Oops, I didn't see that Paul had written to me and not the list about tire
pressure in his car. I just hit reply and it put USMA's mailing address in.
Sorry all.
Mike
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Mike Millet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a 2001 Honda Civic and the mechanic said it couldn't switch the
> odometer without a computer change but it could be done. Of course the
> speedometer has miles per hour and then incredibly tiny km/h numbers that
> are at least well lit at night.
>
> I just hope that when they finally switch the road signs to metric the cops
> continue their four percent above speed limit range before they pull you
> over. I routinely go 111 km/h ina 104 zone (or 69 in a 65 in ye olde English
> units). Even better is some of the highways near where I live are 120 km/h
> and I usually do about 127 km/h without worrying about a ticket.
>
> Back on the exercise front I noticed that the giant exercise balls the gym
> has are called Duraball and a product of Australia. I also noticed that the
> static and dynamic resistance are listed both in pounds and kilograms, and
> that the size of the balls are listed in inches and centimeters.
>
> Now if only they'd replace the weights that I use in the machines with
> metric ones. Most of the weights I'm using on the machine I do 25-30 reps
> of 27 kg each. The only one I go higher on is the machine where you kick
> against the board and push back to lift the weight while sitting on the
> chair and that one I usually set at the equivalent of 52 kg. It's a small
> start but a start nonetheless :)
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Paul Trusten, R.Ph. <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Mike,
>>
>> I'm wondering if more and more late-model motor vehicles have the
>> capability of
>> metric-unit displays. My latest rental, a Suzuki SUV (no, I didn't ask for
>> the
>> behemoth, I wanted a subcompact!), could change its odometer and
>> tire-pressure
>> readings to kilometers and kilopascals respectively. The unit symbols on
>> the
>> display were correct ("km" and "kPa"). Last year, I rented a Buick that
>> had
>> also had these capabilities.
>>
>> Paul Trusten
>>
>> Quoting Mike Millet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> > Today while I was visiting the gym I noticed that the eliptical machines
>> now
>> > had color touchscreen panels on them. The first thing I noticed was it
>> had
>> > an iPod dock so I could control my playlists by tapping the screen and
>> > setting the song I wanted and listening through a headphone jack. But as
>> I
>> > was using it I noticed that the distance units could be set to
>> kilometers
>> > and the speed to kilometers per hour. I was originally confused because
>> on
>> > the screen it shows an imaginary track oval and you as a little dot
>> running
>> > along towards the finish line, but the finish line seemed to make no
>> sense
>> > in miles until I switched it to meters and discovered that the "track"
>> was a
>> > standard 400m oval marked off every 100m.
>> >
>> > Needless to say I was happy to have at least part of my workout fully
>> metric
>> > :). The second instance I noticed was Fox news was interviewing the Boy
>> > Scouts who survived a tornado striking their camp earlier this week and
>> when
>> > one of the news anchors asked one of the boys how far away he thought
>> the
>> > tornado was from his position the boy replied that he thought it was
>> about
>> > 500 meters, and seemed quite comfortable using meters to describe
>> distance.
>> >
>> > It's nice to see a couple more instances of the USA's slow but
>> inevitable
>> > transition towards the SI.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> > --
>> > "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?"
>> >
>> > (\__/)
>> > (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your
>> > (")_(")signature to help him gain world domination.
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
>> Public Relations Director
>> U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc.
>> www.metric.org
>> 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122
>> Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
>> +1(432)528-7724
>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
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>
> (\__/)
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>
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