[USMA:20375] RE: Fwd: Question on Dairy Products

2002-06-10 Thread Norman Werling
Follow-up on USMA 20358, Sunday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution was delivered in a printed plastic wrapper, a ad by Coca-Cola. They saw fit to advertise on two separate lines as follows with both lines done equally: 12-12 OZ-CANS (144 FL OZ) 12-355 mL CANS (4.26 L) Norm Subject: [USMA:20358]

[USMA:20242] Fw: Shortcuts by J.D. Harris

2002-05-26 Thread Norman Werling
Today's issue of the comic section in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution included the educational piece for children Getting to the point of the Metric System. I don't know how widespread these weekly pieces by J. D. Harris of Shortcuts are but I urge you all to check today's comic sections to

[USMA:18358] Re: Inacurracy of the original metre unit!!

2002-02-22 Thread Norman Werling
Considering what those guys went through, it was and is very accurate indeed. I recall that one minute of the earth's surface in any circle of circumference is exactly 1852 meters. Thus 1852 metres times 360 degrees times 60 minutes equals 40 003.2 kilo-metres. So that would mean the error

[USMA:18318] QA with Ottavio Cinquanta, president of International Skating Union

2002-02-20 Thread Norman Werling
by using an incomprehensible non-system when the cohesive metric system is available and used everywhere else. Do we do this out of arrogance or fear or what? Sincerely, Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083 404-292-9328

[USMA:18227] Saturday's 'Luge' article U.S. silver, bronze winners miss higher spots by inches

2002-02-16 Thread Norman Werling
, uses the International System of Units (SI), the metric system. Why? Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083 404-292-9328 P.S. Ask yourself who is out of step in the world of measures. It is the U.S. Then ask yourself who are the fanatics about measures. I think it would

[USMA:18218] (no subject)

2002-02-15 Thread Norman Werling
certain that I dusted off my metric learning from the 1940's and 1950's and have been ready for the full change ever since. Sincerely, Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, Ga 30083 404-292-9328

[USMA:18183] Monday's article re: alpine skiing

2002-02-12 Thread Norman Werling
as readers in a condescending way. Stop changing things from metric! Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083 404-292-9328

[USMA:18029] KSL-TV Salt Lake's ABC affiliate of Atlanta's WSB-TV

2002-02-07 Thread Norman Werling
I was just watching the news on WSB when the Atlanta weathercaster was chatting with the Atlanta newscaster on site in Salt Lake. Our weatherman said It must be about 35° or 36° there, right? The reply from Salt Lake was, yes, it is about 1° or 2°Celsius Can it be that Salt Lake is actually

[USMA:17128] Fw: International System of Units (SI-metric system)

2002-01-02 Thread Norman Werling
. Norm - Original Message - From: Greenland Tourism-DK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Norman Werling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2002January02 06:05 Subject: Re: International System of Units (SI-metric system) Would I be correct in assuming that everything is measured in Greenland using SI-the metric

[USMA:17143] RE: south and southerners

2002-01-02 Thread Norman Werling
But Jim, we know that you are single-handedly changing Charleston to metric! A drop at a time. I was the so-called southerner who made the mistake of using Atlanta instead of Atlantic. Being originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana it comes naturally. Hoosiers are the most lawless in the U.S. with

[USMA:17156] Re: (OT) Re: What's Central America?

2002-01-02 Thread Norman Werling
So Africa and Asia are only divided by the Suez Canal. And Europe and Asia are only divided by the Ural Mountains. Should they be one continent? Or should the three be only one continent? Are we off topic or what? Norm - Original Message - From: Daniel Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[USMA:17157] Re: Italy News

2002-01-02 Thread Norman Werling
Why would an Italian publication mention the 4310 feet in parentheses? Norm - Original Message - From: kilopascal To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: 2002January02 18:48 Subject: [USMA:17147] Italy News SMOOTH START TO BIGGEST CURRENCY CHANGEOVER IN HISTORY On New Year's Day, 300

[USMA:17080] Re: addtion to canada

2002-01-01 Thread Norman Werling
I have it on good authority that it is Saskatchewan and Manitoba who put feet and inches on their drivers' licenses. Norm On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 07:33:57 Adrian Jadic wrote: Dump her! On a more serious note: many families in Canada still think the human height in ifp. Not other heights

