[USMA:11368] RE: Ian Paisley on Thoburn

Paisley was giving a sermon, many years ago, in which he was describing Hell as he saw it. Among the usual nonsense, he said there would be "a wailing and a gnashing of teeth." A wag in his audience called out, "What about those who have no teeth?" Paisley's thunderous reply was, "Teeth will be

[USMA:11369] Mass verb etc.

2001-2-28 11338 Joe Reid says the kilogram is "preserved with all precautions". Metrologia has had articles on change of mass of the standard kilogram due to chemical reactions on the surface and maybe adsorption of molecules on the surface. I wrote

[USMA:11370] Seattle quake in SI

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/activity/latest/eq_01_02_28.html Quake felt as far south as Portland OR, and into Vancouver and Kelowna BC. The US Geological Survey has been using SI quite frequently. alfred

[USMA:11371] RE: Seattle quake in SI

But notice that when you follow links to to the various news outlets (ABC, CBS) that SI has magically disappeared? We must keep at the media to stop doing this and in the case of the print media to remind them to use SI as per the AP Stylebook. Baron Carter -Original Message- From: Hu,

[USMA:11372] Re: Metric issue with MS Word 2000

Previous version of Word had an option for measurements under the tools/options menu. rtfm as they say! Adrian Jadic wrote: I have my Windows 98 regional settings set to Metric. However, in MS Word 2000 when I choose "Envelopes and Labels" I still get a listing of envelopes and label

[USMA:11373] Re: Seattle quake in SI

Their "Did You Feel It?" map has ONLY a kilometer scale on it! Whoooeee! And the briefing uses only kilometers! I dread to see what Antiquated Press will do with this story. Jim On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Hu, Alfred wrote: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/activity/latest/eq_01_02_28.html Quake felt as

[USMA:11374] Re: Metric issue with MS Word 2000

Ian Moseley wrote: Previous version of Word had an option for measurements under the tools/options menu. rtfm as they say! So does Word 2000. However, it makes no difference with respect to the U.S. envelope sizes, because their descriptions are hard-coded. As their original specifications are

[USMA:11375] RE: Seattle quake in SI

I've just called my favorite local TV station and I gave them this URL. Also, I pointed out that the source information is only in "metric" and I asked them to report it just that way - without converting the kilometers to miles -- as an experiment to see if they get any calls about not being

[USMA:11376] RE: Seattle quake in SI

The USGS told a Seattle reporter that the quake was "40 km under the surface" To which the reported replied, "Huh, what did you say?" The USGS guy repeated about 40km down, and then after some dead air said about 25 miles down. The press is now reporting that it was 30 miles underground. Dorks.

[USMA:11377] UKIP vs. EU

2001-02-28 Something all of you might find of interest. 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]

[USMA:11378] RE: Mass verb etc.

Robert Bushnell wrote: We can say "Let us go to Bill Potts' house and argue the pronunciation of giga." or we can say "Let us go to Bill Potts's house and argue the pronunciation of giga." PS I go for the soft g (as in giant) for the first g in giga. I was all set to put

[USMA:11379] RE: Seattle quake in SI

Correction: I now believe the 40 km quote came from a staff member at the Alaska Tsunami Center. Don't know if they are affiliated with USGS. SC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Clauss Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:19

[USMA:11380] Mass verb etc.

Robert Bushnell wrote in 11369: ?? Older grammar books say the possessive is always 's which I prefer. We can say "Let us go to Bill Potts' house and argue the pronunciation of giga." or we can say "Let us go to Bill Potts's house and argue the pronunciation of giga." PS I go

[USMA:11381] RE: Mass verb etc.

Joe Reid wrote: Hence I vote for giga with hard g's. G-g-g-good for you, Joe. g So do I (and for the same etymologically-sound reason). Bill Potts, CMS San Jose, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]

[USMA:11382] RE: Seattle quake in SI

Our TV crew dodged it. They gave no numbers except for the magnitude, "seven point oh". Jim On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, James R. Frysinger wrote: I've just called my favorite local TV station and I gave them this URL. Also, I pointed out that the source information is only in "metric" and I asked

[USMA:11383] Re: Mass verb etc.

"Yulius Kaisar"* would definitely have used two hard g's to pronounce giga, according to the classical Latin courses I took in high school. We were told that "Church Latin" actually arose in medieaval times and was a link in the evolution of Italian. And our teacher was Jewish so she had no

[USMA:11384] RE: Ian Paisley on Thoburn

It sounds like Paisley fancies himself as another Rev. Jonathan "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Edwards! Jason - Original Message - From: Bill Potts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: [USMA:11368]

[USMA:11385] RE: Ian Paisley on Thoburn

Jason Wentworth wrote: It sounds like Paisley fancies himself as another Rev. Jonathan "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Edwards! From a sermon, on 1741-07-08, in Enfield, MA. Bill Potts, CMS San Jose, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]

[USMA:11386] Fw: Italy-news February 28-01

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: "Italy-news" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 2001-03-01 00:00 Subject: