[USMA:30185] replies

2004-06-22 Thread David King
Why is this list setup so that when I reply to a message it goes to the sender and not to the list? None of my posts have appeared on the mailing list yet, and I hope this one does and is the correct address to send to. Other lists I am on are set up so that any reply goes to the list, not the

[USMA:30213] A series paper - quick tutorial

2004-06-25 Thread David King
While most of the world uses the A series of paper, the USA continues on with its own sizes (e.g. Letter). Canada also has its own proprietory paper sizes. The international A series is very easy to use. The ratio of the sides is always the square root of 2, i.e. divide the length by width and

[USMA:30220] Re: A series paper - quick tutorial

2004-06-26 Thread David King
subscribe Metrication matters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- on 2004-06-26 08.00, David King at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While most of the world uses the A series of paper, the USA continues on with its own sizes (e.g. Letter). Canada also has its own proprietory paper sizes. The international A series

[USMA:30231] Re: SpaceShipOne

2004-06-27 Thread David King
I would have thought the USAF would have used air miles. :-) Seriously though, are not the USAF fully metric? I can only go by what I have seen on TV, in the portrayal of the USAF in the series Stargate SG1, where they were fully or almost fully metric, certainly did not use miles but used

[USMA:30254] Re: Harness racing in Australia

2004-06-28 Thread David King
And why choose to go back to the stone age and ditch km? David MightyChimp wrote: Here is the page the statement was taken from: http://www.harness.org.au/ahrc/annual/public/records/aus_distt.htm But, I'm confused. If they reverted to miles, why are the distances in the first two columns

[USMA:30262] Re: Metric Paramilitaries Ready to end Ceasefire.

2004-06-30 Thread David King
I could only read the first part of it and felt sick. There are some sick minds out there. The ironic thing about the Nazi link, is that there are two political parties in the UK who have been described as or linked with Nazis in the past due to their very racist policies, the British National

[USMA:30264] Re: Metric Paramilitaries Ready to end Ceasefire.

2004-07-01 Thread David King
t the BWMA was linked to a neo-NAZI group. Could you provide more info? Euric - Original Message - From: "David King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 2004-06-30 19:15 Subject: [USMA:30262] Re: Metric Paramilitaries Ready t

[USMA:30268] http://www.metrication.com/

2004-07-01 Thread David King
An interesting site on metrication is at http://www.metrication.com/ for those who have not seen it yet. David

[USMA:30294] Re: The Campaign against Metric Signage

2004-07-05 Thread David King
ncrease the likelihood of accidents. -- David King Yahoo profile my website My travels Computer help Cash Avalanche Free website business Avoura online store Dial up Internet Great Mobile Phones UK Metric Association US Metric Association "Love bear

[USMA:30297] BWMA website postings threaten our future

2004-07-06 Thread David King
urse) from causing further damage to metrication. Euric - Original Message - From: David King To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Monday, 2004-07-05 19:31 Subject: [USMA:30294] Re: The Campaign against Metric Signage So

[USMA:30300] more comments on BWMA's ludicrous statements

2004-07-06 Thread David King
ods in FFU only. <> David King Yahoo profile my website My travels Computer help Cash Avalanche Free website business Avoura online store Dial up Internet Great Mobile Phones UK Metric Association

[USMA:30301] over two thirds of Australians prefer metric

2004-07-06 Thread David King
Found this info at http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?forumid=101350messageid=1080132944lp=1086609534 Poll March 24 2004 at 12:55 PMmetre Came across a radio poll conducted March 24/04 by the Australian Broadcasting Commission in a predominantly rural area (Riverina NSW) Question: Which

[USMA:30403] Re: Johnston's Metric Meddlers

2004-07-13 Thread David King
to give up trying to send my message to them. If any of you have read my message and think it has merit, and if you would be interested in sending a copy to them for me, I would be pleased to have you do so. with regrets, Bill Hooper -- David King Yahoo profile my website My

[USMA:30404] Re: Johnston's Metric Meddlers

2004-07-13 Thread David King
t to do it?) In any case, I'm afraid I'm going to give up trying to send my message to them. If any of you have read my message and think it has merit, and if you would be interested in sending a copy to them for me, I would be pleased to have you do so. with regrets, Bill Hooper

[USMA:30402] RE: New UKMA initiative Clauses 6.18 to 6.20

2004-07-13 Thread David King
Yes, the same problem for me too, and I am using Mozilla Thunderbird for email. Typographical quotes are more correct and look nicer, but it seems that somewhere in the email system these get changed, due to plain text coding or whatever. David Bill Potts wrote: Pat: Could you please stop

[USMA:30405] Re: Olympic trials on USA Network

2004-07-13 Thread David King
this nonsense they have on right now. Predrag Lezaic* * -- David King Yahoo profile my website My travels Computer help Cash Avalanche Free website business Avoura online store Dial up Internet Great Mobile Phones UK Metric Association US Metric Association "Love

[USMA:30413] Re: Fw: Article from Tampa Bay newspaper..............

2004-07-14 Thread David King
we all keep passing this to our friends (and enemies) it will also, sooner or later get back to the complainers, lets all try, please Have a wonderful day! *** -- David King Yahoo profile my website My travels Computer help Cash Ava

[USMA:30416] RE: Typographical quotes

2004-07-14 Thread David King
Thanks for that, Terry, I did not realise that there was more than one Western ISO font to choose from, I have set my email prog to use the one ending in 15 and now I see your Euro symbol instead of the circle with 4 pointy bits. David Terry Simpson wrote: . I see that you are still using

[USMA:30429] Re: Fw: your Metric Meddlers column in the Telegraph

2004-07-15 Thread David King
The inch is precisely defined as 25.4 mm, however, this can never be more precise than metric. As MightyChimp wrote, FFUs are today defined more by their metric equivalents. For centuries the imperial measurements have changed over time, between places and sometimes the names changed, where is

[USMA:30436] Re: FFU vs SI RE

2004-07-16 Thread David King
ad of "Ye Old English units", I often refer to the entire set as "Ye Olde Englsih mixture". I used to call it "Ye Olde English System" until someone pointed out that it is not much of a "system" but more of a hodge-podge mixture of originally unrelated units. Now

[USMA:30465] off topic, personal pronouns

2004-07-17 Thread David King
t;y'all". Sie also means they, which is not the same as the plural you or you-all. -- David King Yahoo profile my website My travels Computer help Cash Avalanche Free website business Avoura online store Dial up Internet Great Mobile Phones UK Metric Association US Met

[USMA:30466] Re: Gr=1000g RE: RE: Kilokelvin

2004-07-17 Thread David King
, USA ~~ Go Metric, America ! Or get left behind! ~~ -- David King Yahoo profile my website My travels Computer help Cash Avalanche Free website business Avoura online store Dial up Internet Great Mobile Phones UK Metric

[USMA:30506] Re: Old Familiar units

2004-07-23 Thread David King
. Potts is right. I stand corrected. Thanks. Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA SIMPLIFICATION begins with SI ==== -- David King Yahoo profile my website My travels Computer help

[USMA:30507] Re: Old Familiar units

2004-07-23 Thread David King
Also see http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?p=dictString=exactAcronym=PSI for acronyms of PSI. David King wrote: Psi is pronounced like the word "sigh", the P is silent, as in psychotic or psoriasis. It is a word which means "Parapsychological phenome

[USMA:30517] Re: Latest NEWS

2004-07-25 Thread David King
measurements, such as pints and miles. The poll was conducted in response to a call by the UK Metric Association that Britain should go totally metric. -- David King

[USMA:30519] Re: Latest NEWS

2004-07-25 Thread David King
I think most people who want to keep the pint are afraid of getting less beer -- there really is too much obesession with beer amongst the British working classes! David King Michael-O wrote: David King wrote: Bwma are very proud of that statistic. however, the question was, should

[USMA:30555] Re: Latest NEWS

2004-07-27 Thread David King
Okay, I am now omitting the HTML signature and sending all messages to the list in plain text only. If the extra size of using HTML is a problem, then perhaps list users should stick to sending posts in plain text only unless HTML is absolutely needed for a post. David King Bill Potts wrote

[USMA:30554] Re: Latest NEWS

2004-07-27 Thread David King
. At present all beer sold in bottles or cans is metric only, and the beers listed on the menu were all in metric sizes. David King Michael-O wrote: David King wrote: Bwma are very proud of that statistic. however, the question was, should the UK go TOTALLY metric? And if 93% said

[USMA:30556] Re: BWMA to challenge the metric only labelling law in court

2004-07-27 Thread David King
in grams. The freedom of expression statement by BWMA is ridiculous as the amount of the contents is informative rather than an opinion, and freedom of expression is related more to opinions than scientific data. David King MightyChimp wrote: Under EC (Should be EU) directive 1999/103, the above-type

[USMA:30557] Re: New list proposal

2004-07-27 Thread David King
We do actually have a mailing list for UKMA members, this is located at http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/metric David King Harry Wyeth wrote: May I suggest--in case any USMA administrators are listening/reading--that this service somehow be modified to create something separate

[USMA:30561] Re: Which way is up?

2004-07-27 Thread David King
kg/kW could also be expressed as g/W Pat Naughtin wrote: Dear All (especially the Physicists), Recently I posted a message (copy below) where I constructed a unit to show a ratio between power and mass of some common, and some not so common, cars. The unit I chose was watts per kilogram with W/kg

[USMA:30576] Re: BWMA to challenge the metric only labelling law in court

2004-07-29 Thread David King
My comments below in the text: MightyChimp wrote: David, How would you like to be a poster on the BWMA site? We need UK citizens to post rebuttals to statements made by UK imperialists. I'm always told that because I've never been to the UK I don't know what I'm saying when I make statements of

[USMA:30597] Re: Metric aviation, from the head of Airbus North America

2004-08-01 Thread David King
For long URLs, it is often better to make a short one, using http://tinyurl.com and then you something like http://tinyurl.com/4xqnr which takes you to the site linked to below, but avoids the problem of the link being so long it breaks up before the end of the line. David King * * Carleton

[USMA:30611] Re: Irish Times today

2004-08-02 Thread David King
I think that in general in the UK the price of half a pint of beer/stout etc. is half the price of a pint in a pub on draught. When sold in cans, bottles, etc., the sizes will be in metric in the UK and price per 100 ml varies. David King Stephen Gallagher wrote: --- Stephen Davis [EMAIL

[USMA:30606] Re: Metric aviation, from the head of Airbus North America

2004-08-02 Thread David King
The link works if you use the short link: http://tinyurl.com/4xqnr David King H. Maenen wrote: It is not possible to click this link anymore. Does anyone know what was said about metric aviation? Han Message date : 02-08-2004 11:26 From : MightyChimp

[USMA:30633] [Fwd: Re: Re: UKMA Questionnaire - answered by the BWMA]

2004-08-05 Thread David King
become fully metric long before now that things would be better, and that if the UK had remained totally imperial it would be worse as the UK could not have traded with anyone (unless it used metric and US measurements, both of which are different to UK imperial measurements). David King

[USMA:30635] Re: Irish speed limits

2004-08-05 Thread David King
outside a school would not become 100 km/h but hopefully something like 40 to 60 km/h. David King Nat Hager III wrote: Might want to keep an eye on this http://www.politics.ie/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=6030 http://www.politics.ie/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=6030 Nat --

[USMA:30675] Re: Stupid anti-metric poem

2004-08-08 Thread David King
. But I won't go any further into religious discussions as this is a forum about getting the USA to go metric rather than a Christian forum. David King Scott Hudnall wrote: Measurement and mathematics in the Bible should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism and an few mg of salt

[USMA:30687] Re: Metric Paramilitaries Ready to end Ceasefire.

2004-08-09 Thread David King
with Nazis. Also they are not officially linked to the BMWA. David King MightyChimp wrote: It was posted on the Metricsucks website by a BWMA member who posted it under my username. His real name is Bryan Parry. I had no idea that the BWMA was linked to a neo-NAZI group. Could you provide more info

[USMA:30698] Civilization One

2004-08-10 Thread David King
it on the grounds of it being a man-made modern invention. David King

[USMA:30764] RE: 0.5 liter bottles.

2004-08-14 Thread David King
710 ml is quite strange for bottled drink size. 750 ml is the normal size for wine, and it could be used for other drinks easily and logically. David King Euric wrote: Why not 330 mL, 500 mL, 750 mL, 1 L and 2 L? Why 710 mL? Euric - Original Message - From: Phil Chernack [EMAIL

[USMA:30765] Re: The Container Store

2004-08-14 Thread David King
a receipt for the actual products I purchased with the correct descriptions please? David King Scott Hudnall wrote: The other day I was shopping at The Container Store in and noticed that they offer many kitchen products in hard-metric sizes with metric-only labeling on the containers ( they were

[USMA:30766] Re: The Container Store

2004-08-14 Thread David King
Or use http://tinyurl.com please! Visit the site, enter the long URL and then use the generated URL they provide and paste that into your plain text email, it will so short it will not break, e.g. http://tinyurl.com/5v24u David King* * Euric wrote: I don't do that. It is annoying and an extra

