[USMA 301] Re: Vote on the subject for a new Washington Post editorial

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[USMA 300] Vote on the subject for a new Washington Post editorial

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[USMA 274] Re: Reply To: SAE More Metric

The Washington Post is now leaving metric in stories when the original source had it that way, and only rarely is giving a parenthetical conversion. They hadn’t done that before. Most of the staff at my various doctors, unfortunately, still insist on pounds. Carleton On 2016-07-20, 15:43

[USMA 223] Re: From Queen Elizabeth

(at the Anglican cathedral there), then drove to Dublin. The minute we crossed the border, I noticed: The road signs were in both English and Gaelic. Speed limits and distances were in km. I had to find a bank machine to get some euro notes. Carleton On 2016-07-11, 17:39, "USMA on b

[USMA 167] Re: Recent article containing dual units

The good old Associated Press again … cm On 2016-04-18, 08:28, "USMA on behalf of Ressel, Howard R (DOT)" wrote: Check out the line in the 4th paragraph.

[USMA 121] Re: the liter leads at Market Street stores

It's 300 km/h. Another bad case of rounding off the miles, then back-converting. Carleton - Original Message - From: "Martin Vlietstra" <vliets...@btinternet.com> To: "Carleton" <carlet...@comcast.net>, "Paul Trusten" <trus...@grandeco

[USMA 119] Re: the liter leads at Market Street stores

There was something I saw at Costco Friday night. It was some kind of flavored water drink in what looked like a 500 mL bottle. Usually it also shows 16.9 oz. Well, the oz got rounded up to 17, then back-converted to metric, and it shows 503 mL. Wonder who the idiot was. Carleton On 2016

[USMA 103] Re: New York Times: "Don't Let the Metric System Scare You"

, though, and see if it is close to 83 g of coffee, which according to the formula would be good for 1.5 L of water. Carleton -Original Message- From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of c...@traditio.com Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 21:49 To: USMA List Server <u

[USMA 23] Re: Paris Agreement in Degrees Celsius

thing would be getting people to understand what is hot, what is pleasant, what is cold, etc. without having to convert in their heads. After all we are I think the last country to still measure temperature "Old School" ... Carleton -Original Message- From: USMA [mailto

[USMA:54865] Discussion with Dyson regarding a fan/heater unit I bought at Costco

or any other setting. Apparently if the unit is sold anywhere else in the world it is set to Celsius. The dimensions of the unit are all in millimeters. It is only the temperature setting that is messed up. It is a very good unit otherwise. Carleton From: Dyson Online

[USMA:54847] RE: Feedback Concern: Coffee and Tea questions

.) The display screen was quickly changed to show milliliters. *the scoop that came with the coffee grinder; I’ve never actually measured what it holds Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Schlesinger Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 23:11

[USMA:54814] Windmill article in The Washington Post

100% SI. And not one unit dumbed down, not one conversion shown. Nice. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/10/the-boom -in-wind-energy-couldnt-be-coming-at-a-better-time/ Carleton

[USMA:54788] Re: State by State Option

Some email list servers work that way. The idea is that the message you sent is in your “Sent Items” folder. I’m on a couple of lists that work like that. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of David Pearl Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 11

[USMA:54770] Re: labeling 1-liter bottles of Perrier

This is because very old manual typewriters did not have a one key; the numerals went from 2 through 0 only. Everyone was taught back then to type a lower case L to get one. For people who learned a long time ago this is a finger pattern hard to break. Carleton -Original Message- From

[USMA:54758] Re: Metric Financial Services; Immigrants

Immigrants may have a strong desire to fit in to American life, and part of doing that is accepting the colloquial American way of measuring things. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: Saturday, June

[USMA:54669] Re: Iowa State editorial

An easy way to get around that is how wallboard in some countries is sized: 2400 x 1200 mm. Can divide by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12. There is no rule that just because you are metric your sizes have to be even meters. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu

[USMA:54618] RE: Metric drone legislation

If it’s the Associated Press it is always their policy to dumb down the measurements. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 16:27 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54617] Metric drone

[USMA:54608] Re: Fwd: Your Support for Senate Bill 166 would Help Oregon Global Interoperability

