The Romanians are now selling plots of land on the Moon. Amazingly
(according to the Associated Press writer), they have selected a parcel size
of 177 acres! Methinks not...
http://www.space.com/news/moon_valentines_020214.html
Jason
2002-02-17
An obvious conversion of 70 ha. It is unfortunate, that a reader of this
article would not realise that Romanians don't know what an acre is. And,
if someone were to chose a plot of land based on acres, it would not be 177,
but something that would end in a zero, like 200 acres, or
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From: mephistophe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, 2002-02-17 05:46
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Hi,
I'm finding this thread to be a bit sensationalist. Can anyone point to
any evidence
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From: millitesla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, 2002-02-17 09:23
Subject: Re: Happy New Year! Maybe THIS is the ye [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric
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Not the US government per se, but US industry is. US industry through the
TABD (Trans Atlantic
I am very sad that many of us who are metric proponents do very little
about it. For those of us who want metrication, we need to keep our eye open
for little things we can do. There are opportunities each and every day to
do something.
*Talk to your weather guy at your favorite TV or radio
As I mentioned, most of us do this or have done all the things you
mentioned. And as I said, either we get no response back, meaning ignored.
Sometimes we do get a response of support, but the person responding has no
power to change the present system. If his/her boss tells them they have to
The following was sent a moment ago to the editor of my local paper, with
copy to the Associated Press's feedback address.
Jim
Dear Editor:
The Post and Courier has been running a series of features on the Olympic
sports. The one in Sunday's edition is called Spotlight on: bobsled. In
this
Please, John, relay the following to this individual.
Canada has stopped its progression towards full metrication thanks to the US who keeps
bombarding us with its mediocre ounces, feet, inches and whatever else. Our
construction industry practically reverted ALL its progress back to medieval
2002-02-17
Marcus,
Your comment has been relayed. But, you may also post your comments at the
Yahoo Metric America site. Visit there, and post a message and let them
know they have your support.
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica/bbsfrp?action=rtid=metricamerica
sid=12177109mid=1094
2002-02-17
The Franc is now the 3-rd currency after the Guilder and
the Punt to officially die. In 10 -days the remaining will
officially be history. Viva L'euro!
Adieu,
John
kilopascal wrote:
Note the use of Gaelic at the end. This person is definitely anti-British.
Thus anything the British oppose, such as metric and the Euro, he supports.
These Irish support the EU because they feel the EU can protect them from
the British. Ireland can never be truly free.
In USMA 18238 Christopher Scollo is quoted as saying:
I'm finding this thread to be a bit sensationalist. Can anyone point to
any evidence that the US is trying to impose its measurement system on other
nations?
I acknowledge that the US is often arrogant and is usually very successful
at
Well, If I am pissing into the wind, I am pissing into the wind in rain
guages which measure rain in centimeters not inches.
I don't mean to say anything which you consider insulting or directed at
you.
However, I do believe that metrication is slowly inching forward.
And I do believe
2002-02-17
Is this law you mention reproducible on this list server, and if so, can you
reproduce it here so we all can read it?
John
I have an English translation of the Measurement Law, Japan (Law No.207,
1051).
Joseph B.Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL.
Dear Bob,
Below are some figures that you might find useful. I compiled these
originally, but they come with emendations from others on the USMA listserv.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
- United States Metric Association
ASM - Accredited Speaking
Dear Jim,
on 2002/02/15 16.16, James R. Frysinger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Might I suggest a homemade page on building solar system models? One
would be orbit spacing and one would be planatary sizes. Even separating
those two things makes for strange differences between largest and
Dear John and All,
No, there's no hidden metric here. The Stuart Sons 2.9 metre grand piano
is just that 2.9 metres - it was designed that way, the steel frame was cast
to suit that dimensions, and all the parts were made and fitted using
millimetres.
Specifying the string diameters in
To my American Friends who believe in
Metrication.
Please write to one or all of the ABC News
magazine shows. I copied the information directly from the ABC
website. If they receive enough letters they may pursue the story of
Metric in America, give it a try, it will also be a way to reach
There has been many discussions on this list about weather stations
and their use of SI/FFU units.
May I recommend you visit : http://theyr.com
Not only it seems to me to offer a comprehensive and professional way
of reporting weather forecasts, it also offers the choice a several
languages
Madan:
The Russian Dictionary
(http://dic.academic.ru/misc/enc3p.nsf/ByID/NTE2FE) also has a
definition for are, which as far as I remember, we learned just as a
hardly used unit.
áò
áò (ÏÔ ÌÁÔ. area - ÐÌÏÝÁÄØ) - ÅÄÉÎÉÃÁ ÐÌÏÝÁÄÉ × ÍÅÔÒÉÞÅÓËÏÊ ÓÉÓÔÅÍÅ ÍÅÒ,
1 ÁÒ = 100 Í? = 0,01 ÇÁ.
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