[USMA:17088] Euro Celebrations in North America

2002-01-01 Thread Norman Werling
To all, My road atlas places St. Pierre and Miquelon in North America's Atlantic Standard Time Zone based on 60°West longitude. Newfoundland Standard Time is based on 52.50°West or 30 minutes ahead of Atlanta Standard Time. Eastern Standard is based on 75°west longitude. I feel certain that

[USMA:17089] Euro Celebrations in North America

2002-01-01 Thread Norman Werling
Carleton and all, Since I could not drive to St. Pierre and Miquilon I will defer to you and accept that my road atlas is probably wrong. But I have always thought that the countries called central America are part of NOrth America as well as the Caribbean islands. NOrm [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[USMA:14550] Re: John Walter's explanation that (size)change will make papermore comfortable

2001-07-22 Thread Norman Werling
Joe Reid, I hate my tiny little hand calculator with keys too small for my fingers! It frequently happens to me that something is still in the little calculator when I pick it up to use it. Either that or its battery is low. My regular ten-key calculator was in my car ready for transport to

[USMA:14524] Atlanta Journal-Constitution ajc.com

2001-07-21 Thread Norman Werling
islands, formerly British, but which are now dependant upon American tourists. Thanks for listening, Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083 404-292-9328 Atlanta Journal-Constitution ajc.com.url

[USMA:14529] John Walter's explanation that (size)change will make paper more comfortable

2001-07-21 Thread Norman Werling
to metric. America, finish it now! Norman Werling (retired age 65) 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083 404-292-9328 (home)

[USMA:13609] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Gold Club

2001-06-09 Thread Norman Werling
An article of denial about another issue in which Antonio Davis's name has been raised. Remember that he was the NBA basketball player who was concerned that his little sons were learning metric and the Canadian national anthem. Norm

[USMA:13610] Unsubscribing for a little while

2001-06-09 Thread Norman Werling
I feel that I must unsubscribe for a little while to devote more time to studying French. I have been unfortunate or fortunate, as the case may be, working three of sometimes 3.5 days weekly as an accountant so I must spend more time studying if I have any hope of conversing on our trip to

[USMA:13519] http://election.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=76500

2001-06-06 Thread Norman Werling
This article suggests that Tony Blair will launch a campaign to sell the UK on joining in use of the Euro. I hope he succeeds. That will tie the UK to the EU more completely, presumably to SI too. Norm

[USMA:13528] Re: renamed selling eggs

2001-06-06 Thread Norman Werling
I will quote from part of a French lesson handout received this week. We are studying foods and the ordering thereof. Les oeufs se vendent à la douzaine (ils se vendent au kilo dans certains pays). Eggs are sold by the dozen (they are sold by the kilogram in certain countries. Norm -

[USMA:13223] Re: What do you say to an opponent of metric?

2001-05-31 Thread Norman Werling
John, Thanks for following up your recent constructive criticism with this missive. Or missile, as the case may be. I believe that I will use your model the next time. Norm - Original Message - From: kilopascal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[USMA:13229] Constitution Article I, Section 8, Paaragraph (5)

2001-05-31 Thread Norman Werling
I haven't weighed in on this debate until now. I joined this list in the summer of 1999 just after retiring from regular full time employment. I may be mistaken, but I feel certain that I began to quote Article I, Section 8, Paragraph (5) soon thereafter. It most certainly didn't provoke a

[USMA:13191] RE: George McGovern

2001-05-30 Thread Norman Werling
George McGovern was a Democrat but he was from South Dakota, not from The South. Norm - Original Message - From: Jim Elwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001May30 11:45 Subject: [USMA:13153] RE: Bill's Embryonic Ramblings My error for not going

[USMA:13192] Re: Dual messages

2001-05-30 Thread Norman Werling
I assume that it is simply overlooking the deleting of your name from the To: line when sending a reply after having clicked onto the USMA address from one's address book. I just added the USMA address and then deleted yours from this reply. Norm - Original Message - From: Jim Elwell

[USMA:13088] Metric doesn't compute in the lives of most Americans by Kerry Dougherty, May 5

2001-05-28 Thread Norman Werling
To the editors of the Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA): Some Americans joke derisively about the measurement system used by 96% of the world's population. I will resist commenting on the ludicrous comments about a quarter pounder and a Royale avec frommage. The International System of Units (SI),

[USMA:13038] http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/epaper/editions/friday/local_news_b3d0af4cd199d1421051.html

2001-05-25 Thread Norman Werling
Today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution Question and Answer section by Colin Bessonette included as the third question How many gallons of water will one inch of rain deposit on 100 square feet of land? The answer given was more than 62 gallons. I would like to write to Colin Bessonette to show

[USMA:13039] Re: On a lighter note ...

