Being a Brit, I was unaware of that term but then the term "being hit for six" probably doesn't make sense your side of the pond either.
_____ From: Patrick Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 May 2007 12:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; U.S. Metric Association Subject: Re: [USMA:38601] Re: People oriented metric use A quick way to say it: fair territory inside the fence. Thanks! _____ From: Martin Vlietstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 16:26:16 +0100 To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:38601] Re: People oriented metric use Harry, Another easy-to-visualise measurement for Americans is the hectare. I understand that the distance from the home plate to the fence on a baseball field is between 90 m and 125 m (according to Wikipedia). If the fence is a perfect quarter circle and the foul lien is 112.83 m, then the area enclosed buy the two foul lines and the fence is exactly one hectare. Unfortunately for us Brits, cricket fields are a little larger than baseball fields, but a full-size rugby union field, including the dead-ball area is 0.98 ha. Regards Martin PS - see "How many people can visualise a kilometre" at www.metricviews.org.uk <http://www.metricviews.org.uk/> <http://www.metricviews.org.uk/> _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Behalf Of Harry Wyeth Sent: 06 May 2007 09:10 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38596] Re: People oriented metric use Well, I think we should tell non-metric friends simply that a cubic meter of air weighs one kilo, and a cubic meter of water weighs one metric ton. No one knows what a tonne is (it's not even in the spell-check dictionary on my computer!), but "metric ton" is used in the media a lot and is somewhat familiar, and I don't care much. I am as much a proponent of metrication as anyone, but I find the use of "weigh" just fine. I think people can visualize a cubic meter much better than 1000 liter bottles stacked together. If you imagine a stack of such cubes containing air or water, you can get a grip on the weight--or mass if you prefer--of a column of air extending up to space, or the weight of a column of water extending down to the ocean floor. I like to tell folks that a kilometer is a distance two and one half times around a running track, or about from here to (describe a nearby location). HARRY WYETH ----- Original Message ----- From: STANLEY DOORE <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 05:57 Subject: [USMA:38594] People oriented metric use Here' a way to help the public understand metric and the impact of wind and water such as floods, storm surges, tornadoes, hurricanes, rivers, lakes, ponds, wind speed, etc. on people, their safety and the environment in every day life. 1 kg/kL of air at the surface is about one kilogram (2.2 pounds) per kilolitre (cubic metre) 1 t/kL of water has a mass of one metric tonne (1000 kilograms or 2200 pounds) per kilolitre (cubic metre) Let's learn to think metric with its cohesive characteristics in the International System of Units (SI). Regards, Stan Doore
