Jeez...so they typoed IS for SI. Give em a break.
At Wednesday, 22 January 2003, kilopascal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2003-01-22
What measurement system is the IS system? Get a
load of this:
GramA gram or gramme is a standard metric unit of weight. There
are obviously 1000 grams per
I've been thinking about this for a few months now. December 23,
2005 is the 30 year anniversary of the passage of the US Metric
Conversion Act of 1975.
Think about that. THIRTY years. That's a long time.
Has anyone on the list given thought to the following:
A) What kinds of regards we
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/021303/kan_highways.shtml
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From: Brian White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 13 February, 2003 15:10
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:24841] Another article on KDOT's decision...
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/021303/kan_highways.shtml
Bah...typical military rah-rah bullsh1t kind of stuff.
At Friday, 14 February 2003, kilopascal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2003-02-14
I wonder if the people
who pass this type of propaganda around are pro-metric or
pro-FFU.
Take a
guess!
John
Billboards to
appreciate.
Attached
John, sometimes I think you read way too much into things.
Course..there's talk on the Peugeot list about anti-French sentiment
jepordizing Peugeot's rumored re-entry into the US market come 2004-
2005.
Myself, I'm waiting patiently for metrication and a 206 GTi. grin
Brian
89 Peugeot 405
My point was that you can't have a gram of a Calorie.
It's either a gram, or a Calorie. Not a gram of one.
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From: James-Jason Wentworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:31:25 -0800
Subject:
Speaking of that...does anyone know what the whole 9/10ths thing is about
with fuel prices in the US?
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From: Paul Trusten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:07:33 -0400
Subject: [USMA:26455] Re: A
I'm curious about.
Anyone know?
-- Original Message ---
From: Bill Potts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:34:49 -0700
Subject: [USMA:26457] RE: Fuel in the US
Brian White wrote:
Speaking of that...does anyone know what
Speaking of car gauges.
I converted my oil pressure gauge in my Miata from PSI to kg/cm2.
I have a Canadian cluster for my Audi A4 now as well, so the stupid F oil temp
gauge is going proper C. And the US coolant gauge just says C and H but the
Canadian version has temp graduations in proper
: Terry Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 23:10:05 +0100
Subject: [USMA:26489] RE: Speaking of automotive gauges.
Brian White wrote:
figure out how to tell the computer to make our Audi clock 24h
the Instruments control module can
There are also quite a few in Louisville, KY on I-265. In fact, the exit
distances are hard metric, the miles are in decimal. This highway was built
in the early 1980s. Heck, I used to ride my BMX bike on it for quite a long
way to get to these awesome BMX riding trails.
Ahh..youth.
Did I accidently subscribe to the calender reform list? No...I don't think I
did. How did this get to my in-box? Gee. Yet ANOTHER calender message from
Brij! Argh.
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From: Brij Bhushan Vij [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL
I got that he was referring to the international symbol signs, not as much the
metric speed limits.
I wish we'd go with the international symbol street signs.
What is the American reliance on words notifying everything? Kinda like the
whole BRAKE light requirement. Notice on any car in
Thunder Thighs. g
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Brian White
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 16:55
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:26589] Re: using
Yup. Never thought of that as currently I'm on a laptop.
-- Original Message ---
From: Bill Potts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:04:05 -0700
Subject: [USMA:26614] Re: M$
John Woelflein wrote:
Bill neglected to tell
It twas I...said the fly.
I said it wasn't part of the USMA's purpose as Michael said the USMA should
lobby for international roadsigns in the US.
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From: Bill Potts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Interesting...but I can't see how 2 $/kg (which looks akward not unlike some C
programming haha..) is better than $2 kg. Now...$2/kg would even be better
in my mind. But even so...
When in Europe a few months ago, IIRC every time I saw euros it was 45e or
whatever. I was in Denmark, Sweden,
Navigator]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Brian White
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 19:34
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:26513] Re: Speaking of automotive gauges.
Ok..that's all fine.
You guys should take that up
Duh..that's because you quoted a Canadian news report from the CBC.
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From: Michael-O [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:24:12 +0200
Subject: [USMA:26623] Power disaster hits North America
] Re: Power disaster hits North America
Brian White wrote:
Duh..that's because you quoted a Canadian news report from the CBC.
I know about the celsius but the resT?
I don't understand why canada and other commonwealth countries still
stuck to AM/PM
even in UK 24 h is spreading
bye
Oh..so that explains it. Michael has never even been to the UK? How about
the US?
