So many times I get teed off because of the stupid non-metric mixing
instructions for Roundup herbicide. I thought readers might be interested.
HARRY WYETH
Forwarded Message
Subject:Re: Scotts Miracle Gro Contact Center Response Ref #12382520
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016
Metric connection? Oh, the totality path would have been about 110 km
wide, and the moon's shadow moves about 1500 km/h. I am an eclipse
chaser, of course. No offense intended to anyone, please, and enjoy all
of April 1.
On 4/1/16 034:34, Harry Wyeth wrote:
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Cool website, in old and SI both.
http://www.whatismyelevation.com/##
HARRY WYETH
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Video all in SI:
http://www.space.com/31441-spacex-launches-lands-deploys-11-birds-highlights-video.html
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Subject:China and US SI usage
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 10:51:57 -0800
From: Harry Wyeth <hbwy...@gmail.com>
To: USMA Disc <u...@ycolostate.edu>
Great idea for China and any other SI country to stop pandering to US
stuck-in-t
Understood. But I bet that if you went to, say, "it's about 200 m wide
(650 ft)", no one would violently object and in short order no one would
even notice. Certainly very few would cancel.
Thanks.
HARRY WYETH
On 10/28/15 712:12, Foster, James L. (GSFC-617.0)[EMERITUS] wrote:
cally
competitive and on the same footing as the rest of the world?"
If enough folks join in the question just might get asked.
HARRY WYETH
Thanks for the info. I was wondering about this very issue but haven't
gotten around to seeing the movie. I read the book and liked the SI
usage. Bravo for the movie producers!
HARRY WYETH
On 10/5/15 509:09, Ressel, Howard R (DOT) wrote:
Saw The Martian movie last night, excellent geek
Just to say that congratulations are due for a successful interview.
Good job there. I don't think the NPR interviewer was hostile--just
doing his job. Too bad the comments posted on the NPR website are so inane.
HARRY WYETH
to use the correct lingo.
Not too surprising, given the general state of chaos I observed!
HARRY WYETH
liquid medicine dispensers marked in mL, and I think it is
time to switch to the metric system. Williams added, At least for
this purpose.
HARRY WYETH
Thanks and Amen to Brian. End of discussion, one hopes. I don't give a
hoot how you pronounce km.
HARRY WYETH
On 7/14/14, 1542:42, br...@bjwhite.net wrote:
This is about not losing site of the end goal. I'm all for standards.
I want the United States to use the metric system. Simple
the Wall St. Journal. Nice to see the SI.
HARRY WYETH
changes to metric for everything except the dial speedometer, but
one has to scroll through a couple of menus to achieve this. Why Toyota
screwed up on this is beyond me. Toyota, are you listening?
HARRY WYETH
On 5/22/14, 1712:12, Mark Henschel wrote:
I can get kilometers automatically
be understood better than the full word. I would sound
silly if I referred to people having a mass of xyz.
I have said many times that if we can just get people to deal with
liters, meters, and kilos, we would be home free. All the rest is
techie stuff to almost everybody.
HARRY WYETH
. Same in Europe, I wonder?
The inertia of the construction trades industry is a big obstacle in
metrication.
HARRY WYETH
/SB10001424052702304428004579351000913706472
HARRY WYETH
Sun to Jupiter is 779 million km.
HARRY WYETH
Sent from my iPad
On 27 Dec 2013, at 7:59, cont...@metricpioneer.com wrote:
Small minds are self-limiting. What is the width of a hydrogen atom? How far
is Jupiter from the sun? Intelligent people need appropriate units to measure
very small
the US government gets off its duff and
exerts some leadership. Given recent history, lotsaluck.
HARRY WYETH
On 12/25/13, 2100:00, cont...@metricpioneer.com wrote:
Tell that to BIPM. Those are all official SI measurements and
internationally recognized. Ignoring them is to bury your head
. If we could get people to just deal with liters, kilometers
and meters, and kilograms (and a few of their variations that we all
use), that is all we need to do. The results of this survey will be
meaningless, regardless of the good intent of the person who created it.
HARRY WYETH
On 12/25
time I was inEurope I seem to recall that this size was
pretty much standard. I don't recall the standard size of aluminum cans
in Australia or New Zealand.
HARRY WYETH
Nice photo from on high:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
HARRY WYETH
A big problem w/ this survey is that it demands that one answer every
question, which can be a pain. If you do this again, please reconfigure it.
HARRY WYETH
their information from an electrical pick up mounted on the front fork
that is activated by a small button mounted on the front wheel as it
spins around. This is one SI-capable bit of hardware that really works
well.
HARRY WYETH
,
and the starting line is somewhere off to the left (track events are run
counterclockwise on the track) beyond the end zone of the football field.
A hectare is 100 m on a side, or a 100 m running track sprint distance
extended into a square. Easy.
HARRY WYETH
, at times one has to admire China, which is an authoritarian
and oppressive state, but they do get things done when the time is
deemed ripe. All it takes is an edict (lots of them are bad, of
course). Over here, we diddle around about volunteerism for decades on end.
HARRY WYETH
On 5/28/13 050
conversion instructions.
HARRY WYETH
On 1/26/13 705:05, John M. Steele wrote:
Obviously, I am preaching to the choir. But I had some straight gas
left over from lawnmowing season and my snowblower is 2 cycle and
needs an oil/gas mix. I mixed a small, slightly rich mixture in a
volumetric container
Just for laughs, here is today's oddball measurement:
Thai Kitchen Lite Coconut Milk, net 13.66FL.OZ. 403 mL. Not 400?
Comes in a standard size soup can, filled to the brim.
HARRY WYETH
or maybe 100 mm
diameter. There were a few road signs in rural areas marked as KMS.
Speedometers on cars are less cluttered without our dual number sets.
HARRY WYETH
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 6, 2013, at 19:24, Paul Trusten trus...@grandecom.net wrote:
Australia A near-perfect
This was my letter to the Wall St. Journal. But it probably won't see the
light of day.
HARRY WYETH
Begin forwarded message:
From: Harry Wyeth hbwy...@earthlink.net
Date: November 25, 2012 10:00:55 PST
To: wsj.l...@wsj.com
Subject: Non-metric America
If you lived in a country with less
welcome something serious in this vein. Why not get together with
the USMA gurus and collaborate on a really worthwhile article?
HARRY WYETH
to put down any bets on
their moving toliters. I can hope, however.
http://cloverstornetta.com/
HARRY WYETH
) are in metric units.
*From:*Harry Wyeth [mailto:hbwy...@earthlink.net]
*Sent:* 12 October 2012 18:03
*To:* vliets...@btinternet.com
*Subject:* Re: [USMA:51947] Re: The Metric Football Game | The Metric
Maven
If you think rugby is tough, you should see Aussie Rules Football.
It's just semi-organized
I was in Australia last year, and they no longer use pennies. As I recall,
they round up and down and no one complains. Only problem was the stupid size
of the coins. The cheaper they were, the bigger!
HARRY WYETH
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 2, 2012, at 4:55, John M. Steele jmsteele9
imagine the
political nonsense that would result if a candidate for national office
were to say he favored metrication? The Tea Party would come unglued.
Sorry to be so pessimistic, but I have watched this for years now and
not seen much progress.
HARRY WYETH
://www.starrett.com/saws/product-detail?k=MY1-8ME
HARRY WYETH
Wondering if the SpaceX rocket was built per SI. Press says the company
used a lot of new, cutting edge methods.
HARRY WYETH
to specify page 12. Or it may not work at all.
HARRY WYETH
Original Message
Subject:Bring Back the Mile article
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 00:57:40 -0700
From: Harry Wyeth hbwy...@earthlink.net
To: sh...@rrca.org
The Road Runners' Club of America would do well
Sad to say, it is very common practice to see mile markers in 5 km and 10 km road races. We here in Grass Valley, CA, used km markers instead for a number of years until we discontinued the race series. I had to agree to continue to use mile markers, but put out old, small ones. No one seemed to
My input to the NY Times:
Original Message
Subject:Correction (Longman marathon article)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:55:31 -0700
From: Harry Wyeth hbwy...@earthlink.net
To: nytn...@nytimes.com
The article on the marathon distance and its origin
/aptree.html
HARRY WYETH
Original Message
Subject:APOD suggestion
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:55:13 -0700
From: Harry Wyeth hbwy...@earthlink.net
To: bonn...@grossc.gsfc.nasa.gov
I love your APOD site. You have absolutely wonderful photographs!
My suggestion: Let's
of high jump and
pole vault standards that have just inch measurements stamped on them,
so one can understand measurement problems here. It should never be a
problem at the college level.
HARRY WYETH
.
HARRY WYETH
Yes, it was 100 g. iPhoto downsized the pic too much but made it easier
to send. The stuff is made by Peter Rabbit Organics in Oregon.
http://www.peterrabbitorganics.com/
On 2/25/12 748:48, Michael Payne wrote:
Clarity is not so good, is it 100 grams?
On 25/02/2012, at 24:13 , Harry Wyeth
P1000340.JPGDon't know how it tastes yet.HARRY WYETH
To clarify re walking speed: I was /running/ when I managed to pass
those guys racewalking!
HARRY WYETH
?
HARRY WYETH
On 1/10/12 2328:28, Parker Willey Jr. wrote:
Hi:
Does anyone know or think they know how any of the Republican or other
candidates feel about metric conversion?
...Parker
government really makes a stand, and I am not holding my breath.
HARRY WYETH
In Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, in an article on the forthcoming
summer Olympics in London, a box about World Records on the Line:
Men's 100 meters, 9.58 seconds. Men's 110 meter hurdles, 12.87
seconds. /Women's Pole Vault, 5.06 meters./
Nothing more.
HARRY WYETH
I signed it, but 41 signatures is pretty pathetic. Let's get on it!
HARRY WYETH
On 9/23/11 1515:15, Michael Payne wrote:
Please go to http://wh.gov/gw1 I need 150 signatures to keep it on the
list, 5000 to get the White House to pay attention.
Mike Payne
and image management.
A recent item re China in the lead, again:
http://www.terrapass.com/blog/posts/clean-tech-goes-east?utm_source=brontoutm_medium=emailutm_term=Read%C2%A0moreutm_content=hbwyeth%40earthlink.netutm_campaign=Newsletter+08%2F17%2F2011
I won't mention coins/currency again!
HARRY WYETH
Original Message
Subject:Pat
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:08:56 -0700
From: Harry Wyeth hbwy...@earthlink.net
To: pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com
References: 86142cad-1abe-4e9b-9b9f-4de5b1308...@metricationmatters.com
Dear Wendy,
I am so sorry to hear
not
speaking of human rights and justice, to be sure.
HARRY WYETH
Bill Hooper wrote:
I got this cordial reply from Mr. Bennett. I don't think he is
anti-metric, just non-metric.
Begin forwarded message:
Dear Mr. Hooper,
I appreciate your letter and your thoughts, sincerely.
Metric dimensions
size? I belong to a metric
support group that would like to know the answer for our research.
Thanks a lot. HARRY WYETH Grass Valley, CA
EMAIL*MESSAGE*END
This sent to Sacramento Bee.
HARRY WYETH
Original Message
Subject:Zola Budd running article
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:35:14 -0700
From: Harry Wyeth hbwy...@earthlink.net
To: mbennett-sm...@sacbee.com
Mr. Bennett-Smith;
I enjoyed your article on Zola Budd
their competitors do bottles in ounces.
HARRY WYETH
, and not in parenthesis.
HARRY WYETH
through a computer menu to do it. My
Prius offers only the speed option, sadly. I wonder about the new
version of the Insight.
HARRY WYETH
and
Australia and probably everywhere else.
The cm vs. mm debates may be technically interesting, but they do not do
much toward actually advancing metrication.
HARRY WYETH
I recently spend a month in Australia, and thought readers might be interested in the below photo of a poster seen in a bookstore.Aussies have SI almost totally correct, but I did notice various forms of the plural of "km" on signs, including some posted by the national park service. There is an
common in the
English Language. Now, 23 ms or kms would be wrong and is not policy.
Bruce E. Arkwright, Jr
Erie PA
Linux and Metric User and Enforcer
On Jun 4, 2011, *Harry Wyeth* hbwy...@earthlink.net wrote:
I recently spend a month in Australia, and thought readers might
be interested
to measure depth in the United States.
Another one: He writes of the width of the Bosporus as being 770 yards
across. That is a another obvious twisting of the original: the width
is clearly just a plain 700 m. Can't you just say so?
Please stop this nonsense.
HARRY WYETH
The copy of the letter I posted here was to the Wall Street Journal
regarding today's article.
HARRY WYETH
yes, they said the helicopters had been shielded against
radiation--with lead. What a good idea that was.
HARRY WYETH
Lets have some fun and take a look at this video. Metric connection:
guess how long the course is, and maybe the elevation loss (their
website doesn't say). My estimate is 2 km and 120 m. Anyone else?
HARRY WYETH
Check out this video from a helmet cam of an urban downhill race in Chili
bit taller. I have always believed that all it would take
would be for the Commander in Chief to order--or suggest to the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs-- that all military PXs stock milk in 2 L cartons.
Such a simple step would do wonders!
HARRY WYETH
of these something may come of it. Some of us may not like
MoveOn, but this may be a way to get something rolling. Maybe some
other official should be the target instead of Chu.
HARRY WYETH
Original Message
Subject:Quick question for you
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:35
in electricity production. I have a 4 kW
system with 38 panels, and last month my electric bill was $14 in spite
of the winter weather ( I admit to being away for a while).
HARRY WYETH
up the signal. The form didn't indicate.
I wonder if there is a reason for the SI usage related to wavelengths of
the satellite signals.
HARRY WYETH
if I could find a way to lengthen it to 20 miles!
HARRY WYETH
Remek Kocz wrote:
Speaking of marathons, what's more frustrating than the coverage, is
the ubiquitous presence of the 26.2 oval stickers on cars whose
owners want to show off their running prowess.
No idea. I didn't see any, but the TV coverage only hit a tiny part of
the course, and it would have been easy for any metric signs to be
missed by the cameramen, even if they filmed a section where there was a
sign.
HARRY WYETH
Martin Vlietstra wrote:
Did the course have 5km, 10km signs
discouraging. No mention, ever, of the actual distance of 42.2 (exactly
42.195) km distance.
HARRY WYETH
don't recall how the chain was raised up, or why it wouldn't all pull
out of the storage locker every time from its weight alone.
HARRY WYETH
Readers may be interested in the following correspondence from
California about a local 10km road race (some stuff has been deleted):
Original Message
Subject:Re: Last article
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:15:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:
To: Harry Wyeth hbwy
In today's Wall Street Journal, the front page lead story was about the
mine rescue. All the depths were given in meters, and the diagram on
the front page showed lines indicating depths in 100 m intervals. No
bad stuff. Some progress.
HARRY WYETH
Lots of interesting metric talk in this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light
HARRY WYETH
offered in 8
and 12 ounce options
Canada obviously has a long way to go, but this is not news.
HARRY WYETH
repairs and traffic accidents. They are not replaced often, and
I think most of these are still in place. I don't know about the design
of new ones.
HARRY WYETH
, this is one simple but very important obstacle to really
converting field events to metric reporting!
HARRY WYETH
know a young man who is in Afghanistan just now. When I see him again
I will ask him.
HARRY WYETH
Apologies to the UK lads about that game yesterday. I really do feel
sorry for your keeper, actually! But don't underestimate our team! As
to metric, on the ABC broadcast yesterday, at one point when a free kick
was being set up, the screen flashed distance to goal 27 m. Progress?
HARRY
, really catch on.
HARRY WYETH
to match that of the oncoming plane, and only because the
automatic crash avoidance radar told one to dive and one to climb did
they miss by some hundreds of meters.
HARRY WYETH
seconds! It is also an average
speed of 20.1 km/h. I often do not average that speed riding my road bike!
Sports fans, this is almost unbelievable.
HARRY WYETH
(apologies if not!)?
HARRY WYETH
she said up to one meter. Nice to
hear. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrizo_Plain
HARRY WYETH
Remek Kocz wrote:
I look at a copy of Krakauer's book, Into Thin Air recently. I'm
not familiar with the story, but it seems it told of a difficult
descent from the summit of Mt. Everest
I would agree on the third point. It really is easier to say miles
rather than kilometers (I hate klicks!). Saying one k works with
a lot of runners, however. Liter, however, has it all over gallons
and is just as easy as quarts.
HARRY WYETH
3) *Monosyllabic names for many customary
://frogtape.com/
HARRY WYETH
sources. It would be difficult to do. But as economists
say, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
HARRY WYETH
for measuring ski lengths and
bicycle tube lengths. No one refers to 1700 mm skis or a 490 mm
seat tube on a bicycle.
HARRY WYETH
.
There was no mention of the convoluted English formula. I think I will
send them a congratulatory email.
HARRY WYETH
for the
foreseeable future.
HARRY WYETH
Pat Naughtin wrote:
Dear All,
I am beginning to make a collection of all those old pre-metric
measuring words that are described as:
*Too entrenched to change*.
Here are some examples to get your thinking started (as you know, many
of these have never
) and it is pretty much straight up. It
took a lot of mental discipline to pull this one off.
http://climbingnarc.com/2009/08/climbing-video-alex-honnold-free-soloing-half-dome/
HARRY WYETH
topic, a simply beautiful and truly innovative movie, but it
would be a waste to see it in other than 3D. Plot is so-so.
HARRY WYETH
At an airport bookstore (Dulles, near Washington DC) the other day I
leafed through the latest issue of National Geographic en Español. Sure
enough, all the measurements I noticed were in SI.
This may be old news, but is the first time I have seen it first hand.
HARRY WYETH
larger it is than a cubic yard.
Another example of the beauty and simplicity of the metric system! But
go figure why the wineries produce wine in liters, bottle in liters, and
the wine industry supplies statistics in gallons.
HARRY WYETH
I suppose I am not the only one who noticed the press articles re the
amount of water found on the moon as 26 gallons. Obviously, the NASA
guys calculated 100 L.
HARRY WYETH
reading, e.g., 70.643 kg (155 lbs, xxx oz).
I asked the nurse why they take weight, sorry, mass, in pounds, and she
says, of course, I don't know.
HARRY WYETH
) to measure liquid, meters (and cm and mm) for distance, and
kilograms (and g) for weight (OK, mass), that would be a stupendous advance.
So, wouldn't it be more effective for posters to just deal with these
three? Just three little changes, maybe, US population?
HARRY WYETH
make a worthwhile change.
HARRY WYETH
Stan Jakuba wrote:
Jim:
Interesting hobby you have, collecting all that weather info.Your
conclusion of:
average insolation165.02 W/m2 (10 min average)
has not persuaded your relatives?
I suspect, they have relatives in this town
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