One of the anomalies of the British Army is that a vet can treat a human in an emergency, but a doctor may not treat a dog or a horse. The rationale is that a vet’s training covers him for all sorts of animals from the smallest to the largest and a human is just another species, whereas a doctor is trained to work on one species only.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harold_Potsdamer Sent: 25 May 2014 17:29 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53883] Re: There is some progress but on highways, there is a question I didn’t scroll down that far. But it is good to see that the animals are actually weighed in kilograms. Maybe they they don’t want to lose and animal do to misdosing if they ever need to administer medicine. I can’t believe no one is outraged that tens of thousands of people die annually do to pounds being used to weigh patients. I guess it is more important for the patient to see pounds on the scale when they are being weighed. You never know, a heart attack from seeing yourself being weighed in kilograms may be more deadly than a drug misdose. From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 2014-05-25 11:39 To: U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:53882] Re: There is some progress but on highways, there is a question Parker Willey is actually refering to the long chart directly under the six photos. The table headings read as follows: Admit Date - Name - Common Name - Stranding Location - Class - Sex - Admit Weight (kg) - Diagnosis The chart shows kilograms only with no pounds. ----- Message from Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> --------- Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 09:33:14 -0400 From: Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:53881] Re: There is some progress but on highways, there is a question To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> It is interesting that the pounds are twice the kilograms for the females. Which is the correct measured value and which is the afterthought? But it is good to see that most of the metric is sensibly rounded. Description California sea lions are known for their intelligence, playfulness, and noisy barking. Their color ranges from chocolate brown in males to a lighter, golden brown in females. Males reach 850 pounds (390 kg) and seven feet (2.1 m) in length. Females grow to 220 pounds (110 kg) and up to six feet (1.8 m) in length. They have a "dog-like" face, and at around five years of age, males develop a bony bump on top of their skull called a sagittal crest. The top of a male's head often gets lighter in color with age. These members of the otariid or walking seal family have external ear flaps and large flippers that they use to "walk" on land. The trained "seals" in zoos and aquariums are usually California sea lions. From: Parker Willey Jr. <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 2014-05-25 00:46 To: U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:53880] There is some progress but on highways, there is a question There is some progress here: In Sprouts Farmers Market near me, I saw bottles of olive oil for sale by the liter. The label shows the volume as: 1 L (1000.0 ml) No legacy measures were seen. Sprouts is a chain in California and many western states similar to Whole Foods. On the marine mammal center web site, the mass of the patients is given in kg. http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/patients/current-patients/ There was some mention about metric highway signs. It seems like there must be some way to speed up getting our highway signs converted to metric. ....Parker Willey Jr. San Jose, CA ----- End message from Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> ----- David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