It's easy to generalize about places you've never been Michael. I say go out
and travel, then you'll learn a little.
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From: Michael-O [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric
person doesn't need a full explanation -- just the conversion
factor from pounds per square inch (6.894 757).
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Brian White
Sent: Tuesday
Here is a 'near-miss' report possibly attributed to just that.
http://www.helsinki-hs.net/news.asp?id=20030131IE4
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From: Pat Naughtin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:28:52 +1000
Subject:
Yea...I have no problem keeping aviation and maritime using nautical (air) miles.
-- Original Message ---
From: Phil Chernack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:35:21 -0400
Subject: [USMA:27178] Re: Lineal kilometres
Air
* or...
Anyhow, let it be...
Marcus
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:45:59
Brian White wrote:
Yea...I have no problem keeping aviation and maritime using nautical (air)
miles.
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From: Phil Chernack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL
It was an andecdote Marcus. Must you take everything so literally?
And blood is viscousit could very well support 1 mm of itself in a puddle
depending on the surface composition.
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From: Ma Be [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL
What is mmol?
-- Original Message ---
From: Terry Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:18:32 +0100
Subject: [USMA:27261] RE: glucose strips
Nat Hager III
Might be interesting to someone
Strips intended for use
Michael O...is that you?
g
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From: Mighty Chimp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 21:18:46 -0400
Subject: [USMA:27284] Re: What did you do for US National Metric Week?
Why would anyone buy a thermometer
Uh oh. Marcus is gonna freak out now.
hahaha...just ribbin ya Marcus.
-- Original Message ---
From: Nat Hager III [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:49:16 -0500
Subject: [USMA:27740] MT suggestion
Just got my Metric
GuysB$ generally stands for billion dollarsnot any metric prefix.
Using k as in $35k or 65k for car mileage (or kilometrege sp?) is quite common.
-- Original Message ---
From: John David Galt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed, 03
him. Can it be that he also got
frustrated with this group and left? Hmm...
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 07:53:52
Brian White wrote:
Uh oh. Marcus is gonna freak out now.
hahaha...just ribbin ya Marcus.
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From: Nat Hager III [EMAIL PROTECTED
In my Audi, you can switch the climate control and outside temp gauge to Celsius.
When I do this, the temps which were even F temps are indeed now in 0.5
increment C temps.
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From: Chimpsarecute [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL
I didn't say it was Clinton. I said Clinton-era.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:24:59 +
Subject: [USMA:28204] Re: New York state department of transportation
It wasn't Clinton. Some
I prefer ifp...inch foot pound.
It's not barbed at all...nor as contrived as WOMBAT.
Straightforward.
-- Original Message ---
From: john mercer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:22:07 -0800
Subject: [USMA:28661] FFU
This
Yay! Maybe Marcus will finally be happy.
grin
Thanks Don.
-- Original Message ---
From: Hillger, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:19:44 -0700
Subject: [USMA:28973] official USMA announcement: 2003 Forum Report NOW
On another note I went to the local auto parts store and asked for 1 meter
of 8mm fuel line and they really didn't have a problem with it.
-- Original Message ---
From: Bill Potts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:48:42
Has anyone else seen the new Bounty paper towel commercial being aired in the US?
They do a demonstration of a spill and how quick the towel soaks up liquid when a
little dialog
pops up in rather large text saying Spill of 60 mL shown. or something to that
effect.
I found that pretty
This has been relatively common in GM cars over the past few years.
-- Original Message ---
From: Michael Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:17:50 -0400
Subject: [USMA:31320] Re: Malibu Maxx speedometer
Apparently
Yes...the same grey imports are found in the UK.
Recent laws have made importing Japanese cars to the UK much harder, but
they've been very popular
over the last few years. Mainly cars like the MX-5, RX-7, Toyota Supra, Subaru
WRX and Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo...usually specialized models or
Great letter Paul.
I just simply sent Mr Keane the following note.
Your anti-metric article published in the Herald recently makes you sound like
a moron. Are you?
He replied simply, Yes.
I replied, Well, at least you're honest.
haha...oh well.
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There is another one that came to light after Sept 11 and that is you can't
have daycare facilities
within 100 meters of a flight school or something to that effect. The rule
actually stated 100
meters.
-- Original Message ---
From: Jim Elwell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S.
legislation
330 feet is about 100 m. Wonder if someone got something messed up in the
translation.
Carleton
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At 17 05 05, 09:46 AM, Brian White wrote:
There is another one that came to light after Sept 11 and that is you
can't
have
Now if we can get the vending machine people to install machines that take
dollar coins...
