The UKMA has coined the term a very British mess for the metric muddle (as
they also say) in the UK right now.
Little did I realize how bad things actually were until I saw this post on
Metric Views ( http://metricviews.org.uk ) from which I pass along the key
excerpt (as a comment to the Old
The further irony is that Canada, which is constantly bombarded with US
Customary via American media, is excellent when it comes to weather information
(metric only) in official media. Much better than the UK.
Plus Canadians regularly use kilometers since they changed their road signs up
Ezra:
The REAL problem is the Luddite British government policy, coupled with a
press/media that refuses to move with the times. I believe that the British
public is well ahead of both government and media in this respect, but are held
back. I give a few recent examples to support my views.
Have been away for some time and am now rejoining the USMA list.
Bill
Welcome back! I am curious. Approximately how many are on the USMA list?
- Message from Bill Hooper billhoope...@gmail.com -
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 23:04:09 -0400
From: Bill Hooper billhoope...@gmail.com
Reply-To: billhoope...@gmail.com
Subject: [USMA:53968] Rejoining USMA
About 110 names.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
cont...@metricpioneer.com
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 21:55
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:53969] Re: Rejoining USMA
Welcome back! I am curious. Approximately how many are on the USMA
I can understand some of the mess.
Kilograms for gain makes sense as when one is gaining mass, the kilogram
numbers being smaller makes one seem less fat. Stones don’t make sense, since
if you are losing weight you would want pounds because the pound being smaller
than the kilogram makes you
But how many actually post? Why sign up if you have no intention to post?
Do you drop people off who don’t post a message after a fixed amount of time?
From: Hillger,Donald
Sent: Sunday, 2014-06-15 00:05
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:53970] Re: Rejoining USMA
About 110
There is always knowledge to be gained from reading many of these posts, even
if you never do so yourself.
Mike
On 15 Jun 2014, at 12:25, Harold_Potsdamer harold_potsda...@cox.net wrote:
But how many actually post? Why sign up if you have no intention to post?
Do you drop people off who
