My heart goes out to all those who have lost loved ones - despite "feet" ot "metres".
It could not have come at a worse time of year - enough to stretch any form of faith.
From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:31748] Re: More metric in periodicals Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:47:56 -0600
AP articles on the tsunami crisis reported quantities in metric units first,
with pre-metric units in parentheses. .
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: 05 Jan 01,Saturday 15:36 Subject: [USMA:31746] More metric in periodicals
> I am starting to see, on a regular basis, metric measurements used > in periodicals, with no translation to colloquial units. I've posted > several from Men's Health magazine over the last couple of years. > > Two recent examples from different magazines: > > > Fine Gardening, February 2005, page 19 (spotted by my wife, who is > the gardener in the family): > > "Earthworms can process around 0.08 to 0.3 grams of soil in one day, > depending on the species." > > Forbes, 10 January 2005, page 169: > > > "A six-course white truffle tasting menu being offered in New York > by chef Alain Ducasse contains in toto 20 grams of truffle." > > I find the second one most interesting, since it is cold, hard, cash > versus a certain amount of a very expensive food, and the amount is > in grams only. > > Jim Elwell > > >