-- Original Message ---
From: Paul Trusten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Tue, 31 May 2005 11:05:56 -0500
Subject: [USMA:33014] the 600 mL size
Oregon's gas law is so annoying. I hate anyone else pumping gas in my
cars...and in Oregon it's
usually some jo-blow doing it. And usually, there is one guy doing all the
cars. So they love to
leave the gas pumping while they go to another car, etc. It takes longer when
the station is
I say metricating the US. New Orleans has been doomed for years.
-- Original Message ---
From: Phil Chernack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 13:06:05 -0400
Subject: [USMA:34224] RE: Metric or New Orleans
Why are you
Bah. A pint should be locked into 500mL.
Ok..next issue please. haha...it should be that easy.
-- Original Message ---
From: Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:02:01 -0400
Subject: [USMA:34288] Re: Nibbled to Death
Problem is, any email list can be exploited by spammers. Maybe a spammer has
subscribed and is
archiving posts? Maybe they do queries to the email list that provide email
addresses?
There are many ways. Don't think that there is some magic button to be pressed
that says keep this
private.
How does that have anything to do with being derived from this list?
-- Original Message ---
From: Terry Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 00:28:23 +0100
Subject: [USMA:34740] Re: spam targetted at details used only in
Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 00:47:15 +0100
Subject: [USMA:34742] Re: spam targetted at details used only in usma
correspondence
Of Brian White
How does that have anything to do with being derived from this list?
It was sent
It'll always be Burma to me.
-- Original Message ---
From: Carleton MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:54:38 -0500
Subject: [USMA:35237] RE: liberia and myanmar
Where is Myanmar?
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The two times I went to get a dual-unit tape measure, they have been very easy
to find. Home Depot
seems to always have at least one or two dual-unit versions.
Both of mine are Stanley brand. One is 3 meters, the other is 8 meters.
-- Original Message ---
From: Hillger, Don
Get with it people. PPT can be opened with various programs, there are even
free PowerPoint
readers. So you Linux and Mac users CAN open it and even without the whining...
-- Original Message ---
From: Pierre Abbat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association
Wonderful road course there as well...used to host F1 and Can-Am races back in
the day. Daunting
course from what I've heard.
-- Original Message ---
From: Nat Hager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:46:58 -0400
Subject:
Great photo...but you need a new telephone man. G
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:35:46 -0400, Richard M wrote
My wife bought a larger container of Oxi Clean, I was curious how
large the old one was...well it turns out the new larger box
contains much less than the old smaller container. How did
OOO babyee...where did you get that? Where can I get one! :)
On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:37:49 -0800, lps wrote
Well folks, no where in North America can a metric only tape measure
be found. Or at least it feels that way. I got my hands on this
baby. Have a look.
At last no more dual units!
CDMA is also the dominant standard in South Korea.
You actually cared about TDMA coverage and left Cingular because of that?
Wow, you deserve the 12 hour time then. hahahaha.. Of course, maybe I'm
spoiled because I'm in Seattle. Home of both ATT Wireless (before Cingular
bought them) and
CDMA is actually more efficient with spectrum usage. But I find battery life
of CDMA phones to be less than GSM counterparts. I also hate the lack of a
SIM card in CDMA phones. CDMA phones have traditionally lagged GSM phones in
technology adoption like Bluetooth, etc...
Europe just got
Ok...so here is my beef.
On any Volkswagen or Audi, you cannot easily set the clock to 24 hour time.
On my BMW however, it's an easy menu change on the clock display. But I set
EVERYTHING I own to 24 hour time.
So, back to the Volkswagen and Audi. On my wife's Allroad, I never wanted to
Jeez dude, no one wants to hear all your Saab stories. :)
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:12:43 +, carletonm wrote
On my 1999 Saab 9-5 I have the following four choices for the display.
US - Wombat all the way. am/pm, miles, gallons, Fahrenheit.
UK1 - am/pm, miles, Imperial gallons,
these that motivates
companies to relocate their manufacturing to metric countries.
I wonder how much metric Frank Cerabino uses in his life, both
knowingly and unknowingly.
- Original Message
From: Brian White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent
it is silly, but I don't see it that way. It is just
that this person is too ignorant to publish something that could be
seen and regarded as serious.
No wonder metrication is stalled in the US.
- Original Message
From: Brian White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma
The term aviation usually means pilots and controllers and not departure
boards...
