13 messages! Please tell me that right number of
messages and I will post exactly the right number.
--- Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 7:05 PM
> Subject: [USMA:13338] Zealots and supporters
>
>
> Eddie Lechat's 13 messages (USMA 13308 to 13320)
> last night set me to
> thinking of a classification of the members of this
> list.
>
> The zealots:
> The late (with regard to this list) and lamented
> Andy Johnson
> His disciple Eddie Lechat
> Ma Be
> Han Maenen
>
> The rest of us, including Jim Elwell who is also a
> true Libertarian.
>
> Joseph B. Reid
> 17 Glebe Road West
> Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
>
>
> Joe,
>
> You owe me an apology. I do not accept being called
> a zealot. I never took
> part in castigating Jim Elwell, even if I disagree
> with him as far as
> voluntary metrication being the only way. You have
> probably never read USMA
> 13146, which was a post of mine on this issue. Here
> it is, a copy for your
> benefit. I answered Eddy off-list.
>
>
> Original Message
> From: Han Maenen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: May 30, 2001 03:08
> Subject: [USMA:13146] RE: Mandated Units
>
> Quote
>
> Eddy,
>
> You are also making an ifp goon of me. When the EU
> postponed the metric
> deadline from 2000 to 2010 I nearly went berserk.
> Many other members of this
> list, including me, had written several times to the
> EU institutions not to
> to give in to the demands of the Trans Atlantic
> Business Dialogue (TABD), an
> unelected quango of CEO's and other business people
> who have far too much
> influence on EU and US politics. Alas, to no avail.
> Most of us are in favour
> of mandatory metrication.
>
> Throughout this entire threat it has appeared that
> Jim Elwell has done
> metrication proud. His company, QSI, is metric and
> he is always trying to
> convince people to come to our side. Do anti-metric
> people metricate their
> businesses? Do they try to win people over? I don't
> think so! Most members
> of this group, including me, disagree with the way
> he wants it achieved. I
> understand it to be voluntary metrication as the
> only way. But we also
> respect his point of view. We do think, however,
> that his way is
> complementary to our way. Calling any person on this
> list who takes part in
> the discussions antimetric is offensive.
>
> The real issue in this thread is not voluntary vs
> mandatory metrication, but
> respect and tolerance.
>
> In order not to destroy the life of The Metric
> Martys, I think that their
> breaches of the law should be downgraded from
> criminal offences to
> misdemeanours, as their intent is not criminal.
>
> Han
>
> Unquote
>
> Or am I a zealot because I was deeply angered by the
> EU's cowardice in 1999?
>
> Or do you cal me a zealot because of this message
> (USMA 13254)? I did not
> send this stuff to Brian P.; I just let myself go on
> this list. I did not
> send him anything and do not intend to.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: June 1, 2001 01:41
> Subject: [USMA:13254] Brian P's nonsense
> Quote
> On his anti-metric site Brian P. boasted about
> Newton not using metric.
> Some ideas for Mr Brian P.
> Why don't you revert to computers that use punched
> cards? What about using
> the first hard disk? The IBM RAMAC hard disk (came
> out in 1956) was a
> monster of a machine with a capacity of 5 MB on 50
> (!) copper platters and
> one read/write arm. At least it was a full ifp
> development, and you should
> be proud to use it....
> Unquote
>
>
> If I were a zealot and were in the UK, the USA or
> Ireland I would insist on
> using metric there. In the contrary, when I am in
> one of these countries I
> use ifp (do as the Romans do), unless the person
> whom I am talking to is a
> friend of the cause. However, in metric countries or
> under any metric
> context I refuse to have any truck with it. Does
> this make me a zealot?
>
> I have been taking part in the Four Day's Walks of
> Castlebar, Ireland,
> since 1971. We get certificates which state the
> distance covered. For many
> years they were in miles. I went along with it,
> accepting the non-metric
> certificitate, until this event went metric and the
> certificates were in
> kilometers.
> In Dublin was another walk, a number of years ago.
> There was something that
> could confuse kilometers with miles. I asked one of
> the organizers what it
> meant. She said "Miles". That was good enough for a
> zealot like me.
>
>
> I even think that non-metric units can be justified
> in a Dutch translation
> of a book. See my post USMA 12861
>
> From: Han Maenen
> Sent: Saturday, 2001-05-19 18:29
> Aan: U.S. Metric Association
> Onderwerp: [USMA:12861] Re: The "cultural" aspect of
> measurements
>
> It is about a translation of a book about Stede
> Bonnet, a buccaneer, 18th
> centry.
>
>
> Last, but not least: Marcus is a fierce supporter of
> metric, but his
> exchanges with Jim Elwell were polite and decent.
>
> Han
>
>
>
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