, some years ago there was a need to reassign exit
> numbers on the Connecticut Turnpike (motorway to you). These were
> just sequential numbers at the time. The proposal was to replace
> them with kM from the southern terminus, which I considered a
> gentle way of getting people used to the feel of a kilometer. The
> proposal was howled down.
Several years ago I was driving through either Alabama or
Mississippi and noticed that kilometers were marked right
along with the usual "mile" markers. I think this was on
US 90 and I don't think it was duplicated on the interstate.
(For non-USA-ians, US highways are state roads coordinated
between states; one step down from the interstate highway
system.) Just seemed odd to find that in the (anything but)
Deep South. (Maybe it was a tourism thing; we do get a lot
of Canadians in the winter :-) -Wm
Received on Wed Dec 14 2005 - 11:38:53 CST
