It was my first experience with The People massively non-complying with a government edict, followed shortly in 1979 by Susan B Anthony coins. Corporations learned a similar lesson from New Coke, 1985.
Candles in dark times.
JoelApril 20, 2013 4:17 pm
That video’s a hoot!
I remember when they tried to “phase in” the metric system while I was a dealership wrench, which somehow resulted in cars with both metric and standard sized fittings. Cost me a fortune in tools. I still hate metric.
LOL! Awesome! As a Canadian, gotta say, I love that. 🙂
LOL. Too funny!
Happy Friday! Happy Patriots Day!
So, a little unintended synchronicity in my web surfing today.
Weapons of war …
And I just a few minutes ago pulled up the John Parker quote: Don’t fire unless fired upon. But if they want a war let it begin here!
And, just for fun: Mind if I join you?
Factoid for the day: Smash Mouth covered “I’m a Believer” (The Monkees).
I remember the U.S. Metric Conversion Act of 1975, which was supposed to “voluntarily” convert us by the mid-1980s. For a while we had dual road signs. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SpeedLimit-CoralRidge-MiKm-May1992_cropped.jpg)
It was my first experience with The People massively non-complying with a government edict, followed shortly in 1979 by Susan B Anthony coins. Corporations learned a similar lesson from New Coke, 1985.
Candles in dark times.
That video’s a hoot!
I remember when they tried to “phase in” the metric system while I was a dealership wrench, which somehow resulted in cars with both metric and standard sized fittings. Cost me a fortune in tools. I still hate metric.