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:39:54 -0600, Mike Millet wrote
Really? I've never seen the 24 hour clock used on departure boards
for flights. I've seen it used by pilots yes but never on a
departure board. But it's
I thought still the law said you must have both MPH and km/h on the display
for US cars. Although many a car has fooled this metric list (those are
aren't car people usually.) by thinking the car doesn't have both, but that
it actually does.
Many cars now can electronically switch between the
I figured the Prius was frustrating because you paid $8000 more for a car
that gets the same mileage as a non-hybrid. grin Cool looking car though.
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:53:49 -0400, STANLEY DOORE wrote
Yes. The Prius is frustrating in that it has limited SI readouts
rather than all
unless it's a scooter. Please list the cars
which cost $8 k less than the Prius which get more miles per gallon.
Even the Hondas do not get it. Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Brian White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Wednesday, March
That's funny. You should also note that many Canadian cars don't have
secondary mph. Miatas did, and obviously your Civic did. But Audis and
Volkswagens just have km/h only...no mph.
There is a chance that Mercedes is similar.
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:54:49 +, Michael Payne wrote
My
EPA just changed their rules for the better. (More accurately portray real-
world conditions.) Again, check out this month's Car and Driver. No more
will the Prius and Insight get insanely high (and unattainable) 60-70mpg
ratings.
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:08:58 -0400, STANLEY DOORE wrote
Did you figure out if Mercedes has an option to change the temp display to
C? Both my BMW (540i 6-speed) and my Audi (Allroad 6-speed) have an easy
key-press to change HVAC displays to C.
Also, I wanna check this out myself. What Mercedes model were you test-
driving?
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007
No. They really do measure in kilometers per 100 kilometers. It works
wonderfully. ;)
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:46:12 -0400, John Woelflein wrote
I'm sure you meant L/100 km, right?
On 3/30/07, Martin Vlietstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, fuel consumption in Europe is usually measured
Dude...why and how did you find this? Raw fooders..whoa.
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:39:49 -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=25642
You statement, 'Products such as cars have different standards in the US and
Europe.' is true only because the USA has consistently failed to agree to
openly use world standard metric measurements.
Not true at all though. Products have different standards because different
tests need
I think you're fighting a somewhat silly battle myself. Speed limits are in
miles, legal documents (titles, registrations, etc) are in miles, resale
estimates are in miles. etc. There are things outside of I like looking at
km/h on my speedo that become convoluted.
That said however, feel
2007 10:04:39 -0800, Brian White wrote
I think you're fighting a somewhat silly battle myself. Speed
limits are in miles, legal documents (titles, registrations, etc)
are in miles, resale estimates are in miles. etc. There are
things outside of I like looking at km/h on my speedo
Har har. :)kg/cm2. Typo.
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:11:07 -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote
On Monday 23 April 2007 14:04, Brian White wrote:
I opened my Miata cluster to remove the L - H oil pressure gauge for one
that read kg/cm3. Kept the miles though, mostly for the odometer.
You swapped
Sad to say, but much of what Harry writes is the truth.
Which brings up a question. How do we compell the Federal Government to
start (re-start) metrication efforts?
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:17:42 -0700, Harry Wyeth wrote
For years I have been pessimistic about metrication in the US absent
a
Regardless, when the AP starts quoting distances and weights in their
original metric without translating, that's also when metric will become more
prominent.
We don't think anything is metric because the news outlets feel the need to
convert everything. This coupled with the Federal
My Audi you simultaneously hit the Recirc and off buttons for 2-3 seconds and
the HVAC temp and the outside temp display in the instrument cluster both
turn to Celsius.
The issue with the German cars (VW and Audi in particular, I have a VW Golf
R32 and an Audi Allroad) were in changing the
Usually can't do it on Verizon phonesalthough any phone using Windows
Mobile can be set to both 24 hour time and ISO date standard...just like
Windows.
On Fri, 25 May 2007 10:10:31 -0400, STANLEY DOORE wrote
I too would like to know about all metric in the Prius.
Also, does anyone know
Regardless of when it's brought to a vote, I'm sure it will somehow be tied in
to death panels or some other silly nonsense. :(
-Original Message-
From: John M. Steele jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 17:42
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
...and I would be ECSTATIC if the United States was even anywhere close to full
metrication as the UK.The AP is the first step in my mind. Stop converting
everything.
-Original Message-
From: carlet...@comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:11
To: U.S. Metric
My 98 BMW 540i6 has tools in the factory tray in the trunk. 1 wrench-8mm,
10mm. 1 wrench-13mm, 14mm. 1 pair of channel locks, 1 screwdriver-one
removable end phillips, the other flat. 1 lug wrench, 1 wheel centering bar,
and the emergency triangle.
