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I wrote the Met (Irish Meteorological Service)
that, while I was glad to see they are already converting wind speeds to metric
(by adding SI in parentheses following the Imperial units), I urged them to use
the correct symbols of "km/h" rather than the "Km/hr" that they posted
today.
I'll look on their site on Jan 20 (road sign
changeover day) to see what they've got there. (I hope they drop Imperial
altogether, though I fear they may add it parenthetically for a time to provide
a transition). If they do add Imperial the SI, I will urge them to drop the
Imperial. Perhaps Pat Naughtin will be able to send them info about the
Australian experience to encourage them to adopt a "cold turkey" approach
(though that's not the wording I would use, of course! ;-)
Ezra
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 1:22
PM
Subject: [USMA:31960] RE: Sq. Ft. for
floor space (formerly Official Canadian weather)
That's a fair comment. My position is I like both metric and
imperial. - for various different reasons, but mainly
convenience.
On
2005 Jan 18 , at 12:50 PM, Stephen Humphreys wrote:
Rather,
If you *imagine* 1000 people standing in the way I (and you) mentioned -
right up close - you get a feel for 1000 sqft - especially if the room is
not
square.
You
seem to be trying to justify using square feet instead of going metric. I
want to go metric so I have no need nor desire to "get a feel for" 1000 sq.
ft. at all.
Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida,
USA
PS Excuse me for sending you that message twice, once to your
address and once via the USMA list. I try not to do that but sometimes I
slip.
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Go
Metric America! Or get left
behind!
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