[USMA:14920] British Weatherchannel site
Weather Channel has a British site with largely metric forecasts. Only wind speeds are in mph. http://www.weather.co.uk Han
[USMA:14922] Re: Newsweek's Train Article-Containers
In the shipping trade, the 20 foot containers are called TEUs and the 40 foot containers count as two TEUs. TEU is treated like a trade size. Jim Louis JOURDAN wrote: In metric countries, these containers are sometimes called 6 meter and 12 meter containers. I am sorry to say that in most European countries they are commonly named as 20 feet and 40 feet. Louis -- Metric Methods(SM) Don't be late to metricate! James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
[USMA:14923] Re: No recession please
According to a TV show we watched last week, those are now passed by two towers in Saudi Arabia. The narrator kept using feet, degrees Fahrenheigt, and so forth, but the engineers kept saying things in meters and degrees Celsius. I think the show was on Discovery Channel or The Learning Channel. Jim Joseph B. Reid wrote: M.R. wrote in USMA 14909 What is told to the American people is the human rights abuses elsewhere, but not the great achievements. For ex 1. Chinese economy grew 35 % in the last 3 years and at the same time, they reduced the pollution by 17 %. 2. World's tallest building is Petronas Towers in Malaysia. The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur are 452 m high The CN Tower in Toronto is 553 m high, but it is not a building. The Empire State Building, New York, is 373 m high. Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West TorontoM5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 -- Metric Methods(SM) Don't be late to metricate! James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
[USMA:14924] Re: No recession please
The Discovery and Learning channels are very bad at this. The narrators persistently use ifp even when the real subject is using SI. I have written to them about this several times but they are persistently dogged about keeping America in the Dark Ages. Baron Carter. -Original Message- From: James R. Frysinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 16 August, 2001 11:02 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:14923] Re: No recession please According to a TV show we watched last week, those are now passed by two towers in Saudi Arabia. The narrator kept using feet, degrees Fahrenheigt, and so forth, but the engineers kept saying things in meters and degrees Celsius. I think the show was on Discovery Channel or The Learning Channel. Jim Joseph B. Reid wrote: M.R. wrote in USMA 14909 What is told to the American people is the human rights abuses elsewhere, but not the great achievements. For ex 1. Chinese economy grew 35 % in the last 3 years and at the same time, they reduced the pollution by 17 %. 2. World's tallest building is Petronas Towers in Malaysia. The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur are 452 m high The CN Tower in Toronto is 553 m high, but it is not a building. The Empire State Building, New York, is 373 m high. Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West TorontoM5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 -- Metric Methods(SM) Don't be late to metricate! James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
[USMA:14925] Kinko's
I'm having some small posters made from computer files at Kinko's and I called about pricing. They do that kind of work and when the person I spoke to asked what size I was interested in I said about 40 cm by 50 cm. The lady, Aiesha (who seems to have what sounds like a strong Japanese accent), asked how many inches that was. (I refrained from telling her but got their rates to figure it myself.) Kinko's prices by the square inch or the square foot. Yikes! Jim -- Metric Methods(SM) Don't be late to metricate! James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
[USMA:14927] Giant Squid
A story uncontaminated by the staff of Gofish http://www.gofish.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Gofish.woa/wa/gotoArticle?document_ id=16798209 http://www.gofish.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Gofish.woa/wa/gotoArticle?document _id=16798209isnews=1 isnews=1
[USMA:14929] Re: Newsweek's Train Article-Containers
At 11:59 -0400 16/08/2001, James R. Frysinger wrote: In the shipping trade, the 20 foot containers are called TEUs and the 40 foot containers count as two TEUs. TEU is treated like a trade size. Yeah... but what TEU stands for ? Never heard that. Louis