[USMA:30775] Re: Stargate units

2004-08-15 Thread David King
with imperial and be wanting to use that, except for military use (as the US military have long been metric). Anyway, I look forward to seeing the show when it reaches the UK. David King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2004 August 14 re 30758 I am told that Stargate is produced

[USMA:30827] Re: Clothing Sizes

2004-08-23 Thread David King
have had a UK passport since 1990 and never had my size info on the passport. David King Euric wrote: I was in a local clothing store on the weekend to take advantage of some sales. I was absolutely surprised to discover that the racks upon racks of shirts that I looked at had the sizes stated

[USMA:30833] Re: blaming metric for one's stupidity

2004-08-23 Thread David King
. Melvin Lister should start his own Cry Baby Olympics for losers with pathetic excuses. He might actually win a gold medal at that. David King H. Maenen wrote: When the BWMA finds out about this, it will probably make the demand that at all international sports event in the world ifp units must

[USMA:30849] Re: Something wrong?

2004-08-26 Thread David King
This is the first message I received for 2 days also. Maybe all the Americans are on holiday? David King H. Maenen wrote: I have not received any message from the list server for two days now. Something wrong with the listserver? Han

[USMA:30866] Re: Arnie

2004-08-27 Thread David King
Don't forget as well that the Governor grew up in a metric country, Austria. And you could ask him to terminate the backward thinking move to imperial units. David King John Nichols wrote: Write to Arnie instead. Dear Governor, I am very sad to learn that CAL-TRANS is about to waste a small

[USMA:30870] Re: Arnie

2004-08-27 Thread David King
be better described as US units. They are never referred to as English units in England, only as imperial units, because a lot of them originated with the Roman Empire. David King Euric wrote: Arnold may have been born and raised in a metric country, but he is now totally Americanised. I'm sure if you

[USMA:30873] Re: Caltrans reversion - No more hope!

2004-08-27 Thread David King
. David King Jim Elwell wrote: At 27 08 04, 04:02 PM, mavi fibe wrote: Why keep fighting? That's the conclusion I arrived at with this incredibly stupid decision. If the ones who were at the forefront of bringing progress to the US when it comes to the SI system gave up, what else can ANYONE

[USMA:30894] Re: English Units (was Re: Re: Arnie)

2004-08-28 Thread David King
Or how about DAU for Dumb Ass Units? I don't understand the M in DMU. David King Phil Chernack wrote: I meant DMU for dumb-ass units. -Original Message- From: Phil Chernack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 7:43 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'U.S. Metric Association

[USMA:30957] UK wants to go metric

2004-09-01 Thread David King
According to BBC website, a poll suggests that 62% of UK citizens want the UK to complete the changeover to metric 1 sept 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3934353.stm -- David King

[USMA:30986] Re: Fwd: Re: America's progress

2004-09-03 Thread David King
it might be better for USMA to NOT be under 501(c)3 restrictions/regulations. Ideally USMA needs the backing of big business or a millionnaire/billionnaire backer -- anyone know Bill Gates' position on metric? David King Jim Elwell wrote: As Robert Bushnell pointed out recently, the US Metric

[USMA:31032] Re: UK wants to go metric

2004-09-06 Thread David King
The results of the poll have now been removed from the BBC website, but it was clearly showing 62% or respondents wanting metric. Also now at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3934353.stm there are quite a lot of pro-metric comments. David King Euric wrote: Where did you come up

[USMA:31045] Re: CNC machines - metric mode more accurate

2004-09-07 Thread David King
fractions or many noughts after the decimal point. David King Euric wrote: metre Millimetre v inches September 7 2004, 5:42 AM Some time ago, I came across an imperial site where an engineer waxed lyrical about thous (1/1000 of an inch) used in lathe work. As expected, he sang the praises

[USMA:31047] Re: CNC machines - metric mode more accurate

2004-09-07 Thread David King
When I worked on the CNC machines, it was in microns, which I also referred to as micrometres in my posting (UK spelling). David King Terry Simpson wrote: Of David King I have, many years ago, used CNC machine tools and always worked in microns Ahem

[USMA:31059] RE: Brain Wave

2004-09-09 Thread David King
I pronounce it uzmah. I also use the word kilo. But I never use imperial or US customary units. David King Bill Potts wrote: Ahem to your ahem. USMA is not an acronym -- unless you want to get everyone to pronounce it ussmah. Everyone I know spells it out, as initials -- you ess emm ay. I agree

