So do my cats' veterinarian scales, but the staff refuses to use it ...
Carleton ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 10:02:42 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [USMA:46092] Body Mass in kilograms Scales at Carle Clinic in Urbana, IL have an electronic push button which enable measurements of body mass in kilograms. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:11:00 -0400 >From: "Carleton MacDonald" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:46090] RE: Metric-only doctor visit >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > >I go to my doctor, and give the staff my weight in kilograms, and the nurse >takes out a calculator and converts it. Annoying. > >I'm going this Saturday; let's see what happens. > >Carleton > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of Paul Trusten >Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 16:12 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:46089] Metric-only doctor visit > > >Without any fanfare at my doctor visit this morning, I asked the nurse >if she could take my temperature in degrees Celsius. Equally without >fanfare, she did. > >The mechanical scale weighed me in pounds, but I calculated the result >in kilograms and talked kilograms only when I met with my dictor. >Without fanfare, he listened. > > > > > > > > > >Paul Trusten >
