Different Brian Williams. The Brian Williams on NBC was born in Elmira, NY and
grew up in Middletown, NJ. During the Vancouver Olympics, he did a skit with
the Canadian Brian Williams
From Wikipedia,
On February 22, 2010, while providing coverage of the Winter Olympics, Williams
did a
As in other words…Don’t get nibbled to death by ducks! I believe I posted
something similar a few years ago. I also think it was Howard who championed
my thoughts back then. I am doing so for Howard now.
Phil
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Howard,
That looks like the size of an imperial pint (568.26 ml).
Phil
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Ressel, Howard R (DOT)
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 8:42 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:53725] Strange coke can
New
I believe that is the APing of the Washington Post rather than NASA. If
you go to NASA's site, they use dual.
Phil
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:00 AM, a-bruie...@lycos.com
a-bruie...@lycos.comwrote:
So much for nasa and Metric, just read an article on the Rover Couriosity,
here is a viewing a
It would be nice if the bill made mention of the fact that Congress has
already declared SI to be the preferred system of measurement for the U.S.
Also, it would be nice if there was a mention of highway signs and gasoline
sales.
Phil
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:31 AM, derryod...@yahoo.com wrote:
The U.S. signed the treaty in 1875 but the Senate did not ratify it until
1878. The U.S. is considered one of the original signatories to the treaty.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:37 AM, John M. Steele
jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.netwrote:
A pretty good commentary on the mess of duality in Canada.
Acutally, it has very little to do with confusing the consumer and
everything to do with gaining shelf space in the supermarket. A supermarket
(can be a corp. chain, co-op or franchise) will only dedicate so much space
to a particular size of a product. As the manufacturers have paid the
The reality is that English standards are set by publishers and
broadcasters. What people refer to as the King's English is in reality,
the BBC's English. It is also recognized that British English and American
English are distinct language groups with many regional dialects present in
both.
Pat,
You have posted this before. Why do you keep posting items from The Onion?
You realize that it is a satiracal site. While indeed they can write some
very funny articles (they have a new sports show starting on Comedy Central
here) you can't take any of it seriously.
Phil
On Tue, Jan 18,
I'm just getting a little confused on what all the fuss is about.
Here is the way I see it:
Metric conversion: the process of converting non-metric measures to metric
ones.
Metrication: the process of changing the primary measuring methodology
within a nation or society to SI. This can
; Bill Hooper, Ph.D.; Carleton MacDonald; John Schweisthal;
Derek Pollard; Ezra Steinberg; Harry B Wyeth; Stanislav Jakuba; Jason
Darfus; James R. Frysinger, LCAMS; Eric Burns; Eugene (Gene) Mechtly;
Michael Payne; Richard Messer; Brij Bhushan Vij; Nat Hager III; Phil
Chernack; Pierre Abbat; Patrick
There was no announcement of new standards, just a proposal by the National
Governers' Association to push for unified national standards. While Texas
and Alaska have already opted out of such a proposal, the other 48 states
have not necessarilly signed on.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Phil Chernack pcchern...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [USMA:46830] Re: Rick Sanchez Admits He Doesn't Know What Nine
Meters Is | NewsBusters.org
To: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net
For those who missed my first post
Pretty funny.
Wait for Jon Stewart's retort to 9 meters, what's that in English?
http://www.hulu.com/watch/131441/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-the-uninformant#s-p2-sr-i1
Then, the Moment of Zen:
The metric system is English
I guess you don't watch The Simpsons. This song is from one of my favorite
episodes (my father happens to be a Freemason). If you are not familiar
(and I can't see how you wouldn't be after 20 years :) ) the show is very
tounge-in-cheek and satirical about myths, pop culture and American society
Well, seeing as Hawaii was a territory prior to statehood since 1898 I think
the answer is obvious.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM, John Frewen-Lord
j...@frewston.plus.comwrote:
I have often wondered what measurement system was used in Hawaii before it
became a US State in the early 1960s.
Actually, the resolution (as proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia) was
passed on the 2nd. John Hancock signed the Declaration on the 4th and the
rest of the congress signed it by the 2nd of August.
Phil
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Bill Potts w...@wfpconsulting.com wrote:
Ah, but did
I think that NASA did not do a good job of explaining what is really going
on here. The case is simple: they are reusing the Apollo technology to
accelerate this program. Apollo, as you know was done in customary
measurement. To start to reengineer all of that data and design work to SI
would
I'm not one for writing much anymore but when I do contribute, I'd like to
think that what I have to say is cogent and impactful. Quite a while back,
I wrote a thread about being nibbled to death by ducks. The whole point
of that thread was this list was becoming bogged down with such minutiae
Well, I pose this one:
Does the avarage consumer know and understand the differences and
relationships between ounces, pints, quarts and gallons? Many times I see
unit pricing in quarts but the items being sold have no mention of quarts on
them. They are either fl oz, mL or L. It seems to me
Looks like Congress, with the President's urging may delay yet again the
full transition to digital television.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFQTV6u7aQ_ujqqX5bFP5QPRIVgAD95SJ1K09
When I see things like this, it doesn't bode well for a full metric
transition.
It seems
Actually, I would go with the Please read before quoting us in court page:
http://watleyreview.com/About.html
Phil
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Nat Hager III [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Again Watley Review is a complete satire (like the Onion), see the
following history:
Just watch the show Bones on Weds. at 8pm. (FOX). The show is based on
the series of books and the main character (Temperance Brennen) works at the
Jeffersonian in DC (a fictional Smithsonian-type of institution) where she
solves crimes with her FBI partner Seely Booth. The show is a lot of fun
Oh, and for those who don't get FOX or have the show available on your local
outlet, you can watch it at www.hulu.com. It's free.
Phil
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Phil Chernack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just watch the show Bones on Weds. at 8pm. (FOX). The show is based
on the series
Of course you could have sent it to UBS and like the immortal Howard Beale,
open our windows and shout I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it
anymore! After all, it it not how we all feel about this :)
(for those of you who don't remember, it's from the movie Network)
Phil
On Sat, Aug
Pat,
I think your measurements are a bit off. I believe you mean GJ not MG for
the amount of energy from a barrel of oil. Average dietary (or at least
recommended intake in the U.S.) is 2000 kcal or about 6.8 MJ per day.
Also, when it comes to cost, you are confusing energy with work. The
.
Jim
Phil Chernack wrote:
Pat,
I think your measurements are a bit off. I believe you mean GJ not MG for
the amount of energy from a barrel of oil. Average dietary (or at least
recommended intake in the U.S.) is 2000 kcal or about 6.8 MJ per day.
Also, when it comes to cost, you
Don't count on it happening. The time, expense and lack of popular support
will not let the speed limit be lowered. If anything, the law enforcement
community may even be against it as it would require far more resources to
enforce. It's not 1974 anymore and people just won't go for it.
Phil
Forgot to send to list when I replied :)
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From: Phil Chernack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [USMA:41294] Re: New milk jug size shape
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The jug has a capacity of 4 liters with a fill of 1 gallon (3.78
As far as I can tell, hydrogen has always be dispensed by the kg. Even the
president made mention of it in a State of the Union address a few years
back. When fuel cell cars become more widespread, I can't see any other
unit being used to dispense hydrogen.
Phil
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:45
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
Behalf Of *Phil Chernack
*Sent:* Friday, 2008 May 30 11:56
*To:* U.S. Metric Association
*Subject:* [USMA:41004] Re: Legality of selling fuel by the liter in the
US
I can't say for every state but in New Jersey it is legal to sell and
dispense
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
Behalf Of *Phil Chernack
*Sent:* Friday, 2008 May 30 11:56
*To:* U.S. Metric Association
*Subject:* [USMA:41004] Re: Legality of selling fuel by the liter in the US
I can't say for every state but in New Jersey it is legal to sell and
dispense
I can't say for every state but in New Jersey it is legal to sell and
dispense by the liter provided both the price per liter and price per gallon
are displayed.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Mike Millet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just curious here , as I've been readying a lot about how some
Where do you get that it is illegal to sell by the dry pint? Produce is
not covered by the FPLA, It is up to states to determine how produce is
measured. Keep in mind that most laws governing the sale of dairy and
produce go back 100 or so years. In some cases, these laws have been
updated.
I think we are confusing several issues here. The problem with Subway is
not a labeling issue rather a marketing one. It seems that Pat's main point
of contention is that after years of Australians getting used to seeing
metric measures in common day places, Subway comes in and, through its
Gee Pat, I guess they all are dressed in polyester and dancing to disco too.
That article was from 1979.
Phil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Pat Naughtin
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:35 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:38566] Water
Stephen,
By the way, I visited America (Florida) for my holidays a month after that
tragic date and wherever I went as soon as people knew that my girlfriend
and I were British we were warmly congratulated and almost thanked for
coming to the US! I had never felt so welcome. It was odd the
I have always written dates in dd mmm yy format ie: 4 Apr 07 on checks and
other correspondence. Of course, the date on a check does not matter
anyway. It will get paid when presented. I use ISO when putting the date
in computer files such as 20070403.txt. Never has anyone questioned the way
I
First off, my cell phone (a Nokia) is set to 24 hour time no problem. My
previous phone, a Motorola was also set to 24 hour time.
I'm just a little confused about the purpose of this thread though. My
reasons for advocating metric in the U.S. is to help us be more competitive
and save
To All,
If you are really interested on why we have all these standards for cell
phones, American Heritage Invention Technology magazine had a great
article on the development of mobile phone technology since the 1940s
You can find it here:
Keep in mind that The Daily Show is first and foremost, a comedy show.
Jon Stewart is usually being facetious, especially when parodying the
average joe. His comments should be taken as nothing more than that.
Phil
_
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of
Hmmm. Sandwiches provide an interesting quandary. Every sub shop I have
been to offers some variation of the following:
6 (nominally 15 cm) or 1/2 sub
12 (nominally 30 cm) or whole sub
3 foot (1 m) (smaller party size)
6 foot (2 m) (larger party size)
Once again, this is one area where 6 inch
Actually, I would hazard to guess that most manufacturers are either doing
metric or capable of doing metric, even though they are producing non-metric
sized products.
A good example is Entenmann's, who produce 1 lb cakes but in the plant,
refer to them as 454 g. I know this from a segment I
It may be useful to point out that 47 states already permit metric-only
labeling for products that come under their jurisdiction.
Phil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:23 PM
To:
It seems to be a matter of semantics.
When one is talking of comparing one type of unit to another, it is
conversion. Metric to USC conversion, USC to metric conversion.
When one is talking of transitioning the way of measuring it is metrication.
From the NIST website: The Metric Program seeks
Of course the width of tires is measured in mm. P225R17 tires are passenger
rated with a width of 225 mm and a diameter 0f 17.
Phil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Howard Ressel
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:25 PM
To: U.S.
You are correct that the rule of
1000 should apply but I have not seen it on bottled water. I drink
Poland Springs and the bottles are labeled .5 liter with the
wrapping stating ½ liter bottles. My guess is that the marketing folks seem to
think that most people will recognize and
Go to Brookstone (www.brookstone.com or a mall near you.) You'll find
plenty of options there. They have a nice assortment of 12/24 hour format
clocks both battery operated and cord powered. The ones that display
temperature can be set for Celsius as well. If you don't like their
selection,
That commercial has been airing for quite awhile.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of King, Mark D.
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:55 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:37226] Bounty paper towels
I recently saw a Bounty
Except when dealing with the general public. Then they have leeway.
Phil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of David King
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:36 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:37213] Re: Ambiguous ounces
It's a non-issue. If Puerto Rico becomes the 51st state, it will not matter
what they post on their roads. Both metric and non-metric signs and speed
limits are legal in all states as per federal law.
Phil
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Message Follows
From: Phil Chernack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:37162] RE: a glass of water
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:46:05 -0400
Truth of the fact is that you should have around 2 L of fluid per day
Truth of the fact is that you should have around 2 L of fluid per day. It
is, as you say a guideline. The fluid can come in whatever form you want
from your morning cup of coffee to the afternoon bottle of water. Glasses
generally refers to around 250 mL.
Phil
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You have to remember that in a majority of
states, exit numbers are based on the mile markers. For example, exit 52 is
between mile 52 and 53. The biggest problem is that not only would mile
markers be changed but exit numbers would also have to be changed. Some states
like PA, FL and
Han,
You make a huge assumption that people know or even care about BTU vs. kJ.
The truth is people just compare the numbers. A 9000 BTU/h is smaller than
a 15000 BTU/h air conditioner and that is all that matters. You don't have
to know what a BTU is to understand difference in quantity. What
I think you used the word mandate
where you meant to use permit. You will never see metric
labeling mandated in the U.S.
Phil
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Millet
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 4:38
PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject:
Seems like a simplistic view of things.
From what I see, corporations, especially
those that operate globally, are for metrication and metric labeling.
Companies like PG have publicly stated so. The opposition seems to
be from the food marketing industry which represents many smaller
Yet if they dont take the steps to
present information in SI, how can we make any concrete progress towards SI? Its
got to start somewhere.
Phil
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Millet
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006
8:37 PM
To: U.S.
I still dial the phone as I'm sure many of you do too. I haven't actually
dialed a phone in years. I don't see the terms footage, mileage or
acreage disappearing anytime soon. Maybe eventually some will be
replaced--land area for acreage, fuel economy for mileage, etc but even as
we move to
I bet if you asked how many feet are in a mile, most would respond 5280. It
tends to be a trivia question. At least it is in the US. Most people here
know about 100 yards as it is the length of a (American) football field.
Most do not know how many yards are in a mile.
Phil
-Original
I believe that chow mein was actually invented in Chinatown in San
Francisco.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Bill Hooper
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 7:47 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:36710] Re: Countering the
The idea of using watts to express power
on ships was explained in a previous thread. Ships use electric engines
powered by a generator. The generator is powered by the diesel engines on the
ship. Therefore, power is going to be expressed in terms of the electric
engines and thus, watts.
I'm actually quite used to hearing liters used for dry measure or capacity
such as trunk space or basket size. It sure beats bushels which I never
really understood anyway.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Stephen Gallagher
Sent:
I came across the following article on oil prices and saw
the term kiloliter for the first time. Is this very common outside the U.S.?
“Oil
for September delivery rose 1 percent Monday to €49.32 a kiloliter, or $66.29 a
barrel. “
“The October gasoline
contract climbed 2.1 percent to
You hit it right on the head when you said
it would be thoroughly confusing to calculate fuel economy. The only way to
make it logical at this point is to give fuel economy in terms of liters per
mile. While certainly not desirable, it might be an interim step prior to
converting road
they could.
Mike
On 4/17/06, Phil
Chernack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
You hit it right on the head when you said it would be
thoroughly confusing to calculate fuel economy. The only way to make it
logical at this point is to give fuel economy in terms of liters per
mile. While certainly not desirable
Why do people keep insisting that Americans
dont understand or know metric measures. If prodded, most
Americans will admit they know how long a meter is, how much a liter is and
even how much a gram weighs. I would hazard to guess that
most Americans know meters and millimeters more so
: Thursday, April 13, 2006
11:41 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: USMA
Subject: Re: [USMA:36549] Re: the
preferred system
Phil Chernack wrote:
Why do people keep
insisting that Americans dont understand or know metric measures.
If prodded, most Americans will admit they know how long
Mike,
You should tell your father that
metrication does not mean the items he uses such as sheetrock or 2x4s
will change. The sizes will remain the same but the labeling will change. Its
just a matter of getting used to the new labels and different
spacing. All you need to do is refer
There is no such thing as a federal
highway. All highways (interstate, US and state) are state highways built
and paid for by the individual states. States receive federal funding for
various projects and highway construction but the highways are all state built,
owned and maintained.
There are what are called Federal Aid Roads but these include any road
that a state or local government receives money for to build or maintain.
Just because a road is an interstate or US highway does not make it a
federal highway. All interstate numbered, US numbered and state numbered
highways
This makes me curious. Is there an institutional prejudice towards metric
at the FMI or is it a few well-placed individuals who are arbitrarily making
these decisions based on their own misunderstandings? It seems that many of
their members are in favor of the amendment. Does the FMI do
The only problem with that is that it still does not stop the email from
going onto the receiving server. The person's remote mailbox will still
have the email in it thus, generating a possible warning from your email
provider.
Phil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Your answer to that silly article about the metric system causing obesity
in
Australia was the way to go. Would the obesity problem not exist if a
country used the BTU for nutritional energy one might ask. And the irony..
1
BTU can be taken as 1 kJ in most cases, except where accuracy is
The Newark Star-Ledger just published a story on the 50th anniversary of the
container:
http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-2/114153971628060
.xmlcoll=1.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Philip S Hall
Sent:
This, in a country that has a hang up over pints in a pub. I still don't
get that.
Anyway, the reason people may be so resistant to road sign changes is that
it is a huge change all at once. Unlike the introduction of metric sizes in
the marketplace which can take place gradually, people
Decisions on bottle sizing are made by the
local bottlers. Some of these bottlers are indeed owned by the company itself (through
a separate division) but each bottler makes the sizing decisions for their
market. For instance, Coca Cola Bottling of New York which serves the New
York-New
While metric education is very important and I do believe that we could save
tons of money by emphasizing metric education and eliminating customary unit
education, I have to agree with Jon about the complexity of education. From
what I have read, American students are either ahead or the same as
And as you all know, we should all mind
our ps and qs. Or is it 473 ml and 946 ml? J
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Hooper
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006
4:43 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:35888] RE: NEW Yard
(yd') or Metre
Was there a change in price? If not,
it is just a way to raise the price without increasing the actual price.
While its nice that they are going to a rational metric size, it is a
cheap way of doing so.
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John
With all due respect you haven't grasped the key point here. The statement
1 yd = 0.9144 m is not just a conversion factor.
It is a *definition* of the term yard.
It is interesting to note that not only is a yard defined as 0.9144 m but
the inch is not defined as 1/36 of a yard but as 25.4
And who is in charge of their foreign affairs and defense? Sounds like a
confederation of sorts if you ask me. Kinda like the time when 13 of
Britain's colonies banded together and formed a new country. :)
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I think you are confusing 2 issues. One is the package size which is
regulated by the FPLA or at the state level (UPLR) and the nutritional
information. Your link refers to the latter of the two while the OP was
discussing the former.
As far as I know only 3 states at this time seem to not
I think Dave is American, so maybe the Canadian fellow was simply
translating meters to yards for Dave's sake because he assumed Dave would
have no clue what the distance in meters would mean.
Why do we keep assuming that others think Americans have no clue what metric
is? If you went to
Title: counting gigasecond in JD
Thats fine and dandy, but remember
the stardate is -318271.23 J
At least they used metric on Star Trek, even
on the original series from 1966 to 1969.
Phil
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronald L. STONE
As someone who worked for a frozen food manufacturer and administered the
UCC/EDI program, I can tell you that the code is simple. The first 5 digits
are the manufacturer's code and the second 5 digits are the manufacturer's
internal product number. The manufacturer's code is assigned by the
Actually, Matt Groening hasn't been involved with the show other than
executive produce it since its inception. All he did is create the
characters and perhaps give some of the early story ideas. The show has had
a staff of writers that have included Conan O'Brien and Dana Gould.
There have
Actually, its the Stonecutters and
its from The Simpsons. It is the song they sing in their
meeting. Its one of my favorite episodes.
BTW, in the episode, Abe Grampa
Simpson mentions he is a member of the Stonecutters, Elks, Masons, etc. The
Stonecutters are not the Masons. J
Here are
I'm not sure about Liberia or Myanmar, but the United States is officially
metric. What we do not do here is predominately use metric in daily
activities. Metric has made inroads over the years but still has quite a
way to go.
For more info about metric in the U.S., visit here:
I don't believe there was any formal survey done. The information that is
quoted is actually about 40 years old. It was included in the report A
Metric America: A Decision Whose Time Has Come which was originally
published in 1968 I believe. The report was published by the Department of
While the feds cannot mandate
metrication, they can make it very difficult to do business otherwise.
For instance, if Congress made metric the only official system (as permitted
under the constitution) the government could refuse to do business in
non-metric measures. NIST could refuse to
Paul,
By virtue of the 14th amendment, all amendments (as well as the constitution
itself) apply to the states as well as the Feds. I had that one beaten into
me in high school history class :)
Phil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of
.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation.
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From: Phil Chernack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 12:29
Subject: [USMA:35166] RE: constitutional basis
Jim, et al,
The answer to the question of what jurisdiction's laws would apply is that
it would be clearly stated in the contract. All contracts have a clause
stating which jurisdiction's laws apply for disputes regarding said
contract.
Phil
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What exactly is full metrication? It is the stated position of the U.S.
government to make SI the predominant or preferred system of measurement but
not the exclusive one. I don't think the U.S. (or U.K., Canada, etc) will
ever be 100% metric for all endeavors. I don't think that it is
Lowering the bar? Are you implying that because we spell er rather re
we are somehow lower than those who spell the other way? So you are saying
that one way of spelling is better than the other rather than just
different? You really have no clue about the English language or its
evolution.
After all,
who needs traffic lights at a roundabout? (Mind you, I have seen that
combination in New Jersey so perhaps that would be the best solution all
round (no pun intended)).
What you are talking about in NJ are traffic circles. They are very
different from roundabouts. Traffic circles
I pretty much agree with this, excepting only that I did not realize
signs wear out. I would presume that aside from obsolescense and
damage (getting hit by a car), they would last for two decades or
more.
Jim Elwell
Signs do indeed wear out. Signs are required to meet certain
Title: Re: [USMA:34525] Re: hospital inpatient computer system eliminates
non-metric units
Its funny that dosing cups, tubes
or whatever are not included with prescriptions while over the counter products
like NyQuil (the sneezy, stuffy, scratchy, sleep on the kitchen floor medicine)
comes
Jim,
This is why changing the FPLA is so important. It is one way to push
metrication forward with virtually no imposed cost on business. Businesses
may voluntarily change their labeling and decide when their business and
customer base is ready. All the amendment does is remove an impediment to
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