[USMA 318] Re: World Book Typical Course of Study

Cannot access the website from France. Mike Payne > On 08 Sep 2016, at 08:25, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > http://www.worldbook.com/typical-course-of-study.aspx > > The third grade math contains "Generate measurement data, measuring lengths > to > halves and fourths of an

[USMA 285] Re: ISO Standards

the mid 80’s when it became a standard. Mike > On 02 Aug 2016, at 17:17, Brian White <br...@bjwhite.net> wrote: > > I'm all about metric, but hate the comma as a decimal sign. :) > >> On Aug 2, 2016, at 07:35, Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com> wrote: &

[USMA 279] ISO Standards

Interesting conversation with a neighbour over here in France this afternoon. He’d go down to the local metal dealer with his order for 3500 mm of steel. But the guy would say "no cannot do that" and he couldn’t understand why. I asked how are you writing the 3500? Put it down on paper for me.

[USMA 256] Re: From Queen Elizabeth

Who and when did the UK decide to use “m” for the mile symbol? Mike Payne > On 13 Jul 2016, at 23:20, Stephen Humphreys wrote: > > Don’t confuse this with the ‘countdown’ signs that people can see. On the > motorway they’re at 100 yd intervals. Elsewhere they’re

[USMA 142] Re: Formatting numbers and the decimal marker

/tounj> > > From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of > jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 5:35 PM > To: Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com>; USMA <usma@colostate.edu> > Subject: [USMA 136] Re: Formatting numbers and the decimal m

[USMA 133] Formatting numbers and the decimal marker

I suggested a change to the Wikipedia manual of style the other day. Reading some of the comments today I realise I need some support form USMA members who in my opinion are all rational people. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_style

[USMA 86] Re: Renault Zoe Electric Car

y day > as dealers want to clear them out to make room for 2017 models. > > Mark HEnschel > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com > <mailto:metricmik...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi Gene, > > As far as I know, the Nissan Leaf is

[USMA 85] Re: Renault Zoe Electric Car

Hi Gene, As far as I know, the Nissan Leaf is approximately the same car in the USA as the Zoe is here, albeit a bit longer which applies to most vehicles for the US market. Apparently they chose the name Zoe from ZerO Emission. I agree the battery does better in warm weather. I’m impressed

[USMA 75] Re: El. and gas cars comparison

Stan, I’ve got a couple of contributions to make to your data, this gained from 18 months of operating a Renault Zoe, the european equivalent of the Nissan Leaf (Renault is tied up with Nissan on a lot of projects). Here in France, fuel is more expensive than the USA, today it’s 1,269€/litre

[USMA 76] Fwd: SI units

t; Cordialement, > > Michael Payne > Lieu dit Gasquet > 82400 Montjoi > France > +33 563 325 534 > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > ___

[USMA 13] Re: [USMA] your China Daily article on U.S. metrication

Wery well said Paul, lets hope they adopt your suggestions. Mike Payne On 07/12/2015 17:24, Paul Trusten wrote: Dear Mr. Chen Weihua, Thank you very much for discussing world demand for U.S. metrication in your article today

[USMA:54873] UTS Threaded bolts

Now that I'm fixing more things, I've just came across something else that is basically metric with non metric components, in this case a Husqvarna Chainsaw developed in Sweden and I'm sure 100% metric, but for which the carburettor is made by Walbro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walbro in

[USMA:54866] Re: Discussion with Dyson regarding a fan/heater unit I bought at Costco

This would really annoy me. You can return it as faulty and get one in Canada. Or maybe Dyson will swap it for a Canadian one? Mike Payne lieu dit Gasquet 82400 Montjoi France On 05/10/2015 00:59, Carleton MacDonald wrote: The device is both a heater and a fan. You set the temperature you

[USMA:54862] BBC Style guid

Came across this document (attached hopefully) after writing to Allrecipies UK who said they use the BBC style guide and it recommends never putting a space between the number and the symbol. http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism/article/art20130702112133541 This is a terrible piece of

