Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:06:12 -0500
From: "Carleton MacDonald" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:42556] Re: Small item seen on TV
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
When I give my weight in kg to my doctor or a member
of her staff (because that's the only way I know it)
they try to convert it back to pounds.
Carleton
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Martin Vlietstra
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:38
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:42535] Re: Small item seen on TV
Medical staff will record your weight in kilograms
(that is a legal requirement), but will expect you
to talk in stones and pounds (another weird UK unit
of measure). They will be pleasantly surprised if
you use kilograms for your weight - something which
is becoming more common amongst health fanatics who
go to the gym or soldiers (such as my son), both of
whom like to know how much they are carrying (or
pushing) as a fraction of body weight.
You are right, it is a mess, hence the title of a
publication by the United Kingdom Metrication
Association entitled "A Very British Mess". (see
www.ukma.org.uk).
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Jeremiah MacGregor
Sent: 25 January 2009 17:16
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:42529] Re: Small item seen on TV
When you say the UK is bi, do you mean they use both
metric and English equally,? 50 % ? Or is there
more of a leaning towards one or the other? How are
both use equally without causing confusion? Say for
instance in the medical field. Would a doctor speak
metric and a nurse respond in English? It must make
for some strange communications.
Jerry
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From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 11:40:08 AM
Subject: [USMA:42515] Re: Small item seen on TV
Because the UK is not metric (it's 'bi') and in the
case of tyre pressures there are not laws forcing
the use of metric.
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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:00:18 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [USMA:42494] Re: Small item seen on TV
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Stephen,
I interpreted the statement to mean that bar and kPa
were the most common. It doesn't mean the is no
psi, it just means it isn't very common. If the UK
is metric then why would psi dominate and not kPa?
Jerry
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From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:27:02 AM
Subject: [USMA:42494] Re: Small item seen on TV
Except in the UK (which is part of Europe) where
PSI dominates.
Maybe you meant "Mainland Europe"
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [USMA:42439] Re: Small item seen on TV
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:22:34 +0000
The most common units of measure for tyre pressures
in Europe are bars or kPa. (100 kPa = 1 bar).
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Jeremiah MacGregor
Sent: 24 January 2009 14:59
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:42430] Re: Small item seen on TV
Harry,
Aren't they suppose to be in pascals or something
along that line?
Jerry
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From: Harry Wyeth <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:39:58 PM
Subject: [USMA:42388] Small item seen on TV
A minor point of interest: on PBS's US broadcast of
the BBC World News tonight, in a piece re the
resumption of natural gas to Europe, there was
"footage" showing close-ups of presssure gauges on
pipeline fixtures out in the snowy fields. One
showed pressure in kg/cm2, and the other in "bar".
HARRY WYETH
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