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On Wed, 01 Jan 2020 09:31:46 -0600 tyee165 via Mercedes wrote: > But GM vehicles are metric aren't they? We bought a 1984 Ford Ranger pickup new in 1984. Its hardware was both inch and metric. I presume they have moved further toward metric in the years since. Craig

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On Wed, 01 Jan 2020 09:31:46 -0600 tyee165 via Mercedes wrote: > But GM vehicles are metric aren't they? We bought a 1984 Ford Ranger pickup new in 1984. Its hardware was both inch and metric. I presume they have moved further toward metric in the years since. Craig

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- Original message From: Curley McLain via Mercedes > Date: 2020-01-01 11:14 AM (GMT-06:00) To: tyee165 > via Mercedes Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century Not in the 50s and 60s > when McNamara put the kabosh in

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'80s and early '90s American cars are the WORST when the engine is metric but the body is still SAE. Never know which tool to grab. -Curt On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, 5:48:04 PM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Not in the 50s and 60s when McNamara put the kabosh in it.  Not

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You could borrow a few of Hemingway's cats. fmiser via Mercedes January 1, 2020 at 8:11 PM archer75--- wrote: A base 12 number system would have many advantages since it can be equally divided into halves, thirds, and quarters.

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> archer75--- wrote: > A base 12 number system would have many advantages since it can > be equally divided into halves, thirds, and quarters. > > https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-we-should-switch-to-a-base-12-counting-system-5977095 > Gerry Clearly a design shortcoming that we have only ten

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® A Original message From: Curley McLain via Mercedes Date: 2020-01-01 7:36 PM (GMT-06:00) To: archer75--- via Mercedes Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century pennies, shillings and pounds.   We dropped the base 12 system 244

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I think that 1965 was the first year i was told was the deadline to be completely metric. In the post-sputnik era, NASA was pusing for metric.   THeir major contractors (Military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned about) did not see eye to eye with NASA about metric.   It slipped a year or

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com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century Not in the 50s and 60s when McNamara put the kabosh in it.  Not in the 70s and 80s when his replacements ran GM and put the Kaybosh on it.  Metric crept slowly inta GM when they first started playing with toada.    I don't have enough f

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pennies, shillings and pounds.   We dropped the base 12 system 244 years ago, and also started driving on the right side to show opposition to the base 12 system and the king. archer75--- via Mercedes January 1, 2020 at 4:45 PM A base 12 number system would have

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Metrics were a big deal in the early 70s, as I can recall having hard core teaching of the metric system in my formative years. I was a huge science nerd, and I can remember doing all the physics experiments and having to measure in kilos and Newton meters and the like. -D > On Jan 1, 2020,

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Not in the 50s and 60s when McNamara put the kabosh in it.  Not in the 70s and 80s when his replacements ran GM and put the Kaybosh on it.  Metric crept slowly inta GM when they first started playing with toada.    I don't have enough fingers and toes to count how may times i heard "the US

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A base 12 number system would have many advantages since it can be equally divided into halves, thirds, and quarters. https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-we-should-switch-to-a-base-12-counting-system-5977095 Gerry ... On Tue, 31 Dec 2019

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t.Sent from my > Galaxy Tab® A > Original message From: Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: 2019-12-30 8:11 PM (GMT-06:00) To: > Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Buggered Benzmail < > buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ]

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> > One gets used to it. Most of the world runs on metric. Temperature scales are entirely arbitrary, within limits. (Kelvin and Rankine have numbers that are too large for general use. Any scale where integral numbers less than 100 were generally sufficient would be satisfactory to humans,

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Mercedes Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century The reason is "what's good for GM is good for the US."   Robert McNamara.> tyee165 via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> December 31, 2019 at 1:24 PM>

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> tyee165 wrote: > Most of the world runs on metric. No idea why the US > holds out. Stupid, self-center, egotism - in my opinion. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

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> Curley wrote: > Centigrade is a more accurate name for it.  Cent=100     grade = > root for gradient => scale. Centigrade means 100 gradients > between freezing and boiling, or where liquid water changes to > solid and where liquid water becomes gaseous. the term centigrade is the name for

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why the US holds out.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Date: 2019-12-30 8:11 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Buggered Benzmail Subject: Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century C is for Commie unitsF is for Freedom un

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I fear F is for fools. The world runs on metric.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Craig via Mercedes Date: 2019-12-30 9:33 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Craig Subject: Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:11:18

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Discussion List Cc: Buggered Benzmail Subject: Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century C is for Commie unitsF is for Freedom units--FTSent from iPhone> On Dec 30, 2019, at 9:05 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote:> > Fake degrees.> > I was raised in places with celsius, so understan

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You are recognizing his contribution to the rational measurement of temperature, just like we recognize Diesel for the fuel we prefer, Farads for capacitance, Ohms for resistance, Hertz for frequency instead of cps, etc. --- On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:21 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes <

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Centigrade is a more accurate name for it.  Cent=100     grade = root for gradient => scale. Centigrade means 100 gradients between freezing and boiling, or where liquid water changes to solid and where liquid water becomes gaseous. Celcius makes no sense.  I owe nothing to that swede,

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Agreed and I've been working on regrading the yard. I had some fill brought in a couple years ago that made a huge difference. We've got a fieldstone foundation and it leaks mostly where they added the basement walkout. The joint there isn't sealed well. So the plan is to excavate that on the

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The secret to a dry basement is to keep the foundation dry, not to seal it to the water builds up on the outside and pushes the wall in. The most important and easiest thing is to have good gutters, downspouts and especially outspouts. When I bought a bank owned home, the outspouts were

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Hey, that's a good idea. I've got a friend who works in commercial insulation. He offered to spray the underside of our camp. Doing the side of my basement would be a lot easier Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:58 AM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > Curt