[USMA:14931] Fw: Italy-news August 16-01
ITALIANO http://www.italy-news.net EURO SEMPRE PIU' FORTE DOLLARO IN CRISI Continua la rincorsa dell'Euro nei confronti del dollaro.La moneta unica viene scambiata poco sotto la soglia di 0,92 centesimi di dollaro. La moneta americana vale poco più di 2.100 lire. Negli ultimi giorni,a causa dell'allarme del Fmi e del pessimismo della Fed sull'economia Usa, l'Euro si è apprezzato di oltre il 10%,toccando i massimi degli ultimi 5 mesi. Per il presidente della Commissione europea Prodi, ieri palesemente soddisfatto, la debolezza dell'Euro era arrivata a livelli irragionevoli.E oggi il ministro del Tesoro Usa O'Neill prova a rassicurare i mercati:il governo americano non cederà alla voglia di un dollaro meno forte. ESPANOL http://www.italy-news.net/index_esp.php3 EL EURO SE FORTALECE FRENTE AL DÓLAR Continúa el repunte del euro en relación con el dólar. La moneda única europea se cotizó por debajo de 0,92 centavos de dólar. La moneda estadounidense vale así algo más de 2100 liras. En los últimos días, a causa de la alarma del Fmi y del pesimismo de la Fed sobre la economía de EU, el euro se valorizó más de 10%, alcanzando los máximos de los últimos 5 meses. Para el presidente de la Comisión Europes, Prodi, quien ayer estaba visiblemente satisfecho, la debilidad del euro había alcanzado niveles irrazonables. Hoy el Ministro del Tesoro de EU, O'Neill, tratará de tranquilizar los mercados pues el gobierno de su país no dejará que el dólar se debilite. ENGLISH http://www.italy-news.net/index_eng.php3 EURO STRENGTHENING AS U.S. ECONOMY FALTERS The value of the euro continues to rise against the U.S. dollar due to the pessimism expressed by the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board about the American economy. In the past few days the value of the euro has appreciated more than 10% reaching its highest level in five months. The euro is now being traded at 0.92 to the dollar. The Italian lira has also improved to a little more than 2,100 lire to the dollar. Romano Prodi, president of the EU Commission, expressed his satisfaction with the news, saying that the Euro had been previously appraised at unreasonably low levels. However, Paul O'Neill, U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, reassured market investors that the American government would not permit the dollar to weaken any further.
[USMA:14932] Re: Newsweek's Train Article-Containers
Louis Jourdan wrote: Yeah... but what TEU stands for ? Never heard that. Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit. It's about as non-SI as you can get. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
[USMA:14933] Re: metric booze
ME,NH, VT: state stores MA, CT, RI: private stores Nat Hager III wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> That is a difference John. In PA both wine and liquor is sold in statestores, and not even beer is sold in grocery stores. (real pain when youwant to have friends over Sunday night, and can't buy a bottle of wine).But MD has private wine and liquor stores, and I can't honestly rememberseeing FFU there. Seems to me though, the Ohio model is prevalentthroughout New England, and I'll be getting there soon so I'll check it out.As for demanding they show where FFU appears - no, I don't. I prefer themore subtle approach of playing dumb, and getting the jab in in more deviousmanner. Keeps 'em guessing better! gNat Nat and Others,In Ohio, only "hard" liquor is sold in "state stores". That is stores runby the government of Ohio. I don't buy hard liquor, so I don't frequentthose stores. They may in fact price as you say. However, Wine and beercan and are sold in grocery and convenient stores, etc. It isthese storesthat advertise in FFU. I hope this is clear now!BTW, the next time they call the containers by pint andhalf-gallon, demandthat they show where on the container those words appear. It would beinteresting to see what their response would be.John- Original Message -From: "Nat Hager III" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, 2001-08-15 23:03Subject: [ USMA:14916] Re: metric booze John,In all honesty I never see that, here in Southeast PA, MD, DE, NY state.All PA Liquor store labels are in proper metric sizes, including shelflabels and hand written island displays, and pretty much the same