Sir, – I am puzzled as to why John Eoin Douglas (December 15th) has written to you. After all, his Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, which is governed by London; one of the last bastions of imperialism and things imperial, I would have thought. Has he considered writing to a London newspaper on this topic?
It has to be said that UK can’t be too averse to metrication: its currency is metric; UK subjects buy their petrol and (I believe) their food metrically. How is Mr Douglas dealing with this internal conspiracy? Mr Douglas decries “EU compliance”. I believe that for Ireland, it is much easier on the nerves of the average human being than was “empire compliance” when it was being introduced.
Being in my 70th year, I suspect that I may also be in “the old dinosaur” category that Mr Douglas is proud to belong to. I assure him that I am totally “metric compliant”. It was a painless transition and my only complaint is directed towards those fellow dinosaurs who so hate and resist change.
Such an attitude could well lead to the total extinction of us dinosaurs. – Yours, etc,