[USMA:10742] Fw: SI (international System of Units-metric system)

2001-01-30 Thread Norman Werling
I accessed the web site www.trace-sc.com and sent this email to the feedback address shown. This site was shown in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the end of an article about U.S.-Mexico relations under its new President Fox Norm - Original Message - From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL

[USMA:10743] Losing the 16.9 -Reply

2001-01-30 Thread Howard Ressel
The bottler in my area just introduced the 0.5 L bottle and the 16.9 oz is not prominent on the bottle at all. "Nat Hager III" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/29/01 10:38pm Looks like the local Coca-Cola bottler is slowly losing the "16.9 floz" designation on 500 ml soda. Last fall I noticed the large

[USMA:10745] Gruyere cheese

2001-01-30 Thread Louis JOURDAN
To my American friends Sometimes we complain about the European bureaucracy which enacts very precise standards, but can one of you confirm the information below I just found in my local newspaper (Ouest-France, 2001/01/30) : --- Le ministre de l'Agriculture amricain vient de dcider que les

[USMA:10744] Re: Latest Mail on Sunday story

2001-01-30 Thread Louis JOURDAN
At 21:55 + 01/01/29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had Stewart Steven's permission to reproduce his second story. I may also add it to my Web site. OK, LET'S HELP YOU GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT Stewart Steven Mail on Sunday, 2001-01-28 I've mentioned the US. Here are other countries with

[USMA:10747] Re: Gruyere cheese

2001-01-30 Thread James R. Frysinger
This is true! In fact, Clinton signed this out just before he left office. Jim Louis JOURDAN wrote: To my American friends Sometimes we complain about the European bureaucracy which enacts very precise standards, but can one of you confirm the information below I just found in my local

[USMA:10746] Decimalization replaces old units

2001-01-30 Thread James R. Frysinger
Dear Editor: Our stock markets are well on their way to complete decimalization. Trading and the data pertaining to securities are being converted to decimal units of dollars and cents (centidollars), replacing the legacy of the Pieces of Eight coin once used in the colonies. This will lead to

[USMA:10748] RE: Losing the 16.9 -Reply

2001-01-30 Thread Nat Hager III
Howard, With your proximity to Canada they probably figure there's less of an excuse, than here in South Central PA. At any rate it seems like Coke is quite intent on not letting consumers get entrenched with the "16.9" stuff. Introduce it that way for a year, but then quietly phase it out. It

[USMA:10750] Re: Fw: A really cool conversion applicaton

2001-01-30 Thread Bruce Raup
On 2001-01-29 23:30 -0500, kilopascal wrote: - Original Message - From: "beekun1" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 2001-01-29 21:00 Subject: A really cool conversion applicaton [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America] In the interest of promoting implementation of

[USMA:10752] cabinet makers

2001-01-30 Thread Gregory Peterson
The lab nextdoor is being renovated. I happend to notice the work-orders glued to the back of the cabinets. The were manufactured by Mid Canada Millwork Inc [ http://www.midcanadamillwork.com ] located south east of Winnipeg, MB. The construction was 100% metric, though it is obvious that

[USMA:10754] BIPM Supplement 2000

2001-01-30 Thread Gene Mechtly
I have just visited the BIPM Web Site and found: "Supplement 2000: addenda and corrigenda to the 7th edition (1998)" (not an 8th edition which would be new to us in this forum). Gene. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:58:20 -0500 From: Barry Taylor [EMAIL

[USMA:10755] Rwanda Yemen

2001-01-30 Thread M R
Going by this website for Rwanda http://www.rwanda1.com/government/ and click on Geography and Yemen http://www.yemeninfo.gov.ye/ENGLISH/home.htm and click on Geography We can say that Rwanda and Yemen are metric. __ Get personalized email

[USMA:10757] Liberia

2001-01-30 Thread Joseph B. Reid
I have just looked up Lioberia on the Internet. The statistcs were given in metres, square metres, kilograms, and metric tons Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West TorontoM5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071

[USMA:10758] Re: Gruyere cheese

2001-01-30 Thread kilopascal
2001-01-30 Something tells me the person who came up with the hole size requirement had 2 cm or 20 mm in mind. Some how the 2 cm was converted to the closest fraction as 13/16 inch, and then back converted back to metric with a calculator exactly as seen below. You should write to the paper

[USMA:10759] Re: Latest Mail on Sunday story

2001-01-30 Thread kilopascal
2001-01-30 Most likely from some UKIP or BWMA tourist who happened to find some 60 year old petrol pump still working and showing gallons, and returns to Britain to report the population of such-n-such place is still imperial. John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der

[USMA:10761] Channel 5

2001-01-30 Thread chris
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:50:46 -, "Steve" wrote: Hi Chris I've just finished watching a Channel 5 documentary recorded from last week on the subject of extra-terrestrial life and a new Grand Array telescope currently being built in the States. The female narrator said that this giant

[USMA:10762] (fwd) from Stewart Steven

2001-01-30 Thread chris
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:23:42 +, Stewart Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 28/1/01 5:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr Steven: Once again I have to congratulate you on an excellent article, and having the courage to publish it. ... Thank you for the nugget