[USMA:54855] RE: Abbreviation for Degrees Celsius

Hold down the ALT key and type 0176 will get you the degree symbol on a Microsoft computer, on an apple it's Opt k Mike Payne lieu dit Gasquet 82400 Montjoi France On 10/09/2015 00:02, Martin Vlietstra wrote: Hi Martin, Character 176 (decimal) or 00B0 (hex) gives the symbol "°". How you get

[USMA:54849] Re: Feedback Concern: Coffee and Tea questions

I have to agree with John Steel, my percolator holds 12 or 15 cups according to the label (1,2 litres) which would require 24 or 30 scoops of coffee. I normally use 2 scoops. these Pete's coffee directions are I think for an espresso machine. Mike Payne lieu dit Gasquet 82400 Montjoi France

[USMA:54835] John Deere parts

Yesterday my local John Deere dealer was good enough to come around and give me 2 drain plugs for my John Deere tractor that the dealer rounded the corners on. These drain plugs take a 1/4 inch hex key. I checked the threads and they are 14 mm diameter by 1,50 mm thread pitch. A metric thread

[USMA:54811] AP mistakes

http://news.yahoo.com/sheriff-french-pair-died-us-desert-likely-saved-235924719.html# A tragic event, but what really caught my attention was the stupidity of the conversions, 20 ounce (566 gram) bottle of water and mile and a half (1200 meters). -- Mike Payne

[USMA:54753] Re: New Metric Moments page

I'm sure I've seen 1 mm lead pencil sizes in the US. Mike Payne lieu dit Gasquet 82400 Montjoi France On 11/06/2015 17:40, James wrote: Please review and comment on the attached revision to my Metric Moments page. Jim

[USMA:54706] Amazon.fr

Another product on the French website sold by the Ounce. They must be copying the US website with everything in French. Really amazing!

[USMA:54704] Re: Unit pricing by oz in Europe

] On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2015 12:30 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54703] Re: Unit pricing by oz in Europe Maybe it's taking you to the US site because you are in the U.S. Should be www.amazon.fr When I checked just now, the price was for 250 Ml

[USMA:54703] Re: Unit pricing by oz in Europe

1181, does not agree with my characterization. What is your opinion? Eugene Mechtly. On May 8, 2015, at 7:35 AM, Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure this is legal, http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_9/279-6721097-2695639?__mk_fr_FR=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91url

[USMA:54700] Re: Unit pricing by oz in Europe

. *From:* Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com *To:* U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu *Sent:* Friday, May 8, 2015 8:35 AM *Subject:* [USMA:54698] Unit pricing by oz in Europe Not sure this is legal, http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_9

[USMA:54698] Unit pricing by oz in Europe

Not sure this is legal, http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_9/279-6721097-2695639?__mk_fr_FR=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91url=search-alias%3Dbeautyfield-keywords=jo%20malonesprefix=jo+malone%2Caps%2C177 Seems Amazon France is pricing perfume by the oz when it's listed in ml. let me know

[USMA:54695] Re: FW: Consumer Reports Article on Unit Pricing

It seems to me that unit pricing of batteries per battery and per 100 is simply a matter of moving the decimal point 2 places. Nothing simpler. As for per quart and per pint, I'm sure most people have no clue how many pints in a quart or quarts in a pint. My wife being one of them! I think

[USMA:54682] Re: Troubling agreement

: Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu Cc: USMA usma@colostate.edu Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 4:08 PM Subject: [USMA:54680] Re: Troubling agreement Probable! I certainly hope so, I’ll check back in a day or two and see if anything has changed. I

[USMA:54678] Re: Troubling agreement

as they were equivalent. http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/pasteurization http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/pasteurization From: Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 8:20 AM Subject

[USMA:54680] Re: Troubling agreement

metric than you and speak a foreign language to boot. From: Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 7:55 AM Subject: [USMA:54678] Re: Troubling agreement Here is the broadcast http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens

[USMA:54674] Troubling agreement

I just happened to be listening to the CBC news early this morning was half asleep but paid more attention when I realized they were discussing an apparent agreement for Canada to drop some of it’s metric requirements for trade with the USA (NAFTA?), they talked about pasteurization

