Re: [Elecraft] Way OT - The Metric System is Inevitable

2014-06-24 Thread Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
Yup, we're way OT. Let's end this thread at this time so we can return to our regular Radio related mayhem.. 73, Eric List Moderator elecraft.com _..._ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Way OT - The Metric System is Inevitable

2014-06-23 Thread Brian Denley
Engineering was metric (MKS) in the late 60s when I got my degree. Sure we did some calculations with feet and inches by mostly it was meters, kilograms, etc. Brian KB1VBF Sent from my iPad On Jun 22, 2014, at 11:06 PM, Dauer, Edward eda...@law.du.edu wrote: Three of the more important

[Elecraft] Way OT - The Metric System is Inevitable

2014-06-22 Thread Dauer, Edward
Three of the more important aspects of my life already are metric - healthcare (dosages are are almost universally in mg/l and many infusions are calculated in mg per meter of body surface squared); bicycling (even American-made frames use hex bolts measured in mm); and wine (a quarto is 250 ml, a

Re: [Elecraft] Way OT - The Metric System is Inevitable

2014-06-22 Thread K8JHR
ER... um... ah... I have nothing to add to the metric system deal...BUT AS LONG AS EVERYONE IS OFF TOPIC and saying what they are imbibing this evening, I might as well join in, MAKE A TOAST AND DRINK to everybody's good health ! Thus, I am enjoying a double shot of superb George T. Stagg