2001-05-25 Thread Norman Werling
To all, I find that when I buy a sandwich at Subway or a hot dog place or such, I cannot bring myself to use the words six or twelve inches so I also ask for large or small. Since Canadians or Americans, for that matter, probably don't know how much 20 or 32 or 33.8 fl oz are, they and we are

[USMA:12746] Fw: International System of Units (SI, metric)

2001-05-12 Thread Norman Werling
Copy for USMA list members. Norm - Original Message - From: Norman Werling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Representative Cynthia McKinney [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Senator Max Cleland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001May12 13:41 Subject: International System of Units (SI, metric) Dear Senator Max Cleland

[USMA:12731] Science stumping more high schoolers

2001-05-09 Thread Norman Werling
of 4, 12, and 20. It will make a difference and we are making it hard on ourselves by delaying the inevitable day of daily use of SI-metric in all areas of American life. Sincerely, Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083-2545 404-292-9328

[USMA:12733] Fw: Science stumping more high schoolers

2001-05-09 Thread Norman Werling
To all, Here is the reporter's prompt acknowledgement. Norm - Original Message - From: James Salzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Norman Werling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001May09 19:41 Subject: Re: Science stumping more high schoolers thank you for the note and giving me something

[USMA:12716] Re: From 1 yottameter to 1 femtometer

2001-05-08 Thread Norman Werling
Scott all, As I have often admitted, my interest in SI-metric is because measuring would be so much easier for everyone in all areas of life. My modem is pretty good because on automatic this zipped along quite quickly. Then I put it on manual and jotted down the light years, microns,

[USMA:12717] http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/MJ01/alacarte.asp

2001-05-08 Thread Norman Werling
Look at this to think about places to build wind turbines. Americans, if you want to read something which uses SI, subscribe to Canadian Geographic. Norm

[USMA:12723] RE: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/MJ01/alacarte.asp

2001-05-08 Thread Norman Werling
Zambia Zimbabwe The population of these adds up to well over a billion. Scott C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Norman Werling Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 4:17 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:12717] http

[USMA:12701] Re: 50 lb bag restriction

2001-05-07 Thread Norman Werling
To all, I have been behind with reading USMA emails. This weekend I must have gone through almost 400 of them. I could have commented then about the wholesale produce dealer for whom I worked as comptroller from 1991 to 1997. It was bought by the big agribusiness, Agway, (headquartered in

[USMA:12666] China dams up dissent of Three Gorges project

2001-05-06 Thread Norman Werling
in kilometers which the AP Style Book tells your editors to retain and report in just that way. Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083-2545 404-292-9328

[USMA:12613] http://www.nationaudio.com/whatson/Uganda/uganda.html

2001-05-03 Thread Norman Werling
I found this Ugandan web site in which obviously sq. kilometers was intended, not sp. kilometers. It would appear another former British possession is metric. I presume that they are still in the British Commonwealth of Nations. Norm

[USMA:12615] RE: Robert Prener

2001-05-03 Thread Norman Werling
Nat, Wouldn't antique be more appropriate than adjunct? Norm - Original Message - From: Nat Hager III [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001May03 15:47 Subject: [USMA:12612] RE: Robert Prener Brookville is the CW Post College of LIU. You can

[USMA:12596] Saying 1.80 metres in French

2001-05-02 Thread Norman Werling
The subject is my height. In English, I would say this one point eighty metres. Right? I am anticipating tomorrow's noon-time French class and I know that the French would write it 1,80 m. The question is how to say it. Would I say un virgule quatre-vingt mètres or une pointe quatre-vingt

[USMA:12567] Fw: Lake Victoria Cichlids

2001-05-01 Thread Norman Werling
Copy for group. Norm - Original Message - From: Norman Werling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tom Mattix, Animal Nation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001May01 10:52 Subject: Lake Victoria Cichlids This appeared in the Atlanta Journal-constitution on April 29. If your raw data was in Imperial

[USMA:12581] 60 Minutes II @ 21:10h

2001-05-01 Thread Norman Werling
To all, Dan Rather is pronouncing kilometer correctly in the story about Bob Kerry and the Navy Seal attack on a Viet Cong village. Norm