[USMA:54675] 100 ML

Even the french (or someone in the web creation department) get it wrong with millilitres and megaliters sybols. http://www.jomalone.fr/product/9526/23540/Fragrances/Colognes/Les-Fruits/Blackberry-Bay/Blackberry-Bay-Cologne#

[USMA:54659] Re: Costco UK

Engineer New York State Department of Transportation From: owner-u...@colostate.edu mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:25 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA

[USMA:54658] RE: Costco UK

Of Michael Payne Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:25 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54651] Costco UK Hi Michael, Thank you for your email. Each 18oz steak is approximately 510g and so the total weight of this pack is 2.04kg. Kind regards, Maureen Customer Care

[USMA:54650] Costco UK

I just happened to see this on the Costco UK website while checking to see if they had branches elsewhere in Europe. I already sent an email asking for the mass in Grams. http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/cos_6,cos_6.4,cos_6.4.1/166834

[USMA:54651] Costco UK

Hi Michael, Thank you for your email. Each 18oz steak is approximately 510g and so the total weight of this pack is 2.04kg. Kind regards, Maureen Customer Care Team (UK) On 20 March 2015 at 15:31, Michael Payne wrote: http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/cos_6

[USMA:54637] Re: Bedlam

I see your letter obviously had the desired effect, the units are now metric first followed by the conversion. Mike Payne On 12 Mar 2015, at 21:06, James j...@metricmethods.com wrote: I sent the following mail via an online form page to Purch.com, publishers of Live Science and kindred

[USMA:54632] Parker pipes

This American company sells their equipment in France, looking thru their US website I see the pipes (page 8) are nominally inch but exact metric. i.e. the ½ inch is 16,5 mm, the 7/8 inch is 25 mm, etc. Most of the document does not list other SI units, they obviously assume everyone knows what

[USMA:54617] Metric drone legislation

Reading the proposed rules, I see the limits are actually 25 kg and 2 kg for Unmanned air vehicles, aka drones. Figures have been rounded by the media to 55 lbs and 4,4 lbs. Mike FAA Unveils Long Awaited Small Drone Draft Regulation The FAA unveiled its highly anticipated proposed regulation

[USMA:54598] Innumeracy.

Just been watching a program on a UK channel 5 star, about a “bedroom tax”. This was the first time I’d heard of this tax. The guy paying the tax had to measure his room after reading in a British tabloid that any room less than 71 ft2 was not subject to this tax. So he got out his measuring

[USMA:54593] Fwd: Inside View -- World's Largest Airplane

This might be of interest because they show (mostly) 100% SI units. Intersting to see the Airspeed is km/h and the vertical speed m/s. Translation is not the best but it’s understandable. I’m sure the Tons mentioned are Tonnes. Mike Payne http://gelio.livejournal.com/193025.html

[USMA:54589] Another advantage

I was buying some electrical wire today, over here wire thickness/cross section is measured per square millimetre. I needed 100 m of 10 mm2 cable. One of the specs listed is the mass is 565 kg/km. Very easy to see this is 56,5 kg/100 m or 5,65 kg per 10 m or 56,5 grams per metre! Mike Payne

[USMA:54582] Re: The joy of everything being metric.

bits. I believe that Lowe's does as well. Jim On 2015-01-15 13:07, Michael Payne wrote: I’m going to forward some observations of buying things here in France. Such a joy to have everything metric. Irwin is a US company, but these metric drill bits are made in Germany. Irwin was founded

[USMA:54488] Dyson

I’ve been trying to find the power consumption of the Dyson DC50http://www.dyson.com/shop/productcompare.aspx?ProductSelection=DC50-Animal_DC24-Animal dc50http://www.dyson.com/shop/productcompare.aspx?ProductSelection=DC50-Animal_DC24-Animal Very poorly edited web site, under “suction Power”

[USMA:54489] Re: Dyson

) horses. From: Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 8:07 AM Subject: [USMA:54488] Dyson I’ve been trying to find the power consumption of the Dyson DC50http://www.dyson.com/shop/productcompare.aspx

[USMA:54457] Re: What to call non SI measures. Legacy Measures

Many of us have for years been calling them WOMBAT, Waste Of Money Brains And Time. But of course the general public is not going to understand this term. So Legacy sounds good. Mike Payne On 16 Nov 2014, at 09:47, Parker Willey Jr. pawil...@pacbell.net wrote: What to call non SI measures.

