[USMA:10460] Fw: Yahoo! Clubs Metric America

2001-01-14 Thread kilopascal
Glckliches Neues Jahr! Happy New Year! John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtmlich glaubt frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[USMA:10459] Fw: The time has come for metric gas pumps. [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America]

2001-01-14 Thread kilopascal
Glckliches Neues Jahr! Happy New Year! John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtmlich glaubt frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free! - Original Message - From: "downtobusiness" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[USMA:10462] RE: Detergents

2001-01-14 Thread Leonardo Boselli
On 14 Jan 2001, at 0:05, kilopascal wrote: Procter Gamble, like any large company doesn't always march internally to the same beat. I'm sure PG does not have a metric policy per se, but the In the detergent aisle, I noticed something very dumb. A box of SURF and a box of ALL powder

[USMA:10463] FW: Andy did not make the S.O.B. comment! [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America]

2001-01-14 Thread kilopascal
-Original Message- From: downtobusiness [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, 2001-01-14 09:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Andy did not make the S.O.B. comment! [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America] Toadman is right that Clinton and Gore did just about nothing to advance the cause of

[USMA:10465] Interesting Story - The naked truth

2001-01-14 Thread kilopascal
2001-01-14 This morning's Cleveland Plain Dealer ran a most interesting article entitled: British nudist walks free, clad in smile after his trial. This man, Vincent Bethell, 28 was arrested on numerous occasions on the charge of breaking some 18-th century law of being a public nuisance by

[USMA:10466] Re: French fasteners circa 1944

2001-01-14 Thread kilopascal
2001-01-14 The inkwell is back together. I have no way of measuring the pitch other than to try to screw it into a known nut. As I noted, the diameter is "close to" M4. The screw will thread about 2 turns into an M4 x 0.7 mm nut before binding. This tells me it is either an M4 screw with a

[USMA:10467] Re: Interesting Story - The naked truth

2001-01-14 Thread chris
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:24:12 -0500, "kilopascal" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2001-01-14 This morning's Cleveland Plain Dealer ran a most interesting article entitled: British nudist walks free, clad in smile after his trial. This man, Vincent Bethell, 28 was arrested on numerous occasions on the

[USMA:10469] Re: French fasteners circa 1944

2001-01-14 Thread James R. Frysinger
Try a hardware store, John. As I recall either the Home Depot or the Lowe's (or both) stores near us have a thread try-gauge. I've got one here at home, if you're desparate and want to ship me the screw. Jim kilopascal wrote: 2001-01-14 The inkwell is back together. I have no way of

[USMA:10468] French fabric softener

2001-01-14 Thread James R. Frysinger
My wife bought a 1 L bottle of fabric softener at either T.J. Max or Marshals yesterday. The bottle's labels are entirely devoid of non-SI units and are written entirely in French -- even the list of ingredients. This tells me that our dual labeling laws are not enforced perfectly. Aw, shucks!

[USMA:10470] Fw: [ISO8601] XML does not mention ISO 8601.

2001-01-14 Thread Han Maenen
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "ISO 8601" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 2000 - 01 - 14 01:23 Subject: [ISO8601] XML does not mention ISO 8601. [2001-Jan-14] A few days ago, while in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK, I visited the local 'Borders' bookshop, which is

[USMA:10473] Re: French fasteners circa 1944

2001-01-14 Thread Leonardo Boselli
Grt the screw, get some moldable paste, and roll the screw around a corner, put it on a scanner and email JF just the image of the thread ! On 14 Jan 2001, at 14:36, kilopascal wrote: No, it isn't important. I was just curious. I don't think my mother would want her inkwell taken apart

[USMA:10474] Re: French fasteners circa 1944

2001-01-14 Thread Joseph B. Reid
Kilopascal wrote in USMA 10466: The inkwell is back together. I have no way of measuring the pitch other than to try to screw it into a known nut. As I noted, the diameter is "close to" M4. The screw will thread about 2 turns into an M4 x 0.7 mm nut before binding. This tells me it is either

[USMA:10475] RE: Fw: [ISO8601] XML does not mention ISO 8601.

2001-01-14 Thread Joseph B. Reid
Bill Potts wrote in USMA 10472: Han Maenen wrote: the correct title is the 'International Organisation for Standardisation'. I suggest you return to their web site and check again. It's International Organization for Standardization. (American/International, not British spelling.) Since

[USMA:10477] RE: Fw: [ISO8601] XML does not mention ISO 8601.

2001-01-14 Thread kilopascal
2001-01-14 Isn't it funny that the British who complain about the French, use French spellings in English rather than American. Yet, they complain about "French" measures. Go figure!! Glckliches Neues Jahr! Happy New Year! John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtmlich

[USMA:10479] Re: French fasteners circa 1944

2001-01-14 Thread Han Maenen
It might have been Whithworth, but I think that it is an older metric thread. Before the Second World War France was usually able to keep out non metric units and standards. It was in 1944/5 when the great ifp invasion took place in metric Europe, and the battle then raged on into the early