There are a couple other tools I'm
Like the 454 kg of mayonaise I bought one time. Or the 227 kg of cheese. :)
-Original Message-
From: Stephen Humphreys barkatf...@hotmail.com
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 20:29
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:46982] Re: Where's the common sense in
Nope. Road bikes are pretty much all metric. Mountain and commuter bikes
are a mix.but since compact geometries came out, usually just S, M, L, XL.
-Original Message-
From: Stephen Humphreys barkatf...@hotmail.com
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:32
To: U.S. Metric
Huh?Cubic inches, outside of nostalgic terms, is dead.
-Original Message-
From: Remek Kocz rek...@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 16:04
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Cc: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:47663] Re: metric motors in
Centimeters are FINE. I say stop with the anti cm stance. :D.
GREAT job Time.
I have a really nice Japanese metric only version I found for $3 at a local
thrift store.
-Original Message-
From: Carleton MacDonald
Sent: 2012-11-24 11:57
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:51981] Re: Metric System Still Has Loyal Supporters in the U.S.
- WSJ.com
I may be
I'm a car guy. Three daily drivers, all three 4.2 or 4.4 liter V8s. Three
fun hobby cars are all 4 cylinderstwo 2 liter cars and one 1.6, although
I'm currently looking to expand that to one morea 4.8 liter V12.
:). I dont think anyone has an electric car with 100,000km on it
No. Read the rest of their statement...
-Original Message-
From: JohnAltounji
Sent: 2013-03-10 23:07
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52487] TSA
The TSA is allowing knives with a 6 cm blade length on planes. I wonder if
they are going metric. There is a conversion to inches.
I'd say one of America's biggest problems with metric conversion is the idiotic
AP. If they'd just let metric through the news, we'd start making some
progress.
-Original Message-
From: c...@traditio.com
Sent: 2013-04-26 11:48
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52705] Why the
If I can ship Peugeot headlights, Lancia bumpers and Alfa gauges from Europe,
surely someone can ship over 16 tape measures..
-Original Message-
From: j...@frewston.plus.com j...@frewston.plus.com
Sent: 7/23/2013 13:15
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Subject:
People are into vintage bikes.you don't put a modern cyclometer on your
otherwise mint and sweet 71 Peugeot U-08. :)
-Original Message-
From: Harry Wyeth hbwy...@earthlink.net
Sent: 7/27/2013 21:43
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Well 320 km/h is 200mphso he was basically right. 195mph is 312.
What's 3km/h in the grand scheme of things..
-Original Message-
From: cont...@metricpioneer.com cont...@metricpioneer.com
Sent: 11/9/2013 11:22
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Cc: Metric Pioneer
-4917
- Message from br...@bjwhite.net -
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 11:26:01 -0800
From: Brian White br...@bjwhite.net
Subject: RE: [USMA:53393] km Confusion
To: cont...@metricpioneer.com cont...@metricpioneer.com,
U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Cc
David...I love what you do...and the metricpioneer site is great. But on this
subject you've plain got it wrong. Sorry.
-Original Message-
From: John M. Steele jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net
Sent: 12/27/2013 15:52
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:53476] Re:
Waste of time thread here. Move along.
-Original Message-
From: Carleton MacDonald carlet...@comcast.net
Sent: 2/18/2014 9:11
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:53577] Re: No Accent on lom in kilometer!
Equally telling:
No one says mil-LI-meter,
Never understood everyone's fascination with m/s.
-Original Message-
From: James j...@metricmethods.com
Sent: 4/7/2014 12:57
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:53690] Re: Schwinn 270 recumbent bike
No, that is not an option, Gene. I'm happy with kilometers
Meter and metre are fine. Both are better than feet or yards.
-Original Message-
From: Harold_Potsdamer harold_potsda...@cox.net
Sent: 6/21/2014 4:37
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:54012] Re: tries to pull a truck in heels - YouTube
A lot of people make
for many words, not just for the word meter / metre.
- Message from Brian White br...@bjwhite.net
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Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 06:39:24 -0700
From: Brian White br...@bjwhite.net mailto:br...@bjwhite.net
Reply-To: br...@bjwhite.net mailto:br
I'm talking about your issues with spelling Harold. Meter vs metre. I figured
that was plain to see.
-Original Message-
From: Harold_Potsdamer harold_potsda...@cox.net
Sent: 6/24/2014 21:08
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu; Brian White
br...@bjwhite.net
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