On Wednesday 23 June 2010 19:53:47 Pat Naughtin wrote:
Dear All,
Does anyone know who metric-measure.tk belongs to? I am curious
because of this page:
http://metric-measure.tk/868034-TEDxMelbourne-Pat-Naughtin-Saving-Millions-
with-the-Metric-System.html
The whois query returns this:
Most of the proposed FPLA amendment is what we have seen before. However,
there is a new section described a new coordination and education role for NIST
and the Secretary of Commerce to assist with permissive metric-only labeling.
It looks good to me, but I urge everybody to read the link.
Stating a relationship that 1 mm is some fraction of an inch (not THAT fraction
by the way) is circular reasoning. No country maintains primary inch (or foot
or yard) standards. The inch is defined ONLY in terms of the meter or
millimeter; therefore the millimeter CAN'T be defined by the
We've been having a very crummy June here weather-wise in the Pacific
Northwest. Was referred to this blog about the lack of solar radiation:
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2010/06/record-murk-strikes-nw.html
Now if only the temps were in Celsius. :-)
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John,
South Africa followed the Australian example. (or was it the other way
round? :-) )
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Pat Naughtin
Sent: 24 June 2010 01:03
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:47931] Re: Another
In general, metric tools are easy; socket, open end, and allen wrenches, etc.
But metric only measuring tapes are rare.
From: Paul Armstrong u...@otoh.org
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Cc: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Thu,
Guys, guys, I thought the sarcasm dripping from my post was sufficient.
I was poking fun at the author measuring in inches and converting. I'd rather
have an all-metric tape too, but dual is easier to come by. If you need data
in millimeters, it AT LEAST makes sense to get a dual tape, not
On 2010/06/25, at 06:51 , Martin Vlietstra wrote:
Pat,
I think you got it wrong. Didn’t you mean megajoules?
Dear Martin,
Thanks for your comment. I will give it some thought in a few weeks –
just after I finish my lunch!
By the way, for food energy amounts, I think that it is better
Dear Paul,
Thanks for the reference. Did you notice that on the right of the web
page you sent there is a link to 'Michael Storer's Forum' at http://www.woodworkforums.com/f169/re-using-metric-system-usa-getting-tape-measures-others-70285
and this is quite interesting for anyone who wants to
On 2010/06/25, at 08:01 , John M. Steele wrote:
In general, metric tools are easy; socket, open end, and allen
wrenches, etc. But metric only measuring tapes are rare.
Dear John,
And, sadly, millimetre only tapes and rules are even more rare. See
School teaches us to be really good at sliding decimal points around. I don't
find that a problem at all. What I do find to be a problem is restarting the
1-99 numbering after each meter mark. If foot markings are that way, one is
always close enough to read. I may be 0.5 m away from the
Amazon sells a metric only measuring tape that uses millimeters. Here's a
link to the site:
http://www.amazon.com/Fastcap-PMMR-TRUE32-True32-Reverse-measuring/dp/B000GFHABG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=hiqid=1277430869sr=8-1
- Andrew Winn
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:47 PM, John M. Steele
I very much want to go to Maine for an extended visit sometime.
My father was born in Portland, and after high school joined the merchant
marine and wound up in San Francisco where he met my mother. His
grandfather and father migrated from Yarmouth, NS to Portland around 1885;
originally
I have an all-millimeter tape measure from New Zealand. It is my
favorite tape measure of all. Darn it for being so hard for us in the
U. S. to get to the point of measuring so logically and efficiently!
It is worth the fight fir us to reach the goal.
Paul Trusten
Vice President and
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