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It helped me hunting yesterday. I cut a fresh track in the snow and found 5 or more deer. They spotted me while I was looking for antlers and they took off. If I still had a doe permit I'd have gotten one. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:56 AM, Mitch Haley

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Curt's storm of the century has hit here. Yesterday morning it was 44°F, steadily dropping to 26 this AM. Quite a bit of rain and drizzle yesterday, turning to snow flurries in the afternoon as temps dropped to 35°. So now I've got an inch of fresh snice on the ground as rain turned to wet

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> > I should learn Kelvin, but that just scares the crepes out of folks when > you report temperatures. > Or Rankine. (Fahrenheit units, starting from absolute zero.) Bigger numbers must be better, right? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

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> > Clay wrote: > > ... temps dropping to -17c over the past week. > Craig wrote: > > Why do you quote the temperatures in Centigrade and not > Fahrenheit? Maybe because he is a sensible fellow and recognizes a good idea when he sees it? And the currently correct name is "Celsius", named

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> Curt wrote: > Yup.The downside is we waste a bunch of heat to the outside. > At some point I need to dig around the foundation to add some > plastic to keep away water. I'm thinking at the same time to add > a layer of foam insulation to keep some of the heat in. -Curt A spray-on polyurethane

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On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:11:18 -0500 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > C is for Commie units > F is for Freedom units HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm glad my mouth was empty when I read this! Craig ___

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C is for Commie units F is for Freedom units --FT Sent from iPhone > On Dec 30, 2019, at 9:05 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: > > Fake degrees. > > I was raised in places with celsius, so understand that. I like knowing that > water freezes at 0c and I will not live to see a 100* day. To be

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Fake degrees. I was raised in places with celsius, so understand that. I like knowing that water freezes at 0c and I will not live to see a 100* day. To be much more exacting, I should learn Kelvin, but that just scares the crepes out of folks when you report temperatures. It also tends to

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On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 16:29:03 -0900 Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote: > I arrived near midnight to ANC, the snow had been falling for a bit > over five days, temps dropping to -17c over the past week. Why do you quote the temperatures in Centigrade and not Fahrenheit? Craig

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$10/lb. worth every penny. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Dec 30, 2019, at 1:57 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > What does Floyd pay for freshly caught jumbo shrimp straight of the boat? > >> On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 10:35 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >>

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I arrived near midnight to ANC, the snow had been falling for a bit over five days, temps dropping to -17c over the past week. This morning, temps were climbing to +2c, melting the compacted snow/ice tracks in the driveway. The longer I stay here, I am sure I will be able defeat winter

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What does Floyd pay for freshly caught jumbo shrimp straight of the boat? On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 10:35 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Power is still on, its rain/snowing, about 35F. Not bad really, it snowed > some before the rain so the windshield won't be too

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Power is still on, its rain/snowing, about 35F. Not bad really, it snowed some before the rain so the windshield won't be too hard to scrape. Angie is upset because I'm still planning to go hunting this afternoon. Tomorrow is the last day... I don't think I mentioned I missed a deer Saturday.

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We’ve had light rain and cloudy skies now for at least a week. Unusual, but not unheard of for this time of year. The part that stinks is that the last couple of days it’s been in the high 70s, so it’s not terribly pleasant if you want to work outside. Cold front coming through on New Year’s

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Been raining fairly hard off and on, was 72F this afternoon still about 66F now. Windows open, it’s nice to get a fresh breeze and listen to the rain on Dec29. I think it’s going to be fairly warm the next few days too, love it. I actually got kinda hot riding to the beach this morning... so

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In the DMV we are way warmer than average and the trend will continue into the new year. On Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 9:32 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Been busy shoveling rain @ about 60F. > > > Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > > December

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Been busy shoveling rain @ about 60F. Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes December 29, 2019 at 6:39 PM Uhhh, the wife is currently in Boston and will be driving up to Maine tomorrow to visit family. Sounds like this might be a bad idea. Sent from my iPhone

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Stay safe Curt. 90 moles,south of you we are,supposed to just get rain. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 7:34 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We're projected to get .1 to .5 inches of ice. The weather guessers are > losing their minds. "Tree

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Yup.The downside is we waste a bunch of heat to the outside. At some point I need to dig around the foundation to add some plastic to keep away water. I'm thinking at the same time to add a layer of foam insulation to keep some of the heat in. -Curt On Sunday, December 29, 2019, 8:36:47 PM

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On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 01:24:20 + (UTC) Curt Raymond wrote: > We've got a one story house with the wood stove in the basement. The > stove can heat the whole house but the basement walls absorb a > considerable amount of heat when they're cold. So if the stove hasn't > been lit for a couple

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We've got a one story house with the wood stove in the basement. The stove can heat the whole house but the basement walls absorb a considerable amount of heat when they're cold. So if the stove hasn't been lit for a couple days, its been warm so we haven't had it going, it'll take a couple

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Boston isn't supposed to get the ice we are, Maine is supposed to get mostly snow. -Curt On Sunday, December 29, 2019, 7:40:01 PM EST, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Uhhh, the wife is currently in Boston and will be driving up to Maine tomorrow to visit family. Sounds like this

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No ice here. Rained all night. Was only 49°F when I got up this morning. Don't need an ice storm. I just dumped all my jugged premium in the 190E this afternoon and only have 5 gallons of regular on hand. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 00:33:58 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Finally we got a fire going in the stove, its easier to keep the house > warm with the stove than it is to start from a cold stove. I'm not sure I understand this sentence. > So I guess we're pretty well ready,

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Uhhh, the wife is currently in Boston and will be driving up to Maine tomorrow to visit family. Sounds like this might be a bad idea. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2019, at 6:34 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > We're projected to get .1 to .5 inches of ice. The weather