[USMA:19966] RE: Gatorade

2002-05-07 Thread JPB Cliveden
that clear to me. Ezra JPB Cliveden wrote: I was particularly disappointed this week to receive as part of a lunch pack a bottle of fresh Samantha pure spring water (their use of upper and lower cases) labelled as 16.9 OZ (1/2LITER) (again, their upper case and spacing or lack thereof

[USMA:19968] Re: Some of you might find this interesting

2002-05-07 Thread JPB Cliveden
Since you have brought up the subject once again of using HTML or plain text format for messages, let me express my opinion that it is not only difficult to rapidly read unformatted text messages, but it becomes very unpleasant indeed to read the original messages that are forwarded as a part of

[USMA:19944] RE: USMA French Franc

2002-05-06 Thread JPB Cliveden
It goes without saying that references to currencies no longer in use should be eliminated. But it is important to use the correct names, abbreviations, and capitalization for the euro. Note that 1 euro = 100 cents -- not 100 eurocents, a word that does not exist. The word euro is not capitalized

[USMA:19390] Re: Evolution of standards of measurement

2002-04-10 Thread JPB Cliveden
Dear Mr Reid, Please note that in your email signature you should present your telephone number in canonical format, ie +cc aaa , rather than the way it is displayed below, which is of no use to people outside Canada and the US. It should read, +1 (416) 486 6071 or +1 416 486 6071, with

[USMA:19401] Re: Evolution of standards of measurement

2002-04-10 Thread JPB Cliveden
Terry Simpson, replying to me, very helpfully pointed to a useful web site with some very clear guidelines: http://www.ngi.org/enum/pub/Draft_Rec_E123.htm reflecting ITU Recommendation E.123 (02/01) Notation for national and international telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and Web addresses