Well to keep me or anyone else from exposing your claims and half truths. That would be the primary reason.
Presently there only appears to be a handful of people who actually do post, maybe not more than 5. I'm not going to bother counting them for an exact number as that is beside the point. Yet, I'm sure there are many, many more who are signed up and "monitor" the posts. Some of those people are ones that you contact via your "private emails". How easy it is to get your cohorts to send messages to the moderator to complain of my posts (or any other persons) to get me (or them) kicked off so you then become free again to post twaddle and subvert the metrication effort. How many tantrums are you going to throw when you don't get your way. When it comes to trolls you should look into the mirror you will find the biggest one yet. Posting nonsensical twaddle on how wonderfully imperial the UK is can be described as a perfect example of trolling. I believe someone recently described you on this forum as a troll except they used a different term. Does "wind up merchant" come to mind? http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg36833.html Stephen Humphreys, as has been pointed out in the past, is a 'wind-up' merchant. He posts here just to cause mayhem. The best thing is, if he is to be continued to be allowed to post here, is for everyone of us to simply ignore him. I don't agree with John that we should ignore you. We all should correct not only yours but anyone Else's obvious errors. I really doubt you will stop responding. Time will tell. Tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock ________________________________ From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 10:55:37 AM Subject: [USMA:48132] RE: Wrong time to quote temperatures If I was 'very anti-metric' then why would I want to have you banned from this forum? Also - who else here on this forum do you class as 'anti-metric'? You suggest that there are 'others' - who are they, do you think? I wonder if you can actually find an 'anti-metric' post on this forum at all (other than your own tarnishing type of post). P.S. This is the only post I will send in reponse to you - I have no intention on feeding trolls. You're (latest) name goes to the junk filter as of 'now'... ________________________________ Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 07:08:30 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:48131] RE: Wrong time to quote temperatures To: [email protected] It seems Mr. Humphreys spends a lot of time posting his illusions with the hopes everyone will believe him. I wonder how many really do. I would guess the only ones are other anti-metric types that post to this forum pretending to be pro-metric with the goal of keeping metrication efforts to a minimum. It is really reassuring that someone else from his country has a more realistic view of events and is not afraid to make them known. Mr. Humphreys seems to think that by throwing a tantrum, resorting to name calling, sending private messages that go tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock are signs that he is a normal intelligent person able to intelligently debate the issue. He isn't. Trying to get rid of me because I dare to speak the truth seems awfully dumb, immature and very childish. I'm amazed that the people who organize this forum allow him to post or don't police his posts better. Maybe they don't care. I was under the impression that this is a forum to promote the use of metric, not to frighten pro-metric or undecided persons away with endless chatter on imaginary uses of old units in his surroundings. Intelligent debate requires providing proof of what is said and stated, Mr. Humphreys has yet to do so and it seems his goal is to try to stifle those that do. ________________________________ From: Stephen Davis <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 9:20:38 AM Subject: [USMA:48127] RE: Wrong time to quote temperatures "Pretty much as predicted, really". ...And, unfortunately for you, the vast majority of it absolute fact! Try harder, Steve! ----- Original Message ----- >From: Stephen Humphreys >To: U.S. Metric Association >Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 2:04 PM >Subject: [USMA:48125] RE: Wrong time to quote temperatures > >Pretty much as predicted, really. > >________________________________ Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 05:53:04 -0700 >From: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [USMA:48121] Wrong time to quote temperatures >To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > >Out of millions of products found on supermarket shelves, I'm sure you may >find >one or two that carry a supplemental unit to a metric value. But one would >have >to spend countless boring hours going up and down store shelves to find that >elusive product with a supplemental declaration that would even IF it were >there >would not be in an amount a person would be satisfied seeing. It will be >rounded >metric with an un-rounded imperial. > > >Most people are not going to waste their time worrying about some elusive >supplemental unit when they can't be consistently found. > > >Yet you make it sound like every product on the shelve carries a supplemental >unit. I'm sure the majority of shoppers have long ago given up on relying on >supplemental indicators that don't exist if they ever did. > > >I sure would like to know who designated you spokesperson for everything >everyone else thinks, does or says. If I were to guess, I would say you gave >yourself the honour. > > >I just checked the weather report for London via these links. I can find no >Fahrenheit on the page. I see temperatures in the low '30s reported. > > >These are links to British web sites. I have also found American weather >sites >that offer a choice between C and F but that is not the same thing as the UK >weather services using F instead of C. > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/8 > >http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_temp.html > >http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/observations > >http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/forecastmaps?LANG=en&UP=0&R=0&MORE=0&DAY=0&MAPS=over&CONT=ukuk&LAND=___&TOFD=tag > > >http://www.netweather.tv/ > >Here are some news articles with no mention of F: > >http://www.build.co.uk/national_news.asp?newsid=114048 > >http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/07/09/alert-over-sweltering-night-heat-115875-22399713/ > > >http://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=259751&CMPI_SHARED_articleId=4198449&CMPI_SHARED_ImageArticleId=4198449&CMPI_SHARED_articleIdRelated=4198449&CMPI_SHARED_ToolsArticleId=4198449&CMPI_SHARED_CommentArticleId=4198449&articleTitle=Weekend%20heat%20wave%20brings%20health%20warning > > >http://topnews.net.nz/content/26050-mercury-may-soar-past-all-records-east-anglia > > >http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/heatwave-alert-issued-south-east-england-3636385 > >Here is one article that adds Fahrenheit for the first two temperatures and >nothing for the rest: > >http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Heat-health-alert-amid-hot-weather-50684.xnf?FeedSourceID=11&FeedImageID=13223&BodyFormat=1 > > >The point is you are claiming that this practice of speaking Fahrenheit and >not >mentioning Celsius is present everywhere. Yet I can't find any proof of such >a >claim. Maybe you can provide a link to a media report where only Fahrenheit >was used instead of Celsius. If what you say is true the proof should be >overwhelming not obscure. > > >Stooping to calling me by another name is an admission on your part that you >are >wrong and are throwing a tantrum because I have exposed your illusions. Why >can't you simply just PROVE what you state instead of diverting away from the >truth with name calling? Is this acceptable on this forum? Have I insulted >you >or called you names? So why must you do it to me? Where are your manners? > > > > > ________________________________ From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> >To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> >Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 6:02:48 AM >Subject: [USMA:48121] Wrong time to quote temperatures > > >Needless to say the usual nonsense is back here referring to all things UK (eg >'no supplementary imperial on UK goods' - 'roads partly metricated' - that >sort >of thing) but the other recent suggestion is temperature. > >I'm fully aware (being from here) how much 'C' is used in reports etc but this >weekend temperatures are going to soar - and the media have done the usual >predictable thing - quoting that we will hit 'temperatures in the 90's' (I was >awoken to this exclamation from the Radio this morning - BBC Radio London). > >I still find it an interesting quirk that we Brits do that 'switch' whenever >the >temps get hot. You'd never hear "Well temps will be plunging to 32 degrees" >and >mean Fahrenheit - however when the sun has it's hat on, something stirs in us! >:-) Could that *ever* happen in the USA? Say if the met office there >decided >to push the C-scale a bit more (bear in mind that we still use mph for wind >speed - so it really is a mix) > >I - for one - will be enjoying it - Celsius or Fahrenheit! > >I suppose it's up to Schweisthall now to show a internet link to some >hairdresser saying the word 'celsius'! ;-) > >________________________________ Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Free. Sign-up now. > >________________________________ Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Free. Sign-up now. ________________________________ Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. Sign-up now.
