America is NOT the most advanced country!!
germany is in many aspects decades ahead!
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Subject: [USMA:16295] resistance to US metrication
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:43:30 EST
And I thought I was the
I don't think that the Big Three would quite suffice. I think we need to
include degrees Celsius and watts and maybe (although a bit less important)
kilopascals and kilojoules. Various combinations like kilometres per hour
need to be included, also (and perhaps Wyeth meant to include them).
I am going to run in the Sacramento International Marathon on December 2
here in California. I checked out the event on the web and found no
reference to distances in km, so I sent a message asking why not. I
received a nice reply which explained why (there IS a LOT of organizing
that goes into
2001-11-22
True! But, America has a more effective system of propaganda. And no
matter how much greater somewhere else may be, it is lost when America's
propaganda is more intense. Billions of people world-wide view American TV
programs and movies and are influenced by what they see.
2001-11-22
Despite being the first and only, insist they do accomodate SI. Tell them
you are speaking on behalf of all foreign participants and the silent
majority.
It can't be that hard to incorportate SI units into the literature. Also
explain that the marathon is now metric, being 42.2 km
To those members of this forum in the United States:
Happy Thanksgiving.
I just read the October issue of English Today, an English language magazine.
This issue contains a lot about English as a world language. On p. 11 I read
something that says a lot about attitudes, which of course is important for
metric too. A school superintendent in Arkansas refused to
Mensch642 asked in USMA 16293:
Joe, I surmise that the difference is LEADERSHIP!
If President George W. Bush were to go before the Congress as he did
post-9/11 and make the Ex Cathedra statement that the United States shall
adopt SI, then it would be done. Most Americans would see it as a
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From: Ezra Steinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Irish road speed signs (was: Mornin'!)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 09:11:17 -0800
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Nice to see you on this list this morning.
Any bits of news on the road signage front?
No good
The kilocalorie is not power.
Duncan
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From: Han Maenen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: November 22, 2001 01:44
Subject: [USMA:16298] Re: Wentworth letter
The kilocalorie, used for heating tends to be replaced by the kilowatt, at
You deserve an SI medal for raising the issue. Remember 'ask and ye shall
receive'.
I wish!
D.
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From: Harry Wyeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: November 22, 2001 06:40
Subject: [USMA:16301] Depressing...
I am going to run in
I ran a 5K this past summer. So as I'm running the course...they say ONE
- 7 minutes 34 seconds.
Then later they are like TWO! 14 minutes 58 seconds.And I'm
like...what is that TWO??
They said MILES!I'm like...ok great. I'm running a 5 kilometer race,
and they are intervalling in
2001-11-22
Well, that is news to me! I had no idea English was spoken in Judea 2000
years ago. For some reason I thought it was Aramaic and Hebrew. And the
educated spoke Latin and Greek. I should have known English was the
language of choice then too. I'll bet even Adam and Eve spoke
Adrian:
That is not, in fact, CNN-fn. It's the CNN International feed being carried
on the CNN-fn channel.
Both the CNN channel and the CNN-fn channel carry the CNN International feed
for an hour or two, late at night. I think CNN-fn carries it somewhat
earlier than CNN.
So, all those people
Duncan:
U.K. odometers are identical to American ones -- main odometer showing whole
miles, trip odometer showing miles and tenths of miles.
There may very well be some odometers calibrated according to your
understanding, but I've yet to see one on any of the cars I've rented there
in the past
On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:51:58 -0800, Brian J White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Guys...
I need some 'proof' that beer in the UK sold by the pint is actually 500mL.
Is this true or not?
False, unfortunately! Beer can be sold only by the pint (or 1/3rd
pint, or 1/2 pint). It's illegal to sell any
2001-11-22
The beer is suppose to be 568 mL. Since the top of the glass contains foam,
one might be close if one says the actual contents of the glass is 500 mL of
liquid and 68 mL of foam. Can't say for sure if this is the case, but it
sure sounds good.
John
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'Fraid not, Brian!! It's close, but it is actually 0.568 litres to a UK
pint!!
Yet you can buy 500 and 250ml bottles of lager or spirit and buy spirit from
the optic in metric!!
Madness!!
Regards,
Steve.
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From: Brian J White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chris and Brian:
You can find the legal definition at:
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19942867_en_1.htm.
And, Brian, the legal definition (568.3 mL) is the one to which the pubs
must adhere. The law is extremely strict in that respect.
What Chris fails to mention is that it applies only
John:
The foam doesn't count. There must be one Imperial pint (or one half or one
third) of actual liquid. A publican can be fined or can even have his/her
license taken away for violating this law.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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It occurs to me that the U.K. government could earn the undying gratitude of
the British beer drinker if it were to define a pub pint of 600 mL.
Because it's only marginally larger than the Imperial pint, it's possible
that, for competitive reasons, it might be sold for the same price.
Bill
Ruling delayed in metric case
FIVE market traders must wait to learn whether they have won their
High Court battle for the legal right to trade in pounds and ounces.
Chris
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UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
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