The political issue comes from the need for government action to finally make metrication happen. Some view that as “Government telling me what to do” (even if it is acknowledged to be a good idea otherwise) and they are violently opposed to that. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu

[USMA:54615] Re: petition to get the FPLA updated

I just signed it too. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of mechtly, eugene a Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 17:27 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54613] Re: petition to get the FPLA updated

[USMA:54588] Barney and Clyde comic strip today, January 25, 2015

Or click this link: http://www.gocomics.com/barneyandclyde#mutable_1257182 Carleton

[USMA:54545] Re: Anger over Celsius-only Grill Thermometer

A bigger gripe is that there was no way to turn it off except by removing the batteries. cm -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of - Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 13:36 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54544] Re:

[USMA:54531] RE: FW: ID Card in Jordan

True. Measuring a person’s height in millimeters implies too much precision (and isn’t all that accurate down to four places; people’s height varies by several millimeters depending on how stretched out your spine is at any moment), and meters creates a decimal point. Carleton 179 cm

[USMA:54518] RE: Fw: Posting of NIST SP 1181

In French-speaking areas, I’ve often seen a space between the $ and the number, and a space before a ? or a !. Over 100 years ago that was fairly common in English writing too (I’ve got some old books). Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf

[USMA:54460] Re: What to call non SI measures. Legacy Measures

Does the word legacy have sufficient negative connotations, though?   Carleton - Original Message - From: Howard R Ressel (DOT) howard.res...@dot.ny.gov To: USMA usma@colostate.edu Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 8:22:01 AM Subject: [USMA:54459] Re: What to call non SI measures

[USMA:54469] Re: What to call non SI measures. Legacy Measures

Actually, I've been a member for years, and subscribe. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of James Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 13:52 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54464] Re: What to call non SI measures

[USMA:54414] RE: Editorial : End of Road for Metric System

The Washington Times is a right-wing screed owned by Moon's Unification Church, and was started in 1983 as an outlet for Moon and his philosophy. It has very low circulation and is heavily subsidized by the church. cm From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On

[USMA:54355] Re: Good Question: Why are speed limits posted in kilometers?

– only Food in the stores sold in g and kg only – not lb, and all remaining liquid food like milk in liters and ml only A steak on a restaurant menu showing mass in grams and not ounces etc. Until then the average Joe Sixpak will never think anything has happened. Carleton From: owner-u

[USMA:54335] Re: Canada's Wonderland

Thanks to the 800 kg gorilla just to their south … Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of ezra.steinb...@comcast.net Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 20:32 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: USMA Subject: [USMA:54332] Re: Canada's Wonderland

[USMA:54337] Re: Canada's Wonderland

That’s so the grandmothers and grandfathers can compare the new baby to ones that came prior, I’ve heard. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of ezra.steinb...@comcast.net Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 23:13 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc

[USMA:54328] Interesting scale seen in New York today

increments) if I have the switch at the bottom set correctly, to kg and not lb. (My friend in England has a digital scale with three settings: kg, lb, st.) Carleton

[USMA:54311] RE: CNN's 12 of the World's Most Beautiful Clocks

One slight mistake for London: Big Ben is not the tower, and it is not the clock. It is the bell inside the tower. http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/bigben.htm Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Remek Kocz Sent: Saturday

[USMA:54296] RE: [USMA:54292] RE: [USMA:54284] FW: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole

issue with 3.048-meter pole Carleton. Actually, length is correct for one definition of footage, but I had in mind this particular definition: a motion-picture scene or scenes: newsreel footage; jungle footage. - Message from cont...@metricpioneer.com mailto:cont...@metricpioneer.com

[USMA:54285] RE: [USMA:54284] FW: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole

Or, just “length”. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John Altounji Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 21:54 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54284] FW: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole How about

[USMA:54155] RE: Accidental Overdose: Parents Are Terrible at Measuring Kids' Meds

that (Kaiser Mid-Atlantic, that is). http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/spoonfuls-can-lead-to-medicine-errors-study-finds/2014/07/13/fd8ed0a4-0ac2-11e4-929c-4cd4865c3725_story.html Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf

[USMA:54028] Re: tries to pull a truck in heels - YouTube

They are using meters and not yards. We should be happy. Snarking over “meter” vs. “metre” is definitely secondary at this point. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Harold_Potsdamer Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 07:35 To: U.S. Metric

[USMA:53828] RE: How fast? Kilometers on Union County, S.D., signs a relic of failed metric switch

getting to whoever controls the AP Stylebook will. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 06:10 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53827] How fast? Kilometers on Union County, S.D., signs a relic

[USMA:53812] RE: Archaic units persist

in km and rope lengths in cm or mm, but when it comes to the mass of the bells - can't change that or the yelling will begin! How insane to live in a mixed up world. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of James Sent: Tuesday

[USMA:53800] Re: Now this is the way I wish we did weather here in the States

with Astoria in Queens. So just type in “New York, NY” and it will be fine. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 07:07 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53796] Re: Now this is the way I wish we did

[USMA:53740] Re: Declarations of Net Amounts Inside Containers

My guess: It started out as 100 g Then someone converted it to ounces Then someone else back-converted it to metric and got overly precise. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of mechtly, eugene a Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 17:10

[USMA:53733] Re: costco

Yes - and the other laws that allow colonial units only for packaged meat (such as sausage) and for goods packaged in the store. Carleton From: mechtly, eugene a [mailto:mech...@illinois.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:48 To: carlet...@comcast.net Cc: U.S. Metric Association

[USMA:53694] RE: What To Tell Companies Deficient in Labeling in Metric Units

I wrote to Aidell's a number of years ago asking why metric was not on the label. They responded, essentially, Because we're not required to. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of mechtly, eugene a Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 12:35 To: U.S

[USMA:53597] RE: Unit Pricing of Consumer Products in Retail Marketplaces

Because then the customer and the deli counter employee would get into a needless argument over the correct way to order things. It’s understood that a “quarter” gets you 125 g. Barbara understands it, the employee understands it, and everyone’s happy. Carleton From: Kilopascal

[USMA:53599] RE: Unit Pricing of Consumer Products in Retail Marketplaces

there. It certainly does not help that the roads are still marked in imperial. Carleton From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas...@cox.net] Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 12:07 To: 'U.S. Metric Association' Subject: Re: [USMA:53590] RE: Unit Pricing of Consumer Products in Retail Marketplaces OK. You

[USMA:53594] RE: Unit Pricing of Consumer Products in Retail Marketplaces

-twelve sixty-thirteen. sixty-eighteen sixty-nineteen four twenties four twenties and one four twenties and two. four twenties and seventeen four twenties and eighteen four twenties and nineteen one hundred One quite wonders how all that happened. Carleton From: mechtly, eugene

[USMA:53577] Re: No Accent on lom in kilometer!

Equally telling: No one says mil-LI-meter, cen-TI-meter; therefore, kil-AH-meter is equally wrong. All have the accent on the first syllable with meter pronounced properly. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf

[USMA:53572] RE: doctor

), I have to honestly say, I don't know. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Pierre Abbat Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 22:38 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53570] doctor I went to a doctor for the first

[USMA:53552] RE: First order, first flight (1970-1972) | Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer

I cannot imagine that Airbus designed and built in anything other than metric; they just may have dumbed down the description to inches in an effort to sell the planes in North America. Carleton From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas...@cox.net] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 20:16 To: U.S

[USMA:53488] RE: Fleet Genius Pro management software now supports metric system | Technology content from Fleet Owner

This is because they are slavishly obeying the AP Stylebook. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 05:43 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53483] RE: Fleet Genius Pro management

[USMA:53455] RE: Big-Bang Metrication

That would include a condition that old units no longer have legal standing in any contract. cm -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of cont...@metricpioneer.com Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 15:08 To: U.S. Metric Association

[USMA:53434] RE: 0 to 100 km/h Performance Measure for Automotive Acceleration

Anyone can go in and FIX Wikipedia. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of cont...@metricpioneer.com Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 19:00 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53433] RE

[USMA:53423] RE: How accurate are Hospital conversions of babies masses in UK hospitals?

