Only we noticed.
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From: Remek Kocz
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 04 November, 2010 17:47
Subject: [USMA:48780] USPS makes a metric mistake.
Uh-oh, don't tell the US Postal Service, but one of their lobby posters has a
Dear All,
http://www.dma.org.uk/news/nws-dmitem.asp?id=6139t=Mobile+marketing%3A+Google+trials+ad+metric+system
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see
http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
Hear Pat speak at:
Dear All,
This is an odd collection, but you might find it interesting:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see
http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
Hear Pat
Jim Frisinger informed me privately that he is not authorized to discuss the
number of meters below sea level that submarines can rest on station and
receive ELF communications.
Original message
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:42:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: mech...@illinois.edu
Subject:
Perhaps the real hazard was the celsius scale, the mercury was a diversion.
:-)
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Paul Trusten
Sent: 05 November 2010 06:45
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:48781] Re:
From 1965 to 1969 I was a student at the University of Natal, Durban (South
Africa). While I was there an Australian submarine called in and the public
were invited on board. Somebody asked one of the officers how deep the
submarine could dive. He was quite honest when he said I know, but you
On the other question of Slicers, try a search for:
millimeter thickness meat and cheese slicers
Many choices pop up, some of which clearly *imply* millimeter dial settings by
listing millimeter numbers, but none that I have found actually display the
millimeter dials.
Original message
Please forgive me Jim Frysinger for spelling your name as Frisinger. While
typing I was connected with a Verizon Wireless Tech person trying to eliminate
involuntary disconnects, and am still having this problem at this moment.
Original message
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:07:32 -
Dear Martin,
Wasn't the USPS one of the founding members of the International Postal Union
in the mid nineteenth century? If so they should be using metric system units
for international postage.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see
On 2010/11/06, at 07:00 , mech...@illinois.edu mech...@illinois.edu wrote:
On the other question of Slicers, try a search for:
millimeter thickness meat and cheese slicers
Many choices pop up, some of which clearly *imply* millimeter dial settings
by listing millimeter numbers, but none
Dear Carleton,
I heard on radio overnight that children in Rwanda are to be recipients of a
computer as part of a One laptop per child program.
As I listened it occurred to me that this could well be the first time in their
lives that these Rwandan kids will be exposed to old pre-metric
On Thursday 04 November 2010 16:29:29 John M. Steele wrote:
Scary. I not only understand it, I have fid and can splice stranded rope.
Never got the hang of braid..
I've never fid (fad? fud?), but I've read Chapman enough to know how to do it.
What I'd like to know is, where's the eye? He
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