Saw your letter in the Daily Mirror a week or so back referring to metric signage in Britain, Philip.
Good one :-) Sorry for the belated reply, though. I 've been away for a while. :-( Regards, Steve. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> Cc: <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:51 AM Subject: [USMA:36210] RE: Article in Australian Doctor > >From Dr Stanton: > "I think the move to kilojoules was a huge problem in this country because > nobody knows what a kilojoule is - they can't possibly add them up," > > Try asking them what a "calorie" is or what the difference is between > "calorie", "Calorie", "kcal" > > I have an exercise bike that displays "CAL" amongst other things. I've no > idea what it means and the unhelpful ignorant "Customer Service" department > for the maker ignored by enquiry into the matter. > > If the display showed "J" or "KJ" (uppercase by virtue if the limitations of > the display device) it would at least have been clear to me. > > Phil Hall > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda D. Bergeron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > Cc: <usma@colostate.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:53 PM > Subject: [USMA:36209] RE: Article in Australian Doctor > > > > You go, Pat! > > > > I do not have any respect for any health professional, scientist or > > engineer who puts down the SI. There is just no excuse for it since they > > have the education to know better. > > > > Linda D. Bergeron > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@ColoState.EDU> > > CC: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@ColoState.EDU> > > Subject: [USMA:36207] Article in Australian Doctor > > Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:48:32 +1100 > > > > Dear Lorelle and Ken, > > > > The article, 'Australian obesity crisis caused by metric system' has been > > republished in 'Calorie Lab Calorie Counter news'. They have also > > published > > my response to this article, in full. You will find it below the article > > at: > > > > http://calorielab.com/news/2005/12/09/australian-obesity-epidemic-caused-by- > > metric-system/ > > > > As they say -- every drop causes a ripple! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Pat Naughtin > > PO Box 305, Belmont, Geelong, Australia > > Phone 61 3 5241 2008 > > > > Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online monthly newsletter, > > 'Metrication matters'. > > You can subscribe by going to http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter > > > > Pat is the editor of the 'Numbers and measurement' chapter of the > > Australian > > Government Publishing Service 'Style manual for writers, editors and > > printers'. He is a Member of the National Speakers Association of > > Australia > > and the International Federation of Professional Speakers. He is also > > recognised as a Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist (LCAMS) > > with the United States Metric Association. For more information go to: > > http://metricationmatters.com > > > > This email and its attachments are for the sole use of the addressee and > > may > > contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. This > > email and its attachments are subject to copyright and should not be > > partly > > or wholly reproduced without the consent of the copyright owner. Any > > unauthorised use of disclosure of this email or its attachments is > > prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please immediately delete > > it > > from your system and notify the sender by return email. > > -- > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® > > Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > >
