Dear Carter,
Many thanks for these two references. I found the second one particularly
instructive, and I thoroughly enjoyed the consistent use of SI units
throughout.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin LCAMS
Geelong, Australia
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on 2004-04-22 08.37, Carter, Baron at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Of Ezra Steinberg
I don't know who else might have scene the first part of Prime Suspect 6
with
Hellen Mirren (who plays a London detective superintendent) that aired last
Sunday night on PBS, but I was suprised (except when they referred to
miles,
alas!) to hear all of the measurements used by
Terry,
Thanks for the update. You haven't seen Prime Suspect for a while because this is the
first new episode in six or seven years, which is why it was hyped so much here in the
States.
What struck me particularly is that I heard not a single metric reference in the
entire show -- all
U.K. sirens are much the same as American and Canadian ones. Just to be sure
my memory wasn't playing tricks with me, though, I did a Google search
(keywords: police emergency sirens uk).
Note the following from a discussion forum at
The 'American-style' siren has been used for police cars and ambulances in the UK for
quite a few years now.
In fact, it's only really cop shows from the 70s such as The Sweeney
(aaahhhnostalgia) that you would hear the old two-tone nee-nah type siren.
Regarding the use of imperialyes,
Hi,
I just sent the following comments to the writers of the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory's newspaper. It's a good newspaper, except they usually convert
all measurements to FFU.
John
I really enjoy reading the Universe, but sometimes wonder why so many
articles seem to intentionally avoid
