You should probably (and tactfully) tell your nephew that it's "metric," not "metrics."
I hope Howard can reassure us that NYDOT won't be reverting, as Utah and others did. Utah was possibly the greatest disappointment, as they had sold off their old FFU manuals, which made it seem as if their metrication process was complete and irrevocable. Alas, no. Even California still allows exceptions in some circumstances. I liked (and still like) Jimmy Carter, but his decision to have a "balanced" group of people implementing metrication at the federal level was probably one of the dumbest things he ever did. Once a decision's been made, it's not a good idea to invite the decision's opponents to participate in the implementation. Of course, Reagan compounded Carter's mistake by defunding the whole thing. Not surprising, though, as he was the one who thought trees caused pollution. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Norman & Nancy Werling >Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 09:13 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:28187] Fw: Metrics > > >USMA & especially Howard Ressel, > >My nephew, who sells for a machinery dealer, forwarded this to me. It >appears that the New York state chapter of Associated General Contractors >may now want to explore reverting to "English". > >Norm Werling > >Norm Werling >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tom Schwarz" >To: "Norm Werling" >Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 21:22 >Subject: Fw: Metrics > > >> Uncle Norm - I could onl;y think of you when I saw this one. >> This is an update sent to member firms by the NYS chapter of the AGC, >> Associated General Contractors. That is a big trade group of the highway >> contractors. NYS has been using metrics for the specifications >on highway >> projects for a little while now. And to think that NYS DOT is >one of only >> about six states using metrics for their highway construction. All along >I >> thought it was a natioanl standard when I saw it in NYS specifications. >> It is amazing how struggle with such simple things. >> Tom Schwarz >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AGC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:00 AM >> To: Schwarz, Tom >> Subject: Metrics >> >> >> Nortrax Equipment Co., Northeast >> >> >> In the last Executive Level Partnering meeting with NYSDOT, held November >> 6, 2003, AGC raised the question of metric reversal, or a return to the >> english system of measures. With only about six states in the >union using >> the metric system, does it make sense for New York to continue? In the >> past, NYSDOT vehemently opposed to turning back. Surprisingly, >this time, >> their reply was simply, "no decision has been made". DOT representatives >> appear to be willing to talk, and have agreed that an AGC/DOT task force >to >> study this issue may be appropriate. >> >> How do you, as an AGC member, feel about metric? Please give this some >> thought. AGC would like to present a list of reasons, pro and con, for >> continuing with metric or for reverting to english. Don't list the >reason, >> "metrics leads to a lot of errors in calculations". This may be very >true, >> but DOT has already heard it thousands of times, and doesn't need to hear >> it again. >> Please reply by e-mail to John Neidhart, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
