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Daily Colonist, July 14, 1900
The presence of Lieutenant-Governor Joly at the annual meeting of the British Columbia Board of Trade yesterday, and the interesting remarks he made to the members, show that in him the province has secured a valuable citizen, and one who will be able to do much towards making its wealth and possibilities known, as well as a gentleman whose extensive fund of information and wide experience will be of great value to those who are working along progressive lines.
The interest taken by Sir Henri in forestry is of itself sufficient to render his presence in British Columbia a matter for congratulation.
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GO metric
A lamb’s tail can grow long enough to drag in the dirt, collecting mud. Sheep ranchers often chopped off the lambs’ tails.
To keep the wound from getting infected, they threw salt on the wound — a painful remedy, but effective.
There exists a story about a small boy, empathizing with the lambs, begging his father to just cut off their tail “a bit at a time, so it won’t hurt so much.”
The U.S. is attempting to cut off the lamb’s tail a bit at a time when it comes to adopting the metric system.
If President Bush is looking for a legacy, he might push the U.S. to join the rest of the world, and ask Congress to complete our conversion to the metric system.
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