[USMA:31083] Re: Irish Road Signs - Changeover date is 2005-01-20

2004-09-10 Thread David King
in metricated the roads. Both can save lives, as the Irish govt have used metrication of speed limits to reduce speed limits in areas where it was needed. And if all roads in the world used km it would make driving safer if we all use the same system. Maybe the US will follow suit. David King Tom Wade

[USMA:31084] RE: km/h on speedometers

2004-09-10 Thread David King
I guess that Cadillac do not want their cars driven outside of the USA! David King Jason Darfus wrote: Correction - all the current Cadillac CARS have MPH-only speedos. This doesn't seem to be the case with the SUVs. All the current Cadillacs have MPH-only speedometers. Go check out

[USMA:31103] Re: OFF TOPIC

2004-09-13 Thread David King
Try Yahoo groups, it's free and allows users to post messages on the group website or via email. http://groups.yahoo.com David King mavi fibe wrote: Hello, folks, I'm sorry to bother you for this, but I'm in need of assistance. Can anyone here provide me with info on how to build this type

[USMA:31142] Re: 10 mile run in Amsterdam

2004-09-19 Thread David King
Pity they did not use any metric for anything else, they have things like a 2-mile marker, 215 feet, etc. David King Euric wrote: When I went to the site it looked like they are calling the race a 12 kelvin race. Kind of strange, wouldn't you think/ Euric - Original Message

[USMA:31152] RE: Metric house

2004-09-21 Thread David King
Translation: Error... the page you seek is not on this server. Click here to go the main index page. David King Euric wrote: Clicking on his website gives you this: Han may need to translate. Fout... 404;http://www.gin.com/absolute De pagina die u zoekt bestaat niet op deze server. klik hier

[USMA:31177] Re: Shops are told to stop TV numbers game

2004-09-22 Thread David King
. They also insisted their screen sizes were accurate. Having never had a chance to measure their screens I do not know, but monitors for desktop PCs never have a viewable area of the size quoted, even the flat screens which have no tube inside. David King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http

[USMA:31281] Re: Educating Irish motorists to delay metric sign conversion?

2004-10-15 Thread David King
complexities and so on... The Department is adamant there will be no further delays. http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2004/1006/1096684862192.html David King Ezra Steinberg wrote: I did a search of the Irish Times and came up with this result: *100%* *Irish Times Article - 'Education' blamed

[USMA:31299] Re: 100 years ago today.....(almost)

2004-10-18 Thread David King
It seems to be saying that they could not sell by barrel measure but any imperial units were okay that were allowed in law at the time. David King Euric wrote: http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?forumid=101350messageid=1097716349lp=1098041098 http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread

[USMA:31306] [Fwd: people cannot work with imperial]

2004-10-18 Thread David King
imperial units but just repeating what they heard, such as a person weighed so many stones, etc. -- David King -- David King

[USMA:31313] Re: More metric mish-mash

2004-10-20 Thread David King
an old cooker, and all its temps were in Celsius, so I really don't believe that there are any cookers left with F on them still in regular use. Well I just looked at some frozen food that needs to be cooked in the oven, and it gives temps in both C and F. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from

[USMA:31331] Re: Nautical Distances Re: Aristean-Metre Re: New time zones of the world

2004-10-24 Thread David King
I thought this list was about implementing the metric system in the USA, trying to get the USA to accept and use metric, rather than invent fanciful new measurement units or redefining metric to suit oneself. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Euric

[USMA:31339] Re: Nautical Distances Re: Aristean-Metre Re: New time zones of the world

2004-10-24 Thread David King
. It certainly seems that it is being used more on TV and among English people. David King

[USMA:31340] Re: Gus (= Guz)

2004-10-24 Thread David King
Thanks, that does make it easier, putting in the equivalent metric lengths, otherwise it is all pretty meaningless. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Euric wrote: Thanks for the info, but it would have been easier to understand if it read like

[USMA:31344] Re: Metric in the U.K.

2004-10-24 Thread David King
was promising to be like the British (taking into account the other things he said to, which I forget now) because the British are fully metric. Well, he was almost right. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Ezra Steinberg wrote: I think it's probably true that most

[USMA:31384] Re: Give them an inch.....

2004-10-30 Thread David King
I cannot read the article without registering. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Euric wrote: *http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1099028208550.html?oneclick=true* Inches re-introduced in Australia *Give them an inch...* Partly because Australia

[USMA:31385] RE: Good thing he didn't say the standard unit is gallons and not litres

2004-10-30 Thread David King
The only gas used in cars here in the UK would be liquid petroleum gas (LPG) which is also found in other vehicles too, including some new buses. Well there is course the other type of gas, i.e. when someone had too much food that disagreed with them :-) David King ** Get Fast Broadband from

[USMA:31396] Re: Election

2004-11-02 Thread David King
I doubt that Bush will do much for metrication if he wins again. I am no fan of either Bush or Kerry, but it might be a good idea to suggest to the winner that metrication of the USA should be completed asap if the USA is to be competitive in the modern world rather than isolationist. David

[USMA:31409] Re: New metrication bill in Ireland

2004-11-05 Thread David King
I find it extremely hard to believe that the Irish public have absolutely no knowledge at all of metric. Surely they have been taught metric at school? David King *Switch to metric speed limits delayed and confused - Mitchell **Date:* Wednesday, November 03, 2004 *Topic:* Transport (from

[USMA:31413] [Fwd: iron man]

2004-11-07 Thread David King
I sent this today to the Iron Man organisers, as they specify all the measurements in US units. Only on one page did they give km equivalents which they did badly, as the miles amounts were approx (for training) and the km were exact to 1 decimal place. http://vnews.ironmanlive.com David King

[USMA:31428] Re: Re: Fw: Metric system (ot) Was: RE: [ISO8601] ISO 8601 -- 1000

2004-11-08 Thread David King
seriously. The scientists in France invented the system, and the world has accepted it universally (at least at an official level) since without saying it could not meet the needs of the people. It has always met my needs. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf

[USMA:31434] [Fwd: Re: UKMA: Bahamas is not a country]

2004-11-09 Thread David King
According to http://www.croner.co.uk/cgi-bin/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?cache=truechannelId=-50105contentId=12917BV_UseBVCookie=Yes the Bahamas uses both imperial and metric. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from 14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Euric wrote: *UKMA: Bahamas is not a country

[USMA:31459] [Fwd: Fw: America needs to measure up to itself]

2004-11-13 Thread David King
I did not see any mention of the old soldier who died as having promoted metric at all in his obituary. Was it there or somewhere else that you discovered he fought for metric? I am thinking that the recipient of your letter will think likewise and think that what you wrote was not true. David

[USMA:31470] [Fwd: Re: Tesco]

2004-11-15 Thread David King
Sorry, this was supposed to go to the USMA list. I keep forgetting to change the to field! Original Message Subject:Re: [USMA:31467] Tesco Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:13:00 + From: David King [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL

[USMA:31475] Re: CSI:Miami (New York)

2004-11-16 Thread David King
. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from 14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Phil Chernack wrote: I have been watching CSI: Miami and CSI: New York with some regularity now and have noticed the use of SI in both. This past Monday, one of the investigators when talking to a suspect stated

[USMA:31480] [Fwd: Re: Re: doctor mcg micro]

2004-11-17 Thread David King
Greek letters are part of the standard Windows OS, in Windows 2000 and XP, so I can write with my email program and most people should see it okay on their PC. Otherwise it is normally written as mju, at least by Olympus for their mju range of cameras (pronounced mew). David King ** Get Fast

[USMA:31503] Google conversions online

2004-11-23 Thread David King
Ever need to know how long a parsec is? Or a mile? Or a yard? Or an astronomical unit? Just go to www.google.com and enter the name of the length concerned, press Enter, and you get the results in metres and kilometres as appropriate. -- David King ** Get Fast Broadband from 14.99 ** http

[USMA:31530] RE: GRAB IT / time

2004-11-29 Thread David King
, then it makes sense to stick with a time measurement system that the majority of the world uses, too. David King Bill Potts wrote: Brij: I'll say this for you. You're persistent. However, I must also say that, in your quest for the decimalization of time, you're flogging a dead horse. (Yes, even

[USMA:31546] Re: Moon metrication

2004-12-02 Thread David King
I hope they film it in a better studio this time with better special effects, the first moon landing had too many errors to be taken seriously. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf David Shatto wrote: Hi everyone. I came across this story today on Space.com

[USMA:31580] Re: that fabled FPLA amendment

2004-12-06 Thread David King
and so on in the USA in order to better compete on the world scene. I think that most countries outside of the USA do not want non-metric labelling, especially in countries where they have not learned anything related to US customary units. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http

[USMA:31582] Re: Is this forum just a joke?

2004-12-06 Thread David King
different to UK imperial measures. But, the sooner the USA metricates fully, the better things will be for the rest of the world in moving forward. David King Bill Hooper wrote: On 2004 Dec 6 , at 11:07 AM, Rodney Jones wrote: I have yet to see a post from anyone actually related to metrication

[USMA:31627] Re: Fwd: metricUSA Project

2004-12-08 Thread David King
What a pity it was not on a metric sized page! David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Excellent web hosting and email http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3899401 Jim Elwell wrote: USMA Forum: This is the only direct contact I received from the Machine Design editorial

[USMA:31631] Re: Fwd: metricUSA Project

2004-12-08 Thread David King
is approx anyway? David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Excellent web hosting and email http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3899401 Jim Elwell wrote: At 8 12 04, 03:01 PM, David King wrote: What a pity it was not on a metric sized page! David King Two

[USMA:31632] Re: Fwd: metricUSA Project

2004-12-08 Thread David King
Not sure what you mean by customary files. David King m.f.moon wrote: Going to full metric paper, i. e., ISO sizes presents a real cost to business as most customary files won't handle A4 very well. Marion Moon -- Original Message -- Received: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 02:43:13 PM PST From

[USMA:31647] Re: Money

2004-12-11 Thread David King
In the UK the letter K is often used to denote anything that is in thousands nowadays, such as salary of 20 K meaning 20 thousand pounds. David King john mercer wrote: /Hello everyone. I was watching t v last night. they were talking about money. They were talking about $5 and used

[USMA:31691] RE: The Celsius Poem

2004-12-18 Thread David King
or any other external program. If you are not using Mozilla Thunderbird for email then you are missing out on the best email program ever. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Excellent web hosting and email http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3899401 [EMAIL PROTECTED

[USMA:31716] Re: Cubic feet

2004-12-26 Thread David King
1 foot = 30.48 cm 1000 cubic cm = 1 litre 30.48^3 = 28 316 cm^3 = 28 316 ml = 28.316 litres ^ David King Scott Hudnall wrote: 1 foot = 0.3048 meters. You would convert your cubic foot reading to cubic meters then move the decimal to arrive at cubic decimeters (liters

[USMA:31717] Re: microwave ovens

2004-12-26 Thread David King
conversion or the figure for the external volume? David King john mercer wrote: * They had another model listed as 24 literor .09 cu.ft. If you use that formula it looks like .1 cu.ft is 3 liters, but that would make the conversion factor between liters and cu.ft 1 cu.ft = 30 liters. Thanks

[USMA:31753] Re: Fw: Are you going?

2005-01-01 Thread David King
was probably the least voted for candidate in the whole of London. And in his advertising campaign before the election, he used a very old picture of himself when he was a young man, even though he is in his 50s. Although this meeting is very local to me, I don't think I shall be going. David King

[USMA:31775] RE: The shape of the Earth

2005-01-03 Thread David King
FFU = Fred Flintstone Units, thus called because they are the old-fashioned units that most of the world does not use, and which are more suited to the Stone Age typified by the Flintstones cartoon. Could also stand for Failed Former Units, Funny Foreign Units, Fake Foolish Units, etc. David

[USMA:31812] Re: Canadian Question

2005-01-04 Thread David King
degrees Celsius is. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Excellent web hosting and email http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3899401 Mike Panfil wrote: I have a question for those of you who reside in Canada... When you converted to Celsius was the switch from

[USMA:31813] Re: FFU

2005-01-04 Thread David King
actually list FFU as meaning Fred Flintstone Units. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Excellent web hosting and email http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3899401 Stephen Humphreys wrote: As I just stated in a previous response, Football Fan Union is not known

[USMA:31814] Re: UK measures

2005-01-04 Thread David King
are afraid to bring it about. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Excellent web hosting and email http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3899401 Stephen Humphreys wrote: I was under the impression that Americans simply call it Customary or English. Personally I don't like

[USMA:31856] RE: TYSK - anti-metric organization in the USA

2005-01-10 Thread David King
At least someone understands what Brij is saying, I don't think anyone else does. David King ** Get Fast Broadband from £14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Excellent web hosting and email http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3899401 Stephen Humphreys wrote: I think I understand (!) -Original

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