Legacy is sometimes looked in a positive light. Aka John Kennedys legacy was far reaching
(just an example assuming you liked him). Howard Ressel Project Design Engineer NYSDOT 1530 Jefferson Road Rochester, NY 14623 585 272-3372 43,560 square feet in an acre 5280 feet in a mile 16 ounces in a pound 128 ounces in a gallon 23 confused kids in a class What could be simpler? From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of br...@bjwhite.net Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 1:20 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54462] Re: What to call non SI measures. Legacy Measures Dem Measurements Dem Dumb Bitches Use wasn't good enough? haha. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [USMA:54461] Re: What to call non SI measures. Legacy Measures From: <j...@frewston.plus.com<mailto:j...@frewston.plus.com>> Date: Mon, November 17, 2014 10:12 am To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu<mailto:usma@colostate.edu>> Cc: "USMA" <usma@colostate.edu<mailto:usma@colostate.edu>> We had this conversation once before a year or two ago. Going from memory, I believe the word ‘obsolete’ was felt to be sufficiently negative and descriptive without being too derogatory. John F-L From: CARLETON<mailto:carlet...@comcast.net> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 5:35 PM To: U.S. Metric Association<mailto:usma@colostate.edu> Cc: USMA<mailto:usma@colostate.edu> Subject: [USMA:54460] Re: What to call non SI measures. Legacy Measures Does the word "legacy" have sufficient negative connotations, though? Carleton ________________________________ From: "Howard R Ressel (DOT)" <howard.res...@dot.ny.gov<mailto:howard.res...@dot.ny.gov>> To: "USMA" <usma@colostate.edu<mailto:usma@colostate.edu>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 8:22:01 AM Subject: [USMA:54459] Re: What to call non SI measures. Legacy Measures Hm I think Paul T,. coined WOMBAT as Way of Measuring Badly in America Today. Howard Ressel Project Design Engineer NYSDOT 1530 Jefferson Road Rochester, NY 14623 585 272-3372 43,560 square feet in an acre 5280 feet in a mile 16 ounces in a pound 128 ounces in a gallon 23 confused kids in a class What could be simpler? From: owner-u...@colostate.edu<mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu> [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 7:59 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: USMA Subject: [USMA:54457] Re: What to call non SI measures. Legacy Measures Many of us have for years been calling them WOMBAT, Waste Of Money Brains And Time. But of course the general public is not going to understand this term. So Legacy sounds good. Mike Payne On 16 Nov 2014, at 09:47, Parker Willey Jr. <pawil...@pacbell.net<mailto:pawil...@pacbell.net>> wrote: What to call non SI measures. In the United States, we currently refer to non SI measures usually as "inch-pound" or "customary measurements". I think we should use a different term, "legacy" measures. Examples: legacy miles, legacy gallons, legacy inches, etc. Legacy measures would apply to all non-SI measures. If the general public hears older measures referred to as Legacy often, they would soon see them as old and want to go metric. ...Parker Willey Jr. San Jose, CA No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2015.0.5577 / Virus Database: 4213/8585 - Release Date: 11/17/14
