[USMA:11273] Fw: Please right now... [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America]

2001-02-25 Thread kilopascal
- Original Message - From: "downtobusiness" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 2001-02-24 22:24 Subject: Please right now... [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America] Please right now go to some yahoo club and make the request that the founder choose the option of weather in

[USMA:11275] Fw: Re:[ukma] Shock new survey from the BWMA

2001-02-25 Thread kilopascal
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 2001-02-25 05:01 Subject: Re:[ukma] "Shock new survey" from the BWMA I forgot to add that one example of things going the other way was Douwe Egberts' coffee. About a year ago they changed from 227 g to

[USMA:11274] Fw: [ukma] Shock new survey from the BWMA

2001-02-25 Thread kilopascal
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 2001-02-25 04:59 Subject: Re: [ukma] "Shock new survey" from the BWMA On 24 Feb 2001 15:04:33 -0800, "Owen Massey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Terrible, terrible article in The Sun today parroting BWMA

[USMA:11278] Fw: UK Metrication Web Site...

2001-02-25 Thread kilopascal
- Original Message - From: MetricMickey To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 2001-02-25 10:04 Subject: Re: UK Metrication Web Site... Thank you for your kind comments re my www.ukmetrication.co.uk Web site. Comments are always welcome! Very best wishes Metric Mickey

[USMA:11283] Re: Fw: [ukma] (fwd) Weights and Measures

2001-02-25 Thread kilopascal
2001-02-25 It is obviously a typo Duncan. The chart meant to show 113 g, but instead showed 133 g. If Neil Herron really cared about his customers, he would not be quibbling about quarters of 454, but encourage his customers to think and ask in hundred gram increments. He is deliberately

[USMA:11284] Re: Symbols for SI Prefixes (fwd)

2001-02-25 Thread Gene Mechtly
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:10:28 -0600 (CST) From: Gene Mechtly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Barry Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Ian Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Symbols for SI Prefixes On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Barry Taylor wrote: ...I am sending a copy of

[USMA:11286] Re: Web site update

2001-02-25 Thread James R. Frysinger
I'm not in favor of this, John. My mailbox is already inundated by monotonous echoes from Yahoo and so forth. I would prefer that posters pick and choose. I really don't need to see 20 messages a day saying "Let's metricate now!" News and novel ideas are what interest me. Jim On Sun, 25 Feb

[USMA:11287] Re: Web site update

2001-02-25 Thread chris
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:25:55 -0500, "James R. Frysinger" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not in favor of this, John. My mailbox is already inundated by monotonous echoes from Yahoo and so forth. I would prefer that posters pick and choose. I really don't need to see 20 messages a day saying "Let's

[USMA:11289] Fw: [ukma] Only young people understand metric....

2001-02-25 Thread kilopascal
2001-02-25 Personal letter to me. I am forwarding to the userlist. 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: "riane

[USMA:11290] Public Law Ex. Order (fwd)

2001-02-25 Thread Gene Mechtly
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 17:25:26 -0600 (CST) From: Gene Mechtly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Andy Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Public Law Ex. Order Andy, An Executive Order by President Bush (the elder) directs departments in the Executive Branch to

[USMA:11291] RE: Public Law Ex. Order (fwd)

2001-02-25 Thread Bill Potts
Gene Mechtly wrote: Jeb Bush might be able to persuade President Bush (the younger) to see that his father's Executive Order is enforced, or to issue his own presidential order which could be even more favorable for metrication. I understand that Dubya already knows what a gram is. Bill

[USMA:11292] RE: Public Law Ex. Order (fwd)

2001-02-25 Thread Gene Mechtly
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Bill Potts wrote: ... I understand that Dubya already knows what a gram is. Ah, but do the civil servants in his technical departments know or even care what a gram is, other than those in the DEA?

[USMA:11293] RE: Public Law Ex. Order (fwd)

2001-02-25 Thread kilopascal
2001-02-25 Bad boy! Bill, you are a very bad boy. 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: "Bill Potts" [EMAIL