[USMA:12536] Kilogram scale on April 26 Survivor show

2001-04-28 Thread Norman Werling
Yes, I admit it. I watch it. I didn't watch the first series until the final night but I have seen most of the Outback series. On April 26, there were still four left until the tribal council and now there are three. The point of this message is that the show provided them with a scale to

[USMA:12365] My email to my Senator Zell Miller

2001-04-21 Thread Norman Werling
Senator Zell Miller Washington, DC Dear Senator Miller: This is my third attempt to write an email to you tonight. I am not an expert with the computer and because I was attempting to save a copy of my email to you, I may have inadvertently lost my two previous attempts. Because the only way

[USMA:12366] Apparantly I sent the same letter to Senator Max Cleland

2001-04-21 Thread Norman Werling
Senator Max Cleland Washington, DC Dear Senator Cleland: This is my third attempt to write an email to you tonight. I am not an expert with the computer and because I was attempting to save a copy of my email to you, I may have inadvertently lost my two previous attempts. Because the only way

[USMA:12209] Fw: Who want to be a millionaire metric question

2001-04-14 Thread Norman Werling
The crowning indignity which I failed to mention last night is the way in which Regis Philbin pronounced the two metric words as "dekalighter" and "kilalighter"after the contestant had left and Regis was preparing for the next fastest finger question. Norm - Original Message -

[USMA:12160] Diminishing package sizes in the U.S.

2001-04-11 Thread Norman Werling
I just returned from Kroger where I bought a 13 OZ 368 g package of decaf coffee. I'll bet it has been over 20 years since a typical package contained a pound. BTW, the way they show it on the package with no punctuation or parentheses, shouldn't I go back and ask where my other 369 g of

[USMA:12060] RE: 07:12, NPR Morning Edition, NASA, EdWeiler

2001-04-06 Thread Norman Werling
t on about Boeing and Lockheed retooling. At one point he mentioned about how bad the attempt to sell gas by the liter in the US went. Scott C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Norman Werling Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 4:28 AM To: U.S

[USMA:12056] Independent Newshttp://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=65006

2001-04-05 Thread Norman Werling
Does this appear that the UK uses billion in the same way the US does? http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=65006 Independent News.url

[USMA:11989] The Liberian Connection Internet Magazine

2001-04-01 Thread Norman Werling
As you can see, Liberia's web site shows FFU (SI). Norm http://www.liberian-connection.com/research.htm The Liberian Connection Internet Magazine.url

[USMA:11976] Fw: Re: Liberia

2001-03-31 Thread Norman Werling
I may have not made clear that the Liberian gentleman worked for the Swedish company in Liberia. He worked for the Mexican-American's company here in Atlanta. Norm - Original Message - From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" [E

[USMA:11968] Re: Liberia

2001-03-30 Thread Norman Werling
Joe and all, I will reiterate my story about the estimator (at a concrete block and brick mason subcontractor for which I did some accounting last year) was from Liberia. He worked there for a Swedish company and all of his work, including the blueprints from which he worked, were in metric.

[USMA:11863] NPR's All Things Considered at about 17:50

2001-03-26 Thread Norman Werling
We can't blame NPR for this one. The female astronaut in a transmission having to do with the Oscars referred to being 250 miles from Earth. NASA must be using, or continues to allow to be used, the word miles as the lingo in which its astronauts routinely converse. I suppose the Russian on

[USMA:11788] Independent.html substantially metric account

2001-03-23 Thread Norman Werling
Title: Independent news UKWorldSportBusinessDigitalPeople

[USMA:11772] Fw: Re: speaking of the weather

2001-03-22 Thread Norman Werling
Jim and all, You are correct. Huge numbers of people, even those who support metric, still call it centigrade. Norm - Original Message - From: "James R. Frysinger" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would be willing to bet five centidollars that she would have immediately understood "centigrade

[USMA:11626] RE: speaking of the weather

2001-03-14 Thread Norman Werling
To all, I had a similar experience when I went for my annual physical at me local Kaiser Permanente office. I tried to ask about my weight and temp which they check as you go back to see the doctor. I simply asked if there was any possibility of using kilograms and Celsius and the nurse simply

[USMA:11625] RE: speaking of the weather

2001-03-14 Thread Norman Werling
- Original Message - From: "Nat Hager III" [EMAIL PROTECTED] , I just had an incident with the nurse who took my temperature at a doctor's clinic last week. I simply asked the nurse if they ever used Celsius thermometers if a patient requested it. To my surprise she did not even

[USMA:11525] Lehrer News Hour, 2001/03/10 @ 6 minutes after the hour

2001-03-09 Thread Norman Werling
to its end and then I catch the first half when it is repeated on Atlanta's Channel 30 beginning at 19:00. Norman Werling Stone Mountain, GA

[USMA:11505] Today's Morning Edition-NPR @ 07:57, EST

2001-03-08 Thread Norman Werling
Morning Edition-NPR: Just after a piece about Costco's expansion into Japan, you mentioned a situation concerning a store in Japan which is selling used clothing "by the pound" and your reporter repeated for emphasis "yes, by the pound". It is hard to believe that this would be possible in

[USMA:11506] Fw: Today's Morning Edition-NPR @ 07:57, EST

2001-03-08 Thread Norman Werling
- Original Message - From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Atlanta Public Radio WABE 90.1" webmaster @atlanta.k12.ga.us Sent: 2001March08 08:25 Subject: Fw: [USMA:11505] Today's Morning Edition-NPR @ 07:57, EST Please print this out for your program

[USMA:11502] (no subject)

2001-03-07 Thread Norman Werling
Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions' Smart HTML interpreter on this non-HTML page: "http://www.topflightpaper.com/tell_us/5survey.asp"

[USMA:11503] Form Confirmation

2001-03-07 Thread Norman Werling
I don't know if this email I sent to a notebook manufacturer will be able to be forwarded, but here is a try. It is a pro-metric email om/_vti_bin/shtml.dll/tell_us/5survey.asp Form Confirmation.url

[USMA:11504] Fw: Form Confirmation

2001-03-07 Thread Norman Werling
Sorry but it didn't work. - Original Message - From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "US Metric Assn." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001March07 23:30 Subject: Form Confirmation I don't know if this email I sent to a notebook manufacturer will be able to be

[USMA:11481] Fw: Earthquake Damage Is Assessed in Northwest (2)

2001-03-06 Thread Norman Werling
I just sent this to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Norm - Original Message - From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "John Walter Managing Editor Atlanta Journal-Constitution" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Ron Martin Editor Atlanta Journal-Constitution" [EMAI

[USMA:11482] Fw: HANDY ENGINEERING CONVERSIONS

2001-03-06 Thread Norman Werling
A couple of my nephews can't help but jab at me once in a while. Norm - Original Message - From: "Schwarz, Dan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'Werling, Norman'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001March06 09:47 Subject: FW: HANDY ENGINEERING CONVERSIONS Thought you might enjoy these too. Some are

[USMA:11467] Fw: Independent Update

2001-03-05 Thread Norman Werling
I get the Independent Daily News Update via internet. I don't recall that they have ever referred to the Thoburn debacle. This is good, in my opinion. Norm Werling - Original Message - From: "IndyNews" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001March05 03:02 Subject: Independent

[USMA:11470] Fw: Metric, once and for all!

2001-03-05 Thread Norman Werling
Let us all wish Tom Price, the Nebraska teacher, the best with his efforts. Norm - Original Message - From: "Price Tom" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'Norman Werling'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001March05 13:43 Subject: RE: Metric, once and for all! Thanks for the emai

[USMA:11471] Fw: Lehrer News Hour, 2001 Feb 28

2001-03-05 Thread Norman Werling
strayed farther from or closer to accuracy. I am not certain if the 60 km mentioned by Mr. Updike of USGS was the most accurate number or if it was revised by USGS later. Norm - Original Message - From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001Februa

[USMA:11438] Fw: Natural Gas in Georgia

2001-03-03 Thread Norman Werling
To all, We in Georgia, with our deregulated natural gas market for the last year or so, are being subjected to incredible percentage increases in natural gas prices. The maddening thing is that everything is in cubit feet and then translated into british thermal units "therms" Everyone here is

[USMA:11203] Fw: Converting from International System to WOMBAT

2001-02-21 Thread Norman Werling
Gene Mechtly asked about this email which I sent to Italy. I forgot that the "to" does not appear when a copy is sent to USMA. The email address appears below. Norm - Original Message ----- From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: &quo

[USMA:11109] FFU in Tijuana factory

2001-02-18 Thread Norman Werling
To all, I edited out the personal stuff from a nephew of mine who runs a Mitsubishi owned sub in Tijuana, Mexico. Obviously the American market still dictates use of Wombat as he says. Se excerpts below. Norm We live in San Diego (actually Chula Vista) and I drive about 30 miles to a town

[USMA:11105] cm³

2001-02-17 Thread Norman Werling
We often comment how metric countries use metric symbols. I recall a newspaper bought in Spain during our vacation in 1995. An article about motorcycles and advertisements for them and for cars used c.c. regularly so there is still apparent need for education within metric countries for proper

[USMA:11011] Fw: Re: Real Canadian Superstore - in store signs

2001-02-14 Thread Norman Werling
Forwarded as requested. - Original Message - From: "Joseph B. Reid" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001February06 08:45 Subject: [USMA:10873] Re: Real Canadian Superstore - in store signs Kilopascal wrote in USMA 10868: We discussed this

[USMA:11014] Re: Missing messages

2001-02-14 Thread Norman Werling
I just found and sent these three to the server Norm - Original Message - From: "Ma Be" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001February14 19:16 Subject: [USMA:11010] Missing messages Hi, folks, Could any of you please forward to me messages

[USMA:11012] Fw: Utah DOT

2001-02-14 Thread Norman Werling
Forwarded as requested - Original Message - From: "Nat Hager III" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2001February06 17:24 Subject: [USMA:10876] Utah DOT Document from Utah DOT from last summer... Nat

[USMA:10918] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Politics/2001-02/euro080201.shtml

2001-02-08 Thread Norman Werling
If Labour wins in the UK, Blair will call for a Euro referendum within two years. Norm

[USMA:10926] Fw: http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/xsite/caching0208.html

2001-02-08 Thread Norman Werling
y believed that they needed to dumb down the size for the American public. Metric is easier, I assure you. The meter is neater!!! Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083-2545 404-292-9328 P.S. I sent your link to other members of the United States Metric Association for inform

[USMA:10742] Fw: SI (international System of Units-metric system)

2001-01-30 Thread Norman Werling
I accessed the web site www.trace-sc.com and sent this email to the feedback address shown. This site was shown in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the end of an article about U.S.-Mexico relations under its new President Fox Norm - Original Message - From: "Norman Werling&qu

[USMA:10562] Fw: Oct. 23 new for Kids in Atlanta Journal-Constitution

2001-01-20 Thread Norman Werling
. Norm - Original Message - From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "US Metric Assn." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2000October24 08:56 Subject: [USMA:8727] Oct. 23 new for Kids in Atlanta Journal-Constitution

[USMA:10563] Fw: Fw: Fw: Oct. 23 News for Kids in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

2001-01-20 Thread Norman Werling
This was her reply which was featured in the current Metric Today. Norm - Original Message - From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2000October25 20:05 Subject: [USMA:8763] Fw: Fw: Oct. 23 News for Kids in

[USMA:10564] Fw: Fw: Oct. 23 new for Kids in Atlanta Journal-Constitution

2001-01-20 Thread Norman Werling
and I mailed him conversion tables. Norm - Original Message - From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "AJC NFK" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2000October25 19:52 Subject: Re: Fw: Oct. 23 new for Kids in Atlanta Journal-Constitution Theresa, I have no problem converting

[USMA:10495] What the heck is 3.3 feet?

2001-01-15 Thread Norman Werling
m the rest of the world. Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083

[USMA:10363] Fw: And now, the weather Atlanta J-C, 2001-01-07

2001-01-08 Thread Norman Werling
To USMA group, Here is the complete exchange with my original email at the end and working up in sequence. Surely there is hope in that someday soon these youngsters will replace the dinosaurs as editors. Norm - Original Message - From: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[USMA:10348] And now, the weather Atlanta J-C, 2001-01-07

2001-01-07 Thread Norman Werling
o dumb down scientific results to "please the American public" it perpetuates the myth that America is justified in resisting the use of the International System of units (SI-metric). Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083-2545 404-292-9328

[USMA:10141] Animal Nation in 2000/12/31 issue of Atlanta Journal-Constitution

2001-01-01 Thread Norman Werling
regarding "size" also. By this, I refer to the animal's weight, more correctly referred to as mass, in kilograms as well as its height in meters or centimeters Sincerely, Norman Werling 1240 Hunters Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083-2545 404-292-9328

[USMA:10088] 2000 Census results

2000-12-28 Thread Norman Werling
I presume that the same seven states which each had one representative still have only one. 2000 population and name of state: 626'932 Alaska 783'600 Delaware 902'195 Montana 642'200 North Dakota 754'844 South Dakota 608'827 Vermont

[USMA:10089] Re: metric

2000-12-28 Thread Norman Werling
Re: [USMA:9979] Re: "metric"Louis, I never got around to sending more information from the book "Sizes". From that same book, I will quote from the author's 6.5 pages about the meter. From page 166:"By the end of 1790 the Academy had placed the matter in the hands of as illustrious a

[USMA:10007] Symbol for Euro

2000-12-23 Thread Norman Werling
To all, Did I see someone use  as the Euro symbol? Is this correct? I found this symbol on my character map as Alt+0129, Alt+0157 and Alt+0158. These three look exactly the same to me   ž. Right? Norm

[USMA:9974] RE: French beer measures

2000-12-21 Thread Norman Werling
To all, The same little Poche Français-Anglais dictionary from over 40 years ago shows the word "chope" as meaning "tankard" so I presume that "chopine" would be a diminutive of that. Norm - Original Message - From: "Bill Potts" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL

[USMA:9843] Fw: Yards/Meters signs at Busch Gardens picture taken Thansgiving

2000-12-18 Thread Norman Werling
To all, My daughter and son-in-law scanned and forwarded this picture which I took the day after Thanksgiving whilemy wife and I were there with them. Norm signs2.jpg

[USMA:9669] Today's feature in Atlanta Journal-Constitution

2000-12-10 Thread Norman Werling
To:Tom Mattix (Feature writer of Animal Nation in Atlanta Journal-Constitution), I have written you before decrying your failure to include the International System of units (SI-metric) in addition to those of the King George III Colonial units. As I have pointed out to you before, I send this

[USMA:9616] Fw: weather.com announcement: Better weather coming soon!

2000-12-07 Thread Norman Werling
To all, I did notremember that I was on their list. What if everyone were to send them a pro-SI feedback? Norm - Original Message - From: weather.com To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2000December07 18:37 Subject: weather.com announcement: Better weather coming soon! Dear weather.com

[USMA:9513] National Public Radio's Morning Edition @ 08:50

2000-12-04 Thread Norman Werling
This morning at about 08:50-08:59 they featured a segment about the "American Office". I was getting ready to go to my Monday part-time accounting job. Thus as usual I picked up on it after it had started when I heard something about a typewriter inventor or manufacturer or developer who

[USMA:9506] Fw: Imperial in Sask. Classrooms]

2000-12-02 Thread Norman Werling
Forwarded to group for Greg Peterson. Norm - Original Message - From: "Gregory. Peterson Tammy. Booth Peterson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Norman Werling" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Marcus Berger" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROT

[USMA:9432] «Papiers d'identité»

2000-11-29 Thread Norman Werling
Some of you know that I have begun studying French as a beginner, no less. My Tuesday and Thursday classes each of 1 hour and 15 minutes began on October 3. I am not attempting to begin again the thread about whether to say height in meters or centimeters except to make the following comment.

[USMA:9442] Re: Fwd: Re: Imperial in the Classroom

2000-11-29 Thread Norman Werling
Greg, I would tend to connect this to the right wing conservatives in the Canadian Alliance which, if I am correct, basically control politics in SK. Norm - Original Message - From: "Gregory Peterson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2000November29

[USMA:9443] Imperial measures

2000-11-29 Thread Norman Werling
Ladies and Gentlemen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I have just learned that you are considering the return of Imperial measures to Saskatchewan's classrooms. I am an American citizen and I plead with you not to do so. My wife and I vacation in Canada so that we can have our metric "fix". I know that

[USMA:9446] Tonight's West Wing

2000-11-29 Thread Norman Werling
Opening sequence with the President on a test for an opening of a show with calls to come in from school children. There is a question about the temperature on Mars. He is supposed to pass it on to experts but he answers and then the press secretary says he was wrong. He replies that he

[USMA:9274] Fw: criticism of CNN

2000-11-20 Thread Norman Werling
Here is CNN's reply to my criticism of their use of "kph" rather than "km/h". Norm - Original Message - From: "CNN Reply" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2000November20 17:23 Subject: RE: criticism Thank you for contacting CNN Interactive with your comments about our

[USMA:9228] RE: CNN shame

2000-11-17 Thread Norman Werling
To all, I just sent a feedback criticism in which I told CNN the kilometers per hour is NOT kph, but rather km/h. Norm - Original Message - From: "Bob Price" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2000November13 18:21 Subject: [USMA:9172] RE: CNN shame

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