[USMA:54331] Canada's Wonderland

Amazingly Canada’s wonderland has height restrictions in inches only, which I find amazing for a supposedly metric country https://www.canadaswonderland.com/uploads/downloads/2012%20Rider%20Height%20Guide.pdf Mike Payne

[USMA:54300] Re: [USMA:54281] He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole

What I find annoying is people using the term square footage instead of area, “what’s the square footage of your house” instead of “what’s the area of your house”. Also the use of “Horsepower instead of “Power”. This engine develops plenty of Horsepower instead of this engine develops plenty of

[USMA:54299] Fwd: United Customer Care (KMM20818931V71691L0KM)

the Globe obviously! Best Regards, Michael Payne HH 225 438

[USMA:54115] RE: Don't be a dunce!

Not so. http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec07.html#7.2 Somewhere in there! I had it marked in my copy at home, and I’m not home for a couple of weeks. NIST recommends: 123 456 789.987 654 321 Your present format 123,456,789.987654321 Comma format 123 456 789,987 654 321 Because of

[USMA:54116] Re: Don't be a dunce!

Sorry the link should be http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec10.html#10.5.3 I wish Wikipedia would use this format. Mike Payne On 14 Jul 2014, at 04:51, cont...@metricpioneer.com wrote: Harold. Americans use commas or spaces. We love our freedom. - Message from Harold_Potsdamer

[USMA:54120] RE: Don't be a dunce!

I can only speak about the English language Wikipedia. Many English speaking nations use the comma as the decimal, South Africa is one, So do the French and probably most Europeans. It’s a cleaner way of writing and it works for the digits on the right side of the decimal. Claiming Americans

[USMA:54122] RE: Don't be a dunce!

in such matters. I think we would do well to pick our battles carefully. This battle is akin to Harold insisting that Americans spell metre instead of meter. - Message from Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com - Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 06:45:05 +0200 From: Michael Payne

[USMA:54094] Re: What Makes You A Patriot?

Bear in mind the founding fathers of the United States did not accept the status quo, and they are all Patriots. There is nothing Patriotic about people who want to lead the country to ruin by refusing to adapt world standards. Mike Payne On 05 Jul 2014, at 13:21, Harold_Potsdamer

[USMA:54090] RE: Metric Size Limits on Airport Security Sign - BBC

I’ve talked to TSA people in the US, the official literature and signs may say 3 oz, but the agents know it as 3.3 fl oz or 100 ml. Ive been told a couple of times that my toothpaste (100 mL) is too large, whereupon I show them the 100 mL and they say OK it’s fine! Note that toothpaste in the

[USMA:54078] Re: Pressure Unit

Bars and millibars are metric (1 bar or 1000 mb equal one atmosphere. SI changed to Pascal as the unit of pressure, you choose the prefix to suit the value, aircraft use hPa because it’s the same number of digits as millibars, but kPa is fine for most atmospheric pressure, this is what the

[USMA:53974] Re: Rejoining USMA

There is always knowledge to be gained from reading many of these posts, even if you never do so yourself. Mike On 15 Jun 2014, at 12:25, Harold_Potsdamer harold_potsda...@cox.net wrote: But how many actually post? Why sign up if you have no intention to post? Do you drop people off who

[USMA:53952] Re: YOUR LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL REQUEST - LC0044

This reminds me that Tesla’s sent me brochure to my address in Europe that used kilometers instead of kilometres. You can see an example here http://www.teslamotors.com/en_AU/models/specs on the Australian web site. The same with liters, whoever wrote the brochure is obviously in the US and

[USMA:53939] Re: Odometer at 2 Mm

order here. On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com wrote: I’m sure Tesla is designed in millimetres, I’ve been very interested in this car, it is too expensive for me as well, hard to justify. I’ve had a look at the literature for Tesla in Europe and find

[USMA:53923] Re: Odometer at 2 Mm

a plug in energ-C available on special order here. On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com wrote: I’m sure Tesla is designed in millimetres, I’ve been very interested in this car, it is too expensive for me as well, hard to justify. I’ve had a look

[USMA:53918] Re: Odometer at 2 Mm

I’m sure Tesla is designed in millimetres, I’ve been very interested in this car, it is too expensive for me as well, hard to justify. I’ve had a look at the literature for Tesla in Europe and find that it’s mostly written from a US centric point of view, many of the examples use miles and

[USMA:53885] Re: Toyota Tacoma

available in Fahrenheit. CAn you get temperature displays in Celsius? Mark On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone on the USMA list server want to buy a Toyota Tacoma with a km/h speedometer and odometer? Speedometer installed before delivery of new

[USMA:53851] Toyota Tacoma

in the Washington DC area. Michael Payne

[USMA:53792] Foreign Magazines

I’m in South Africa and notice there are foreign versions of popular US magazines that are 100% SI, all published in South Africa. Popular Mechanics has a South African edition which has many of the articles the US version has, except they are all SI. The email address is

[USMA:53767] RE: Links to Mandated Unit Pricing

Observations from Virginia on wine comparisons. Safeway and Giant grocery stores list prices per fluid ounce, Costco by the litre. I’m not sure about Total Beverage, a large wine and beer retailer, but I suspect it is also price per litre. Many times i’ve seen the same item with either cents

[USMA:53738] Re: Fuel by Volume in China

:30, mechtly, eugene a mech...@illinois.edu wrote: At what pressure and temperature, Mike? EAM On Apr 18, 2014, at 8:42 AM, Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com wrote: This is the pump for compressed natural gas, not sure which type but most taxi’s in China run on the stuff which is sold

[USMA:53722] UV Light

In interesting error at https://rainwatercollection.com/store/index.php?searchkey=uvlights We have been using the Atlantic brand lamps for years because they're reliable and easy to maintain. (The Sanitron model allows the fragile quartz sleeve to be cleaned in place.) The bulbs use a constant

[USMA:53708] Re: Starbucks in Asia

? John F-L From: Michael Payne Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 1:17 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53705] Starbucks in Asia I found the following signboard menu at Starbucks in both China and Singapore. Beverage sizes listed as 354 ml, 473 ml, and 591 ml. Obviously extremely

[USMA:53553] Re: [USMA:53552] RE: First order, first flight (1970-1972) | Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer

I agree, I’ve dealt a lot with Dassault Aviation, another French aviation company and seen many of their engineering drawings which are 100% metric, they do add inches in Maintenance Manuals for American maintenance people. I noticed our maintenance engineer would more easily deal with only the

[USMA:53536] Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/26/1272642/-TransCanada-Pipeline-Explodes-Leaving-4-000-Heatless-in-Sub-Zero-Temps?detail=email Quoted a Canadian who used metres and Celsius with out any conversion. Mike Payne

[USMA:53526] Re: Aerospace Nondestructive Testing (NDT)

. They were advertised as 100 millimeters long. When I was in Canada, all the weather reports were metric, and they even pronounced kilometer correctly. A bit of hope for a metric advocate since all of that happened in my lifetime. Mark On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Michael Payne

[USMA:53511] Re: New product problem

The price per ounce? The fact that it’s ounce and not fl.oz? On 22 Jan 2014, at 12:13, Ressel, Howard R (DOT) howard.res...@dot.ny.gov wrote: Hmm see the problem here….. Celsius Sparkling Orange, 12-Ounce Cans (Pack of 24) by Celsius Inc. Howard Ressel Project Design Engineer

[USMA:53508] Popular Science

Popular Science in the US used to be entirely non metric, but looking at it today every article I’ve clicked on has been 100% metric. http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-09/worlds-tallest-skyscrapers-have-insane-amount-unoccupied-space?src=relatedcon=outbrainobref=obinsite The above

[USMA:53377] Re: Dubai supermarket scales to use metric system | GulfNews.com

I remember being in the Dubai Gold Souk about 5 or so years ago and all gold jewellery was weighed and priced by the gram. The price of gold was posted as xx$/g and xx Dirham/gram. I owned until recently, a 100 g gold bar I bought in 1982 in Abu Dhabi. No ounces in sight then and obviously

[USMA:53367] Fuel prices worldwide

http://www.aa.co.za/content/World%20Wide%20Fuel%20List.pdf Interesting chart from the Automobile Association in South Africa which shows fuel prices worldwide, the local currency and the unit fuel is sold in. Interesting that fuel in some Central American countries and Peru is in US Gallons,

[USMA:53312] Re: 330 mL cans

330 mL and 250 mL are the standard sizes for canned drinks in the EU. In the grocery store in France these days it's difficult to find beer for sale in cans larger than 250 mL which is way to small for my thirst. Mike Payne On 07/10/2013, at 24:15 , Harry Wyeth hbwy...@earthlink.net wrote:

[USMA:53289] Who said Myanmar was not metric!

http://www.ford-myanmar.com/pickups/all-new-ranger/specifications/#!specifications-options It appears advertisements for Ford in Myanmar are totally metric. Mike Payne

[USMA:53266] STRUCK - MAGNATRAC RS1000 sales information and pricing

/International_System_of_Units Michael Payne On 9/09/2013 14:57, Ben wrote: Michael, I apoligize, as our new website will be going live within a weeks time. Thank you for your recent quote/information request. I have gone over your information and feel that I need more information to provide you

[USMA:53170] Post office Metric

I went to www.usps.com today to find the cost to mail a letter. I see there is now an option to Enter weight as Metric. I and others have written suggesting such, obviously someone listened. Great News. Mike Payne

[USMA:53077] Fluke

Interesting video showing a Fluke infrared thermometer, interestingly it's all in Celsius with an American accent doing the talking. It was a click thru add on my local Wunderground.com weather. Mike

[USMA:53078] Re: Nails

nails? You should be able to see if it is 75 or 76 mm. [USMA:53069] Nails Michael Payne Thu, 11 Jul 2013 05:47:20 -0700 A friend of mine has a nail gun (for construction). In the US these nails are labelled as 3x 0,120 (76 x 3,05 mm). He just bought the same nail

[USMA:53079] Re: Fwd: Hansgrohe US: General Questions ( 07/08/2013 09:09:04 AM)

Questions ( 07/08/2013 09:09:04 AM) Michael Payne Sat, 13 Jul 2013 06:08:59 -0700 This is a German company, yet all their documents and specifications for the US ahve been converted to inches despite the original being millimetres. If anyone else wants to write to this guy in a nice tone, ask

[USMA:53072] Fwd: Hansgrohe US: General Questions ( 07/08/2013 09:09:04 AM)

in the US uses millimetres and we need to change all the documents. Michael Payne, This is Brandon Blake from Hansgrohe Customer Service. In the US we use the standard measurements for all Hansgrohe USA products. You can

[USMA:53069] Nails

A friend of mine has a nail gun (for construction). In the US these nails are labelled as 3x 0,120 (76 x 3,05 mm). He just bought the same nail for the nail gun in the UK packaged as 75 x 3 mm. This just shows how items are rounded to the nearest inch and then converted to some odd metric

[USMA:53059] Re: FAA must Metricate

With the prevalence of glass cockpits nowadays and the related software it's just a case of pushing a button to display metres or feet on the altimeters and altitude pre select window. All aircraft older than about 1996 probably don't have this feature, note there are a lot of airlines still

[USMA:53061] Re: FAA must Metricate

with this in a clean and straightforward way? M moon -- Original Message -- Received: 11:29 AM PDT, 07/10/2013 From: Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu Subject: [USMA:53059] Re: FAA must Metricate With the prevalence of glass

[USMA:53062] Re: FAA must Metricate

I think the reason for doing it like they did in Russia and the CIS is that feet is an even thousand flight level, and it lines up with the rest of the planet. if it were metres it would be every 300 metres which is not a convenient number. Maybe one day when the vertical separation can become

[USMA:53065] Re: FAA must Metricate

:29 AM PDT, 07/10/2013 From: Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu Subject: [USMA:53059] Re: FAA must Metricate With the prevalence of glass cockpits nowadays and the related software it's just a case of pushing a button to display metres or feet

[USMA:53068] Re: FAA must Metricate

-- Original Message -- Received: 11:29 AM PDT, 07/10/2013 From: Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu Subject: [USMA:53059] Re: FAA must Metricate With the prevalence of glass cockpits nowadays and the related software it's just a case of pushing

[USMA:53050] Re: FAA must Metricate

I think it's got more to do with culture than measurement. these guys were just not paying attention and the Korean (and Japanese) culture don't like to embarrass people by point out their errors, despite the fact it may kill you. There was a great article about 25 years ago on why some

[USMA:53021] Re: CNN metric?

CNN seems to have dual broadcasts centers, I sometimes (rarely) watch CNN in the US and find it all non metric. However, when elsewhere on the planet the broadcasts seem to be metric or dual, CNN is one network where the temperatures on their world weather seem to be dual Fahrenheit and

[USMA:53022] Re: CNN metric?

CNN seems to have dual broadcasts centers, I sometimes (rarely) watch CNN in the US and find it all non metric. However, when elsewhere on the planet the broadcasts seem to be metric or dual, CNN is one network where the temperatures on their world weather seem to be dual Fahrenheit and

[USMA:52962] Re: Practical Letter to Congressman

If you ever go into a restaurant and see a glass of wine serving listed by the fluid ounce, be sure and ask the server how many millilitres the serving is? If they don't know ask how many fluid ounces in a bottle of wine so you can figure it out for yourself. I'm surprised by how often I see

[USMA:52892] Great all metric article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_European_floods For anyone familiar with the metric system, you'll note that the litres/square metre are the same as rainfall in millimetres. 250 l/m2 is 250 mm of rainfall in the same period. Mike Payne

[USMA:52742] Re: The law and the metric system

One of the best written laws out there, short, easy to read and unambiguous. My favourite law! Mike On 05/05/2013, at 03:23 , Parker Willey Jr. pawil...@pacbell.net wrote: Hi: I came across this while searching the internet. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/204 This seems

[USMA:52732] Re: New tractor

If I'm not mistaken, Massey-Ferguson is a British Company. I see quite a bit of their farm equipment in France. Mike Payne On 30/04/2013, at 11:53 , James Frysinger j...@metricmethods.com wrote: I upgraded to a larger tractor yesterday. I traded in my Massey-Ferguson 1540 for a MF 1643.

[USMA:52722] RE: Why the Inconsistency?

too On 29/04/2013, at 10:25 , Brian White br...@bjwhite.net wrote: I'd say one of America's biggest problems with metric conversion is the idiotic AP. If they'd just let metric through the news, we'd start making some progress. From: c...@traditio.com Sent: 2013-04-26 11:48 To: U.S.

[USMA:52723] RE: Why the Inconsistency?

Vanished before I could write anything. I find this to be too true and agree entirely. Mike Payne On 29/04/2013, at 10:25 , Brian White br...@bjwhite.net wrote: I'd say one of America's biggest problems with metric conversion is the idiotic AP. If they'd just let metric through the news,

[USMA:52724] Fwd: Grasshopper Ask a Tech: Michael Payne - Potomac Falls, VA

P: 620-345-8621 F: 620-345-2301 www.grasshoppermower.com Calculate fuel savings at: www.grasshopperfuelsavings.com -Original Message- From: Michael Payne [mailto:servicedonotre...@grasshoppermower.com] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:56 PM To: serv

[USMA:52704] RE: Oops: Imperial or Customary?

Typical! On 26/04/2013, at 06:20 , John M. Steele jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Back to the article, I had left a comment that they were using Imperial gallons and the figure was misleading in a US article. It sat in a moderation queue for 1.5 days. Sometime last night, they wiped

[USMA:52697] Re: Letters to Media

into the circular file. Mark - Original Message - From: Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:33 pm Subject: [USMA:52690] Letters to Media To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu I want to send this letter to Newspapers, TV stations, etc. I'd

[USMA:52676] RE: Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread

Looking at Wikipedia, I highly doubt all the bells were made exactly equal to the nearest 1000 lbs. I would imagine when casting these things, the weight was a bit random. So where did the numbers come from? It's been my experience that people round things to the nearest round number in the

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