On 2009/12/27, at 07:51 , <[email protected]>
<[email protected]> wrote:
Pat, you mean mass in kilograms.
Dear Gene,
Thanks for the critique, but I was quoting the advertisement where
they used the words, 'one's weight in kilos'.
By the way, do you think that a kilogram only mat like this, or even
an ordinary robust, kilogram only, bathroom scale, could serve a
useful purpose if it were placed just inside each classroom door? Just
leave it there without comment.
Perhaps next to the scales you could fix a vertical scale for
measuring height calibrated in millimetres!
I suspect that these two items would start numerous conversations and
questions about the choice of measuring units for the USA. Perhaps you
could then refer students to http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/centimetresORmillimetres.pdf
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain
from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
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helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the
modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they
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---- Original message ----
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:49:48 +1100
From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:46301] Doormat scales
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Dear All, Here is an oddity where they say:
Functioning like any other standard bathroom scale,
this Doormat Scale will display one’s weight in
kilos, so folks who aren’t too used to the metric
system migth want to give this a pass since there is
no lbs equivalent
Details
at: http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20091225/doormat-scale
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that
you can obtain
from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
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.
