[USMA:41039] Re: metric video

[ezra . steinberg]

It is even more ironic that (if you look carefully) you can see on the wall of 
their shop one of the kangaroo crossing signs used in Australia.

Too bad they only thing they imported from Down Under was the sign.   :-(

Ezra

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From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 2008/06/05, at 6:23 AM, Ziser, Jesse wrote:
> 
> > I think it's been posted a couple times already, but here it is  
> > again.  It's a clip from American
> > Chopper.  What makes it really funny is that it shows that even one  
> > of the most legendary
> > automotive shops in the world, which has been using WOMBAT units  
> > forever, can't work with them
> > competently.
> >
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=Omh8Ito-05M
> >
> > And with the help of that clip, I think I've finally converted one  
> > of my friends to metric.  In
> > fact, he just started a running workout program, and the first thing  
> > he did was switch his
> > pedometer to kilometers.  *sniff* I'm so proud!
> >
> > --- Patrick Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> One or two weeks ago, someone's message included a link to a funny,
> >> youtube-type video showing a couple of guys in a garage or machine  
> >> shop,
> >> struggling with old-fashioned measurements and calculations. Could  
> >> someone
> >> send that link again please?
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> 
> 
> Dear Patrick,
> 
> As you watched the video from http://youtube.com/watch?v=Omh8Ito-05M  
> you may have noticed that the bike they are working on in the video  
> looks to me like a modern all metric Harley-Davidson. In this case the  
> measurements they are looking for are the design and build dimensions  
> of 180 millimetres at the front and 140 millimetres at the back, so  
> the script should go something like this:
> 
> Now let me see — 140 millimetres at the back … and … 180 millimetres  
> at the front — what is the difference between 180 and 140 — could all  
> of you (three other guys) come and help please — I need to know the  
> difference between 180 mm and 140 mm — does anyone have a calculator?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Pat Naughtin
> 
> P.S. The measurements they eventually agree on in the video are 5 1/2  
> inches (139.7 mm) and 7 1/8 inches (180.975 mm) and these look  
> suspiciously like 140 mm and 180 mm to me.
> 
> PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
> Geelong, Australia
> Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
> 
> Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has  
> helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the  
> modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they  
> now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for  
> their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many  
> different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial  
> and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA.  
> Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST,  
> and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See 
> http://www.metricationmatters.com/ 
>   for more metrication information, contact Pat at 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>   or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: 
> http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter/ 
>   to subscribe.

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On 2008/06/05, at 6:23 AM, Ziser, Jesse wrote: I think it's been posted a couple times already, but here it is again.  It's a clip from American Chopper.  What makes it really funny is that it shows that even one of the most legendary automotive shops in the world, which has been using WOMBAT units forever, can't work with them competently. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Omh8Ito-05M And with the help of that clip, I think I've finally converted one of my friends to metric.  In fact, he just started a running workout program, and the first thing he did was switch his pedometer to kilometers.  *sniff* I'm so proud! --- Patrick Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One or two weeks ago, someone's message included a link to a funny, youtube-type video showing a couple of guys in a garage or machine shop, struggling with old-fashioned measurements and calculations. Could someone send that link again please? Thank you. Dear Patrick,   As you watched the video from http://youtube.com/watch?v=Omh8Ito-05M you may have noticed that the bike they are working on in the video looks to me like a modern all metric Harley-Davidson. In this case the measurements they are looking for are the design and build dimensions of 180 millimetres at the front and 140 millimetres at the back, so the script should go something like this:   Now let me see — 140 millimetres at the back … and … 180 millimetres at the front — what is the difference between 180 and 140 — could all of you (three other guys) come and help please — I need to know the difference between 180 mm and 140 mm — does anyone have a calculator?   Cheers,   Pat Naughtin P.S. The measurements they eventually agree on in the video are 5 1/2 inches (139.7 mm) and 7 1/8 inches (180.975 mm) and these look suspiciously like 140 mm and 180 mm to me. PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008   Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ for more metrication information, contact Pat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter/ to subscribe.

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