What can I say this was the first time I saw any shop actually try to use SI in Erie PA, every shop I had been in only use Imperial! And no one wants a tool maker anymore.
Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we dont have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had a few more years left. -- Thomas Edison♽☯♑ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 10:28:49 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [USMA:49062] Re: Numeracy and metrication No, you should keep your mouth shut and get the tool inspector's job. Opportunities will arise to drop hints that the design manager is costing the company a LOT of money. You should be able to parlay that into the design manager's job. If he clings to customary, he deserves to have his lunch stolen. From: Patrick Moore <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, December 8, 2010 10:14:59 AM Subject: [USMA:49061] Re: Numeracy and metrication Did Edison really say that? See attached my article on metric measurement. That head designer should read it. Thanks. On 12/8/10 9:58 AM, " [email protected] " < [email protected] > wrote: > I had applied at a tool shop for part inspecting, and they did use Metric, > well Metric Conversions, sadly. The job application had a math test with > Metric conversions on it. When I acquired about it afterwards to to the woman > doing the interview, she explained to me... The head of the design > department, > refused to use metric. So, basically, they are forcing all employees to > convert all dimensions instead of just using Metric. I explained to her that > is the worst possible thing to do, and to do away with conversions all > together. I did not get the job. > > Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope > we > dont have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I > had > a few more years left. -- Thomas Edison♽☯♑ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick Moore" < [email protected] > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" < [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 8:20:05 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [USMA:48979] Re: Numeracy and metrication > > In the USA, many innumerate people also become primary and secondary school > teachers - one reason many students learn to dread math rather than learn it. > In ignorance, they think metric conversion is a category of math problem. > > > On 12/1/10 5:57 AM, "Pat Naughtin" < [email protected] > > wrote: > > Obviously, I can't know if these data have any comparative relevance in the > UK > or in the USA. All I know is that I will keep these figures in mind as I > communicate with the public. As thoughts on this, I suspect that many > innumerate people collect together in occupations like journalism and > politics, and I need to consider this when writing to them. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin >
