..... and the weather on TV channels should be reported in both, F and C for the visitors of NY and many immigrants of NY..... it would also help USA kids when they travel abroad....
i emailed some weather channels about that some time ago, no changes yet.... On Mon, 4/14/14, Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [USMA:53714] RE: German travelers in the US To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 14, 2014, 10:35 AM No doubt they spoke perfect English. The international language of tourism is English, SI and the 24 hour clock. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ressel, Howard R (DOT) Sent: 14 April 2014 14:30 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53713] RE: German travelers in the US I was in NYC this weekend and a German tourist family stopped me at the subway ticket machine and asked me a question about children and the cost for at ticket. I know a lot about NYC but as a visitor I had to look up the policy for children. I told them that if the children were up to 44” they were free. Now that I solved their problem I had to solve another, they didn’t know how tall 44” was. Once I told them it in meters they were very happy indeed (although I think the mother told the kids their height in cm). With so many tourists I think I need to write a letter to MTA suggesting they add metric height requirements to their web site and other information. Good think they asked me and not some other NY native. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 8:18 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53705] Starbucks in Asia I found the following signboard menu at Starbucks in both China and Singapore. Beverage sizes listed as 354 ml, 473 ml, and 591 ml. Obviously extremely precise conversions of the US fluid ounces. Makes me question the intelligence of whoever authorises these signs. I remember South Africa on my last trip there actually had the quantities in fluid ounces, which South Africa as a totally metric country does not use. Mike Payne Sent from Mike's iPhone