. If they then asked, “What is that in pounds and ounces?” (so they could compare to other babies) I just replied, “I don’t know.” There was a TV ad today for a local hospital. It showed a newborn baby in a scale. The scale clearly had “4310” on it. Carleton From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas

[USMA:53417] RE: (1) BWMA British Weights Measures Association

“Tabled”, in the US, means “to set aside”, “to stop considering”, “to postpone”. Is that what it means in the UK? Carleton From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas...@cox.net] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 22:37 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: (1) BWMA British Weights Measures

[USMA:53422] RE: (1) BWMA British Weights Measures Association

Exactly the opposite of what it means in the USA. From the context, I kind of thought that’s what it means in the UK (those are very conservative ideas and he is a conservative so why would he want to set aside or postpone them?). Carleton From: Martin Vlietstra [mailto:vliets

[USMA:53365] Re: Paul Trusten on Dram Vials

has a spout pushed into the opening. I don't know if it dispenses any standard amount or if the strength of the pour depends on the bartender's whim. Carleton -Original Message- From: Martin Vlietstra [mailto:vliets...@btinternet.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 03:45 To: 'Carleton

[USMA:53363] Re: Paul Trusten on Dram Vials

After the second or third wee dram you probably don't care too much what it is ... Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Vlietstra Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 13:08 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA

[USMA:53324] RE: Presenting the metric system to the innumerate

using your favorite units of inches and miles: eight inches and a bit over 62 miles.” Silence. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of j...@frewston.plus.com Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 05:24 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53321

[USMA:53326] RE: Presenting the metric system to the innumerate

in inchpound, and how many are just because of engineering incompetence. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of j...@frewston.plus.com Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 14:45 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53325] RE: Presenting the metric

[USMA:53224] RE: Has National Geographic switched to metric on TV?

Unlike the AP, they do have the correct symbol for kilometers per hour. Carleton From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas...@cox.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 09:35 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53222] Has National Geographic switched to metric on TV? If it is on YouTube

[USMA:53177] RE: Dual Measurements in News Articles

Associated Press article. The copy editor is following the stylebook. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of cont...@metricpioneer.com Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 15:14 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53176

[USMA:53171] RE: Post office Metric

Except when selected it's in kilograms. This is somewhat much for a simple letter envelope, unless you know that 25 g = 0.025 kg. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 11:23

[USMA:53148] RE: my letter to Taylor Precision Products (sent as a consumer)

Did the scale have a lb-kg switch underneath? Mine did and all I had to do is move the switch one time before using it, and it was all set. My friend Barbara in Kenilworth, UK has a digital scale with three settings, viz.: lb, kg, st. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u

[USMA:53110] RE: Living Celsius with old mechanical thermostats

too high. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Ziser, Jesse Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 22:26 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53109] Living Celsius with old mechanical thermostats I haven't posted anything

[USMA:53087] Re: New Version of Auto Racing Performance App Released on iTunes

Maybe they are slaves to the AP Stylebook. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of j...@frewston.plus.com Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 03:17 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53086] Re: New Version of Auto Racing

[USMA:53054] Re: FAA must Metricate

I read something in The Washington Post today that hinted that Korean business culture, in which the boss is not challenged, may have had something to do with failure to react in time to a deteriorating situation. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu

[USMA:53034] Re: FAA must Metricate

been going off in the cockpit. This had nothing to do with US vs. metric altitude indications. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Henschel Mark Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 06:31 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association

[USMA:53035] Re: FAA must Metricate

. This had nothing to do with US vs. metric altitude indications. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Henschel Mark Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 06:31 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53033] Re: FAA must

[USMA:53042] RE: Why We Should Switch To A Base-12 Counting System

could do base 20; half the population perhaps could use base 21. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of i...@metricrules.org Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 20:41 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53041] Why We Should

[USMA:53044] Re: FAA must Metricate

. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Schlesinger Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 21:46 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53043] Re: FAA must Metricate I wonder if the crash was caused by mixup of knots for feet per second

[USMA:53010] Area codes, was: RE: Metrication in Australia | Metric Views

and Marin County. The East Bay west of the Berkeley Hills is 510, and the area east of the Berkeley Hills is 925. Carleton From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas...@cox.net] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 08:36 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: Metrication in Australia | Metric Views Some years

[USMA:53013] RE: Area codes, was: RE: Metrication in Australia | Metric Views

Don't forget 650 for the Peninsula. Also, 408 just got overlaid with 669, 415 is being overlaid with 628, and they have announced 510 is getting an overlay too, but they haven't published what that number is. On Jun 30, 2013, at 12:59 , Carleton MacDonald wrote: Area code additions

[USMA:52996] Re: Si and Agriculture examples

In my case, from my house to the traffic light at the main street intersection is exactly 1 km. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Natalia Permiakova Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 15:46 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52994

[USMA:52932] Re: (Off Topic) Paper size ratios

after 30 g you know you can put five pieces of paper into a 5 g envelope and pay only basic postage. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Pierre Abbat Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 20:17 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject

[USMA:52871] Re: A Response to the Metric Petition at We The People

, no decimals, and a proper degree of accuracy. Same reason much construction is done in millimeters, even when the lengths are long: whole numbers good, decimals and fractions bad. Especially fractions. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf

[USMA:52875] RE: Re: A Response to the Metric Petition at We The People

/Calculator, entered in the kg, divided by 1.79, divided by 1.79 again, and gave her the answer before she got it from the chart. I told her if you measure people properly the calculations are easy. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Henschel Mark

[USMA:52673] Measuring change ringing bells, was: Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread

(instrument) . From: owner-u...@colostate.edu mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Carleton MacDonald Sent: 13 April 2013 22:28 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52670] RE: Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread For bell ringing

[USMA:52674] Measuring change ringing bells, was: Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread

units in his 9th February piece. I am so pleased no attempt was made to convert them into some other, long-outdated and thoroughly confusing system. To have done so would have rendered the article incomprehensible and robbed of any impact. - D.N., Hobart, Tasmania Carleton From

[USMA:52670] RE: Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread

mass is shown in kg. We use stone, or, rather, stones, at the Washington National Cathedral, too. It's what the Cathedral is made of. Limestone blocks and carved pieces of limestone for the decorative parts. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu

[USMA:52658] Re: Daltons

I guess this is why Europeans crossed their 7s, because when they wrote their 1s, they looked like uncrossed 7s. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 13:13 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject

[USMA:52592] RE: DMV was Date Format

be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system. If that is taken literally your doctor, the DMV, and everyone else have to accept metric units if you give these to them. Carleton -Original

[USMA:52538] Re: Coast Survey Publishes New International Chart for Navigation Between Florida and Cuba

You must have an iPad. Steve Jobs had a vendetta against Flash and would never allow it on his products. Same thing with Silverlight. There's a web site I go to (www.nationalcathedral.org) that uses Silverlight for its video products and I can't see those on my iPhone either. Carleton

[USMA:52471] Re: Use of the Word Metric

and, unspeakably, a verb. I edit documents at work and have a rather notorious reputation at editing out both words whenever I see them used inappropriately. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of c...@traditio.com Sent

[USMA:52451] RE: TSA Changes the Rules

The international standards for liquids is 100 mL, and all put in a 1 L bag. However, for American consumption, TSA dumbed that down to 3 oz and 1 qt. (US ounces and quarts, of course.) Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele

[USMA:52443] RE: Ford to sell cars and pickup trucks in Myanmar - Cars - Boston.com

Myanmar? Where's that? . Oh, right, Burma. When a freely elected government changes the name of the country then I'll go along. Carleton From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas...@cox.net] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 22:49 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: Ford to sell cars and pickup

[USMA:52423] Re: Metric only 2 m folding ruler available at REI

-tape-rule/p-00972 788000P?prdNo=4blockNo=4blockType=G4 blockNo=4blockType=G4 Carleton From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas...@cox.net] Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 08:09 To: jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net; U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52422] Re: Metric only 2 m folding ruler available

[USMA:52420] RE: Metric Containers

A few years ago I went to the Container Store to buy some cereal containers. They were made in Australia. I bought six 5-liter and three 3-liter containers. http://www.containerstore.com/shop/kitchen/foodStorage/specialty?productId=1638N=74066Nao=20 Carleton -Original Message

[USMA:52393] Re: Pickup truck dashboard

a stronger GM influence. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of j...@frewston.plus.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:50 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52392] Re: Pickup truck

[USMA:52379] RE: $1.00/L

£1.35 is about $2.06 right now. They’re paying about twice what we do. On the other hand, they have a system where no one has to pay to go to the doctor or the hospital. Fair trade. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Henschel

[USMA:52359] RE: Metric Coverage of Asteroid 2012-DA-14

-across-russian-u rals_n_2691904.html?utm_source=DailyBriefutm_campaign=021513utm_medium=ema ilutm_content=FeatureTitleutm_term=Daily%20Brief utm_campaign=021513utm_medium=emailutm_content=FeatureTitleutm_term=Dail y%20Brief Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u

[USMA:52327] RE: FW: Political metric supporters?

Except John Kerry is no longer in the Senate, he is now the Secretary of State. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of derryod...@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 23:55 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52326] RE: FW

[USMA:52306] Re: The Metric System, the United States of America, and Scientific Literacy | Sci-Ed

saying “millimeter, centimeter, decimeter, meter” rather than “millimeter, meter”. What is wrong is not using “meter” for “metre”. What IS wrong is using “inch”, “foot”, “yard”, “mile”, etc., instead of “meter” or “metre” or whatever. Carleton From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas

[USMA:52305] Re: The Metric System, the United States of America, and Scientific Literacy | Sci-Ed

Using cm for body height can make sense, as it is not possible to measure human height to millimeter precision, unlike a piece of machinery. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 18:31

[USMA:52295] Re: Metric Home

Doesn't Australia use 400 mm on center for the studs, and don't they use 1200 mm x 2400 mm sheets of plywood and plasterboard? Everything fits nicely with each other. Carleton -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of j

[USMA:52251] RE: Oddball measurement

Sounds like something that started out as 400 mL, got converted to Ye Olde English Units, then back-converted from that to metric. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Harry Wyeth Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 21:58 To: U.S. Metric

[USMA:52167] Re: Mendenhalling a pint of beer

% lower (568 x 0.88 = about 500) than the price of a pint (to start with, that is, the price at the time of discontinuing the pint bottle), in order; this will keep the BWMA from having a fit (or, at least no more of a fit than they will have anyway). Carleton From: owner-u

[USMA:52147] Re: U.S. and UK metrication

exit since certainly by then one would see the exit. The UK needs to get off its duff and finish the roads. Then all that’s left is beer and milk and that is, as my next door neighbor lawyer friend would say, de minimus. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u

[USMA:52126] Re: FW: still viral

Most of the articles on wsj.com are behind a $30-a-month paywall. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Natalia Permiakova Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 10:10 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52123] Re: FW: still viral power

[USMA:52081] RE: World's Largest Paper Snowflake

No doubt both journalists, loyally following the AP Stylebook, took what she gave them and dumbed down the measurements for their readers. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Vlietstra Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 08:04

[USMA:52075] RE: Fw: Re: RE: Congress considers getting rid of dollar bills for $1 coins to save money - NY Daily News

in the fare box on the streetcar, etc. Everyone will spend the coins now. I do, whenever I’m in Canada, the UK or France. This is a long time coming. Carleton P.S. It’s interesting how many of the letter writers made the conceptual connection between dollar coins and metrication

[USMA:52047] RE: Fw: Re: Re: Pennzoil 5.1 quarts

Transmission, F25 (5-SPD)..2 liters [1] Dry fill capacity shown. [2] Refill capacity shown. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Ressel, Howard (DOT) Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 11:06 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA

[USMA:52031] RE: Congress considers getting rid of dollar bills for $1 coins to save money - NY Daily News

the lobbying power of the Crane Company of Massachusetts, which makes the paper for all notes, and for which the $1 bill is a huge part of it. Carleton From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas...@cox.net] Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 15:06 To: Carleton MacDonald; 'U.S. Metric Association' Subject: Re

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