for the large window signs in MD and DE. The price per unit volume may still be in floozies, but I never pay attention to that.Now once in a while a clerk will refer to a half-pint or a half-gallon, to which I look confused and say "what-ever". gNat 2001-08-14The stores I go to always convert and display the metric fills in ounces, such as 25.4 fl oz and 50.7 fl oz. The person doing the adsseems to thingthe public will relate more to these numbers than 750 mL or 1.5 L.Nobody I've ever spoken to knows the metric sizes of any of thewine/liquorbottles despite 22 years of metric sizing. I still hear fifths,half-gallons (for 1.5 L and 1.75 L) and gallons (for 3 to 5 L).If I informthem they are metric and have been so for 22 years, the responseis usually:"what-ever!!!" or something else that is cynical in nature.The metrication of the alcohol industry has done nothing to further the cause.John- Original Message -From: "Paul Trusten" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, 2001-08-14 00:22Subject: [USMA:14905] metric booze I know that this subject was once talked to death on this listserv, but US metric liquor sizes leapt out at me from a liquor store window sign last week. A sale item was quoted per 750 ml bottle, no WOMBATstated. Gee, those distillers have gotten into the spirit of the thing! Of course, the 750 ml thing is the son of the fifth, which was,technically, 757 ml, precisely one-fifth of a US gallon (3785 ml).Maybe metrication will succeed if the nation is thoroughly lit while it is going on BIG GRIN.--Paul Trusten, R.Ph.3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apt. 122Midland TX 79707-2872 USA(915)-694-6208[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[USMA:14935] Euro is to dollar as yard is to metre ... 0.9144 to 1
Höhenflug gebremst Der Höhenflug des Euro hat vorläufig seinen Zenit überschritten und stieg gegenüber dem gestrigen Referenzkurs nur noch leicht an. Stagnation: Nachdem die Gemeinschaftswährung gegen 9.00 Uhr zeitweise um 0,92 US-Dollar kostete, sank sie im Nachmittagshandel (16.15 Uhr) auf 0,9115 Dollar. Damit nährte sich der Euro wieder dem Referenzkurs der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) von 0,9114 US-Dollar vom Mittwoch an. Der Referenzkurs am Donnerstag - von der EZB während des Höhenfluges der Devise festgelegt - beträgt 0,9144 US-Dollar. Einen Hauptgrund für den Abwärtstrend des Euro sahen Marktbeobachter in dem gegen Mittag in Frankfurt vorgelegten August-Bericht der Deutschen Bundesbank. Der Bericht hatte bestätigt, dass sich die deutsche Wirtschaft in einer Phase der Stagnation befindet. Der Bericht veranschaulicht die Schwäche der Wirtschaft in der Eurozone, begründete ein Analyst das Ende des Euro-Höhenfluges. Nach Veröffentlichung der Juli-Verbraucherpreise in den USA gab der Euro weiter nach. Die Verbraucherpreise sanken im Juli erstmals seit April 2000 und zwar um 0,3 Prozent. Das überraschte die Volkswirte, deren Mehrzahl stagnierende Verbraucherpreise erwartet hatten. Nach Ansicht von Analysten macht ein rückläufiges Preisniveau die Senkung der Leitzinsen durch die US-Notenbank Fed bei der nächsten Sitzung des Offenmarkt-Ausschusses am 21. August wahrscheinlicher.
[USMA:14936] Re: Newsweek's Train Article-Containers
Sorry, Louis. I meant to include that. TEU stands for twenty-foot equivalent units. Jim Louis JOURDAN wrote: At 11:59 -0400 16/08/2001, James R. Frysinger wrote: In the shipping trade, the 20 foot containers are called TEUs and the 40 foot containers count as two TEUs. TEU is treated like a trade size. Yeah... but what TEU stands for ? Never heard that. Louis -- Metric Methods(SM) Don't be late to metricate! James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
[USMA:14937] teradollars
Dear Madan and All, Re: [USMA:14909] No recession please on 2001/08/14 23.20, M R at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip. If a trillion dollar (Tera $) market snip If you are going to use the SI prefixes with money - and I, for one, think this is a great idea - then please take care to use unit names and unit symbols correctly. The series should begin like this: NameSymbol kilodollars k$ megadollars M$ gigadollars G$ teradollars T$ etc. -- Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist - United States Metric Association ASM - Accredited Speaking Member - National Speakers Association of Australia Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers
