ers? He had no idea. Not sure
any South African would have understood any of this "oz" stuff the place is
very metric. Diet Coke has "less than 1 kilojoule" on the can. A dru white
wine box had "low in kilojoules" on the box.
Michael Payne
1 Thorton Court
Potomac Falls VA 20165
USA
: "Bill Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Tuesday, 15 January 2008 02:58
Subject: [USMA:40051] Re: Seattle Coffee
On 2008 Jan 9 , at 6:03 AM, Michael Payne wrote:
(In a coffee shop) Small, Medium and Large as 8, 12 & 16 oz .
My daughter was born in Texas 20 years ago, her weight (ok mass) was listed
in grams and pounds and ounces. The only one I ever remembered was the
grams.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The norm in the UK is for the medical records to be
onger you wait, the more accurate the position gets. Really an amazing
bit of technology. I'm going to get a bluetooth GPS reciever and then I'll
have a moving map display wherever I am, and very accurate map positon!
Is'nt technology wonderful!
Michael Payne
1 Thorton Court
Potomac Falls VA 20165
USA
Got any Contact address Stan?
- Original Message -
From: "STANLEY DOORE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Monday, 25 February 2008 22:21
Subject: [USMA:40488] Discovery's Buillding environment & Science Channel
"Saving the Earth Inside the Office" article in
ld get rid of inches.
After all it's only a number in a dial, all the synoptic (weather) charts
have hPa anyway, not an inch in sight.
Michael Payne
- Original Message -
From: "Ezra Steinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent:
I liked this one from Jim's post at http://tinyurl.com/yvwv9f
Just yesterday the ISS crew called down and said we have the metric torque
wrench and the procedure says the value in ft-lbs. Could someone do the
conversion for them? The flight director responded "I can't believe we are
having this c
I already asked on their web site to include metric. Others could do the
same, I see they are a US company that sells internationally, it's dumb'd
down to inches for the US audience.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Palumbo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Shall we write them an
http://www.determan.com/
The Manufacturer of the deciliter fuel tank volume gauge.
Michael Payne
1 Thorton Court
Potomac Falls VA 20165
USA
Seems having two different feet plus meters can cause all sorts of problems in
surveying. The comments below are from the web site below. Read paragraph three
for what has been happening.
Michael Payne
http://www.axiomint.com/microstation_tips/survey_vs_international_foot.htm
As to the
ic in the first place. In the
latest issue Zurich and 3perfect days in Tokyo come to mind. People use
metric or not metric, please provide both or leave the original unit as is.
Michael Payne
1 Thorton Court
Potomac Falls VA 20165 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Below is the reply I rec
Some more correspondence I had about how thick is 24 gauge steel on Therma
Tru doors.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mike Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, 14 May 2008 21:25
Subject: [Fwd: RE:
Payne
Points taken.
Thank you and good luck,
Dave Ellis
*THE MODERN FAN CO.*
*THE PERIOD ARTS FAN CO.*
888-588-3267
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
www.modernfan.com
www.periodarts.com
On May 14, 2008, at 5:25 AM, Michael Payne wrote:
The time has long passed when U
Another letter to a fan company. Read from the bottom up. Another annoyance
on this web site was the use of the terms RPM's.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mike Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wedne
This provides quite an insight. I remember from my visit to Yangon 11 years ago
when I asked the taxi driver what the speed limit sign actually listed (in
Burmese script), he said 48 km/h (exactly 30 mph converted to km/h). There may
be a lot of lead in the water!
Mike Payne
- Original Me
om: Remek Kocz
To: Michael Payne
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Friday, 23 May 2008 00:27
Subject: Re: [USMA:40954] Cieling Fan websites
Good stuff, Mike. Is there a chance you'll be taking on the BTU's anytime
soon? You're getting some impressive stuff done with just a few letters.
Remek
a
particular hurry, I'll be buying from a company that lists metric units on
their web site. If you do this in the next year let me know and I'll buy a
trailer from your company.
Regards,
Michael Payne
www.trailershowroom.com wrote:
Mr. Payne,
I own seven businesses located in
mitment to only buy from businesses
that provide metric data and dimensions. I'm not in a particular hurry,
I'll be buying from a company that lists metric units on their web site.
If you do this in the next year let me know and I'll buy a trailer from
your comp
Great Letter, this is what they need to know, that people are perfectly happy
to see something sold by the kilogram. Do you have the address so we can all
add our compliments.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: Paul Trusten
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Monday, 30 June
In the USA Today it was a "more than 4400 pound" hippo.
- Original Message -
From: Paul Trusten
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Wednesday, 02 July 2008 00:43
Subject: [USMA:41305] metric hippo
Apparently, the author of the caption on this photo of a Ukraine hippopotamus
see http://www.landyonline.co.za/off_road/dipli/dilpli_travels.htm
What does this have to do with metric? All articles on the web site are metric.
And it might interest some of you to discuss in person what South Africa
managed to do right in the conversion process.
Michael Payne
1 Thorton Court
Potomac
A website -
http://www.ukma.org.uk/whatis/sa.htm.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Payne
Sent: 19 July 2008 04:59
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USM
odd number?
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: Martin Vlietstra
To: 'Michael Payne' ; 'U.S. Metric Association'
Sent: Monday, 21 July 2008 05:17
Subject: RE: [USMA:41457] RE: Imperial hold-outs after metrication
It is now seven years since I list visited
International Herald Tribune, Sat-Sun 19-20 July 2008. Polands Drag Racers are
off and running by Nicholas Kulish.
snip> could challenge each other head to head over two-fifths of a kilometer,
or a quarter mile.<
I took a double take on this, it's Poland so the course length is meters, I'm
ann
Sent a few days ago to National Public Radio reference their morning edition
program.
Michael Payne
In your story this morning (Wednesday) on the Russians in Georgia, your
correspondent stated the woman told me "I am 2 yards from a Russian
tank". I find this hard to believe as no o
Would it be possible for you to explain more on how you went about getting
these made and by whom so people like I could replicate your effort in our home
area?
Michael Payne
- Original Message -
From: lps
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Friday, 15 August 2008 19:13
Excellent information Pat, I just sent a letter to my US representatives
copying the US Commerce information.
'
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Friday, 05 September 2008 01:04
Subject: [USMA:41664] USA Department of Commerce
and best! Speak in English, Measure in Metric
Email hosted by 1&1 Internet Ltd.
Michael Payne wrote:
Thought I would send you all this email from Pratt & Whitney Canada.
I"m in school on a new aircraft and the engine information in a P&W
brochure gave
http://www.spycor.com/Cosella_Dorken_DELTA_FL_Sub_Floor_for_Concrete_p/dlfl.htm&Click=310?gclid=CNaJxorp6JUCFQeQGgodPCkXfA
Page down
Technical Specs:
Product name
DELTA®-FL
Color
grey
Material
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Dimp
One trailer manufacturer who intends adding metric units. I've told quite a
few I'll consider buying one only when I get metric units. Maybe the
proximity of Canada has a influence.
Michael Payne
Mr. Payne,
Let me start by thanking you for your interest in our trailer products.
Here is another trailer manufacturer who was not quite as sympathetic to my
request. He told me he would send me a catalog but only in inches. I told
him to keep it and send me one when it included millimeters and kilograms.
Feel free to add your request for metric, maybe he'll realize I'm not
We will add the information.
114 mm L x 91 mm W x 26 mm H
Weight = 181 grams
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:53 AM
To: Sales
Subject: InSite Metrics Action: More Information Form
COMMENTS: I wish you could include
users. I would have someone look up the word "Nominal".
Regards,
Michael Payne
1 Thorton Court
Potomac Falls VA 20165
I called the American Honda Car Headquarters today asking why they cannot
include metric units on their web site. The Customer service agent asked me
"what exactly is it I want?" I got the impression she did not understand the
term metric or metric system. Some people are just not very bright I'
If One US Pint is 473 ml/grams and one pound is 454 grams, I don't see how a
pint can be a pound the world around, well even in a US world, there is 19
grams difference or do I have the math wrong.
On Wiki Answers the weight of a US Gallon is listed as 8,34 pounds at 4 C and
there are eight pin
Over in the middle East (Dubai is where I saw it) they weigh Gold in stores by
the gram, I've also seen it this way in the Netherlands Antilles. Only if you
knew how many grams in a Troy ounce would you know if they were shorting you,
There are almost 3 grams less in an Avoirdupois ounce. This i
It might be of interest to all that the airport temperature and dew point at
airports here in the US are given to all pilots in Celsius only. So all US
pilots understand Celsius because they use it on a daily basis.
On another note, I came across an Ethiopian Immigrant today who had no idea
I'm not somewhere to measure this right now, but it's been my experience that
US copper pipes are actually hard metric but named to a nominal inch size which
is some instances can be way off the actual size. I can measure this stuff when
I get home, I seem to recall the 1/2 inch is actually 15 m
Same with my Safeway in Virginia. They actually took them away when they
revamped the store and replaced them with pound only scales, I complained to
the manager and all the dual unit scales were replaced.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: "Carleton MacDonald"
To: "U.S. Metric
Slightly off a metric topic, but I've always thought the US Postal Service was
the ideal place for an electric vehicle, short stop start and all night to
recharge. I wrote to them years ago suggesting such a thing but no one with any
imagination runs the place. I've noticed they do buy a lot of
y don't they call them
by their exact size?
Jerry
----------
From: Michael Payne
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:53:52 PM
Subject: [USMA:42360] Re: Pipe fittings in the USA
I'm not somewhere to measure this right now, but it's been my ex
I think what you see on tire walls is the maximum pressure in kPa. As the
Pascal was only implemented in SI in 1971, countries that used the metric
system prior to that tended to stay with the older units like Bar and kg/cm2.
On the inside driver door pillar of all US cars is generally the recom
The ones I know about that actually sell products made to metric dimensions
here in the US are the 3 US Automakers, GM, Ford & Chrysler, John Deere and
Caterpillar Earthmoving equipment, the latter even buy sheet steel to
millimeter thickness here in the US so they can get the same steel worldwi
It seems to be normal in Australia for every odometer to register to the
nearest 10 m. They have 2 digits to the right of the decimal.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: Martin Vlietstra
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, 25 January 2009 16:29
Subject: [USMA:42506]
I visit the UK perhaps 6-10 times a year, the people that I know in the UK tend
to talk in meters/metres when referring to a new house size, etc. If you go
into a UK hardware store it's almost all metric, supermarkets have gram scales,
prices might be marked as pence/pound but normally pence/gra
egor
To: Michael Payne ; U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, 25 January 2009 17:55
Subject: Re: [USMA:42533] Re: Small item seen on TV
Mike,
From your description I would understand it to be that metric is used
everywhere but on road signs. But road signs must be both if Martin sa
I flew in a
plane, the pilot hesitated before saying the temperature. He must have been
trying to translate it from what was on his screen.
Jerry
------
From: Michael Payne
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent:
I promised to measure the copper pipes I have in my home, done with a
micrometer at 20 C.
3/4" pipe is 22,2 mm OD. 19,9 mm ID.
1/2" pipe is 16,0 mm OD. 13,8 mm ID.
1/4" pipe is 9,7 mm OD. 7,9 mm ID.
Seems like the wall thickness on this pipe is very close to 1 mm. None of the
inch sizes hav
stm-copper-tubes-d_779.html
Copper pipe (ASTM B42)
http://www.astm.org/Standards/B42.htm
Summary of standards:
http://www.indpipe.com/images/PDF/copper_tube_federal_and_astm_specifications.pdf
Jim
Michael Payne wrote:
I promised to measure the copper pipes I have in my home, done with a
micromet
since I think Mike's last statement is wrong.
Don
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Michael Payne
Sent: Friday, 2009 January 30 10:50
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:42628] Copper Pipe Sizes
We also use 24 hour time in Aviation here in the US, all the documentation I
get from my company here in the US is in the 24 hour format so there is no
screw-up. I also selected it as an option on the United Airlines web site, have
to log on, then it displays the time in the format of my choice.
You can find many 24 hour clocks outside North America, problem is they keep
time by the voltage frequency of 50 Hz, never mind the difference in voltage.
It's not easy buying one and running it off a transformer when the frequency
here in North America is 60 Hz.
I've also spent many years loo
We see these sort of error all the time,
- Original Message -
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
Has any one ever experienced this type of error before?
Jerry
--
From: Martin Vlietstra
To: U.S. Metric Ass
I've found that all alarm clocks in Europe are generally interrelated into the
TV and display with the TV. To set the alarm you do it on the TV remote and
wake up when the TV turns on together with an escalating volume. It's been 24
hour format everywhere I've been in Europe.
Mike Payne
-
I don't know if any of you support your local National Public Radio station,
I've come up with a plan I'm working on to renew my membership while requesting
they include Celsius temperature with their weather reports.
I've written and asked them previously for them to include Celsius temperature
Try Bribery.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Palumbo"
Subject: Re: [USMA:43087] NPR
I've asked my local affiliate (WHYY, Philadelphia) to give temp in
Celsius in additional to Fahrenheit, but no such luck.
Michael Payne wrote:
I don't know i
How would a manufacturer ever know the reason someone did not buy their
product? In other countries once you've got used to the simplicity of the
metric system and have only metric tools, you will have a really hard time
buying the fractional inch bolt locally, same with the tools. You might not
What's heavier an ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers?
Many people buying gold out there don't realize the ounce of gold is the
heavier because it's a different ounce. If gold were priced by the gram there
would be no confusion.
Just an example of Obfusification.
Mike Payne
English unit pricing does not protect the consumer, many times I've seen items
unit priced like 14.8c/oz for loose mushrooms and 1.89/lb on packaged
mushrooms, it's not easy to compare which is cheaper, but these things are all
over the grocery store. If the same thing were in grams and kg it wo
conflict with the opening paragraph of Section
2, and with the entirety of section 6.1 of the UUPR. You might complain
to your State's Weight and Measures inspectors.
The store has some choice of units but they have to be used consistently
across similar products.
--- On Sun, 2/22/09, Michael
e to be together and only a base unit be in the denominator? Thus
wouldn't it be more correct to write 5.22 $/kg?
Jerry
----------
From: Michael Payne
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
s or inch tools they
may consider re-tapping the holes and replacing the bolts with available metric
ones. What did you do?
Jerry
----------
From: Michael Payne
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, February
: Michael Payne ; U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Monday, 23 February 2009 03:47
Subject: Re: [USMA:43235] Re: Action: Economic Stimulus Package
It may have been a bigger problem but once done you would have had all new
metric bolts and you would never have to worry about your wrench not
the bolts get rusty and the heads get worn from an improper
tool, the best thing to do is to replace them.
Jerry
--
From: Michael Payne
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009
Year ago I got my the doctor who gave me my FAA physical to put my height in
cm and my weight in kg. Nothing was said for a number of years, probably 10
if memory serves me correctly. Then the FAA in Oklahoma City decreed that
only inches and pounds were acceptable. Now the height and weight q
I agree, all of the rental vehicles I've rented in the UK and in Europe appear
to have onboard fuel consumption computers, something that is rare in US rental
vehicles.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: John Frewen-Lord
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, 07 March
Thanks for sending this out Bill. I sent the web address to my Honda dealer who
has been trying to get me a Brochure that includes metric units. Something
Honda USA obviously thinks no one wants. I asked him (the dealer) to forward it
to Marketing at Honda USA in Irvine California. Obviously a b
I agree, but as the FAA has the ability to bring my profession life to a
standstill, it's not good for me at this stage to mess with them.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From:
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Saturday, 14 March 2009 14:00
Subject: [USMA:43811] Re: Metric person
at include SI
units?
Most people speak of engines in terms of liters, so I think we're getting
somewhere.
Stephen Mangum
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Michael Payne wrote:
Thanks for sending this out Bill. I sent the web address to my Honda dealer
who has been trying
Anyone have any idea of what the law in the Bahamas states regarding the
preferred or mandated system of measurement there? I looked at
http://laws.bahamas.gov.bs/statutes/statute_CHAPTER_338.html and could not find
anything except some imported stuff had to be by the Bushel.
I'll be going ther
I remember seeing in South African newspapers a mention on cumsecs which are
m3/s. This in relation to the flow of water over a dam wall or down a river.
Michael Payne
- Original Message - > "STANLEY DOORE"
wrote:
To go along with putting L (liter) first, I sugge
2009 03:47
Subject: [USMA:44641] Re: FPLA 2010
On 2009/04/13, at 1:04 PM, Michael Payne wrote:
I remember seeing in South African newspapers a mention on cumsecs which
are m3/s. This in relation to the flow of water over a dam wall or down a river.
Michael Payne
Dear Mike,
ers.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: John Frewen-Lord
To: Michael Payne ; U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Monday, 13 April 2009 05:57
Subject: Re: [USMA:44639] Bahamas
I believe the Bahamas is not (yet?) officially metric. I am a consultant
(rather sporadically) on Th
Send the address to me and I'll ask as well. If they perceive they'll lose
business maybe they'll include metric
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: "Pierre Abbat"
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Sunday, 19 April 2009 01:26
Subject: [USMA:44751] online food seller
I wrote
Many of us write to various organizations and we do have an effect.
I was thinking today as I booked some hotels, the reason Hilton and Starwood
hotels (among others) list kilometers on their web sites is because I asked for
the information to be included. Admittedly I write many letters that g
t; team so they can
spread the word.
I also hope we're making money!
Warmest regards,
Captain *** * SFO
On Apr 19, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Michael Payne wrote:
One comment that I'd like to see addressed by flight crew is the announcement
on temperature which is al
Note that the pressure on the exterior of the tire is the Maximum pressure
allowed. The recommended pressure is on the rear of the driver door jamb in
most cars, normal pressure is around 180-220 kPa. My bicycle tire needs 400 kPa.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: Jeremiah MacG
. Sometimes the
people at the top have to hear what their customers think. Shipping something
back is fairly radical.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
To: Michael Payne ; U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, 19 April 2009 22:34
Subject: Re: [USMA
On NPR this morning was a story of one company hiring employees in Monroe,
Michigan making and selling high efficiency pumps to the world. I looked on
their web site http://www.pumpengineering.com/ It does have metric units. I
wrote to them asking if they designed and manufactured in metric unit
PDF-downloadable documents and found pressure in
PSI and bar, no mention of pascal.
I didn't see flow rate anywhere but wonder if they would use std cm3/s, let
alone mol/s.
--
From: Michael Payne
Rep
No I did not get a response.
- Original Message -
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
To: Michael Payne ; U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, 25 April 2009 03:36
Subject: Re: [USMA:44798] Pump Engineering
From viewing their website, I doubt they do any engineering in metric
One big plus of the USMA, I found out there were actually other people out
there who also thought the US should be metric. That was 20+ years ago, I'm
actually amazed that we in the US are not metric. I've got a movie when my
daughter was born 21 years ago saying we'll all be using grams when
to:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Michael Payne
Sent: 17 May 2009 16:58
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:45076] Two sytems.
I picked up a scrap of paper on the street outside my home the other day,
probably blew out of the garbage truck. Anyway it was a sheet fille
Interesting that most of this water requirement is for agriculture. I looked
at my water usage at home and it varies each year depending on how much I
water my lawn in summer. Last year we used about 6,3 cubic meters for two,
the previous year we used 11 cubic meters. This is showers, laundry
the
lawn.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: "James R. Frysinger"
To: "Pat Naughtin"
Cc: "Michael Payne"
Sent: Friday, 26 June 2009 03:17
Subject: Re: Fwd: [USMA:45270] Re: Precipitation and water needs
Whew! I was beginning to wonder if you folks
Agreed. But anyone familiar with the metric system can easily see they are the
same volume/quantity.
Michael Payne
- Original Message -
From: Bill Hooper
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, 27 June 2009 15:43
Subject: [USMA:45278] Re: Precipitation and water needs
Fahrenheit. I
wrote asking if they had guages marked in kilopascals. Here is the reply, just
shows the total ignorance of most of the American population.
Michael Payne
Subject: RE: Manifold gauges
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:04:38 -0500
From: Customer Service
To: 'Michael Payne'
bject: [USMA:45325] Re: Yellow Jacket
On Wednesday 08 July 2009 16:58:27 Michael Payne wrote:
http://www.yellowjacket.com/images/A_Maniflds/Brute-II-C-hose.jpg
Yellow Jacket is a company that makes equipment for servicing Air
Conditioning equipment, both Home and Auto. The A/C guy was around my
I was under the impression SI pressure in Pascal's was always positive. Earth
pressure near 100 kPa, Mars pressure near 20 kPa, outer space near 0 Pa. Is
this correct. I see the gauge from Yellow Jacket has an area listing a minus
side.
Mike Payne
gauge.
However, I think it is always the same gauge and they paint different
numbers on the dial face.
--- On Thu, 7/9/09, Michael Payne wrote:
From: Michael Payne
Subject: [USMA:45330] Vacuum display
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Thanks Bill, very well explained.
- Original Message -
From: Bill Hooper
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, 12 July 2009 01:35
Subject: [USMA:45344] Re: Vacuum display
On Jul 10 , at 1:26 PM, Michael Payne wrote:
The benefit of Pascals is (I believe) that a
Russia, the "Stans", Mongolia and China use km/h for aircraft speed and m/s
for wind speed. I actually find it easier to imagine wind speed in m/s, you can
picture something blowing by.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: STANLEY DOORE
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Wedn
I think more than anything else, to convince the common man/woman in the US
that the founding fathers (in the US) had a lot to do with a system most here
in the US consider European will go a long way to swinging the argument in it's
favor. I applaud your efforts in this regard Pat.
Mike Payne
I don't think this is an entirely accurate picture. I lived in Abu Dhabi from
1980 -1983. All the fuel I bought for my car there was in Liters. I don't
remember what they used at the airport in the 80's, but the last time I was in
Dubai last year they were selling fuel by the liter at the airpor
This did not go thru the previous time
- Original Message -
From: Michael Payne
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Thursday, 03 September 2009 14:48
Subject: Re: [USMA:45721] Measurement in the UAE
I don't think this is an entirely accurate picture. I lived in Abu Dhabi from
information on the
TSA web site is inconsistent and misleading, it need to be improved.
Michael Payne
--- On Tue, 9/15/09, Michael Payne wrote:
From: Michael Payne
Subject: [USMA:45816] TSA Website
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 5:50 PM
To: feedb...@tsa.gov
I buy 100 mL size tooth
Looks suspiciously like 3,5 mm, 4,5 mm and 9 mm. The web site
http://www.heartsite.com/html/ptca.html only talks about a 2-3 mm tube, what
you saw could just be in inches because of the guy who designed the package in
the US.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: Remek Kocz
To:
I do quite a bit of cooking, all metric measurement and use a 250 mL cup and a
15 mL tablespoon. This makes sense I think because 3 teaspoons - 1 Tablespoon.
Rounding out is the simple way to do this.
Michael Payne
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_craton
First time I've seen the use of SI prefixes for years. I think Ga means Giga
Annum.
Mike Payne
Local preservation of 3.6-3.0 Ga gneisses and widespread isotopic evidence for
crust of this age incorporated into younger plutons indicates that the Wyomi
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