[USMA:53668] FW: A Message from Congressman Tony Cardenas

2014-04-02 Thread John Altounji
This my congressman politically correct response about asking him for a metric implementation bill. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: ca29tc...@housemail.house.gov [mailto:ca29tc...@housemail.house.gov] Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 12:33 PM

[USMA:53670] Re: Fwd: FTC Solicits Comments on Rules, Regulations, Policy, Interpretation of FPLA (Deadline: May 21, 2014)

2014-04-02 Thread James
This is an excellent opportunity for us to speak on behalf of permissive metric-only labeling. The odds of FTC agreeing to mandatory metric-only labeling are extremely low and comments pushing for that will be swamped by industry (FMI) lobbyists. But permissive metric-only stands a chance, I

[USMA:53672] Schwinn 270 recumbent bike

2014-04-02 Thread James
We took delivery of our new Schwinn 270 recumbent bike two days ago. Purchasing from Amazon.com gave us a price well below MSRP. Assembly took a few hours but I did not rush it; probably I could have done it in 2 h. In a few of the steps, my wife provided a spare set of hands which was

[USMA:53673] Re: Fwd: FTC Solicits Comments on Rules, Regulations, Policy, Interpretation of FPLA (Deadline: May 21, 2014)

2014-04-02 Thread Martin Vlietstra
I have commented on section 13 (Foreign regulation), drawing to attention the incompatibility of the US and the Imperial pint, quart and gallon. I also cited UK legislation that can be found at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/659/pdfs/uksi_20060659_en.pdf (in particular section 8.3 fg). My

[USMA:53674] RE: FW: A Message from Congressman Tony Cardenas

2014-04-02 Thread John Altounji
I knew that. At least this one sent an answer, unlike many others John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: Mark Henschel [mailto:mwhensch...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11:46 AM To: phy...@msn.com Subject: Re: [USMA:53668] FW: A