Call now! I almost feel like buying one just because they are advertising metric on budget American TV hours. This was one of those infomercials on off prime time television.
On Thu, May 23, 2019, 7:30 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send USMA mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of USMA digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. [USMA 1093] complicated vs simple measurement methodology > (Parker Willey Jr.) > 2. [USMA 1094] Re: Payday candybars measure up! : USMA Digest, > Vol 41, Issue 2 (Ressel, Howard R (DOT)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 04:52:56 +0000 (UTC) > From: "Parker Willey Jr." <[email protected]> > To: USMA List Server <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA 1093] complicated vs simple measurement methodology > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi: > > One can add this to the end of an email, send, or forward it to whoever. > > This is my complicated vs simple measurement methodology. It should be > used to show Americans how complicated our customary system is compared to > the SI Metric system and why we should finish the metric conversion. > > Dear . > > Here is a Complicated vs Simple Measurement Methodology. > > Complicated: > > Inches contain fractions, 3/4, 9/16, 7/8, 17/32, etc. > 1 foot = 12 inches > 1 yard = 3 feet, > 1 fathom = 2 yards, > 1 chain = 11 fathoms, > 1 furlong = 10 chains, > 1 mile = 8 furlongs, 80 chains, 880 fathoms, 1760 yards, 5280 feet, > or 63360 inches > 1 acre = a strip of land, not square, 1 chain x 1 furlong, 43560 square > feet, that a dude with horse and plow can plow in one day. Do we use horse > drawn plows today? hmmmm, no > 1 gallon (US) of water (64 fluid ounces) weighs 8.345 pounds & occupies > 231 cubic inches. > 1 cubic foot of water 12 x 12 x 12 inches weighs 62.427 pounds and holds > 7.488 gallons, or 1728 cubic inches. > 1 pound = 16 ounces. > 1 cubic inch of water weighs 0.03127 pounds, or 0.5 ounces. > > > Simple: > > 1 meter = 1000 millimeters > 1 kilometer = 1000 meters > > 1 hectare(ha) = a square 100 x 100 meters, (about 2 football fields placed > side by side). > > 1 cubic centimeter of water, 10 x 10 x 10 millimeters weighs 1 gram. > 1 cubic liter of water, 100 x 100 x 100 millimeters weighs 1 kilogram. > 1 cubic meter of water, 1000 x 1000 x 1000 millimeters, weighs 1 > metric ton. > > > Which takes less time to calculate distances, has better accuracy, and > costs less? > Which is simpler and Which should America use? > > > I want our great country to NOT be dead last in measurement technology! > > It is time to simplify our measurement methodology! > > The Simpler decimal system will reduce the trade deficit, make producing > products faster, with better accuracy, and less mistakes, and finally, less > cost. ---$$$! > > Thank you > ...Parker Willey Jr. > California > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/private/usma/attachments/20190523/10bf3c11/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 12:30:42 +0000 > From: "Ressel, Howard R (DOT)" <[email protected]> > To: bill roush <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA 1094] Re: Payday candybars measure up! : USMA Digest, > Vol 41, Issue 2 > Message-ID: > < > mn2pr09mb36487e57410371dbfe89d422db...@mn2pr09mb3648.namprd09.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Seen the video but the link below is even better for the last part. > Proudly Made in the US. Someone however should write them and suggest they > develop a 15 cm and 20 cm model (vs. 15.2 cm and 20.3 cm). > > Howard > > From: USMA <[email protected]> On Behalf Of bill roush > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 11:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA 1092] Payday candybars measure up! : USMA Digest, Vol 41, > Issue 2 > > https://www.hersheys.com/payday/en_us/about.html > > New commercial uses centimeters! > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2019, 9:29 PM <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > Send USMA mailing list submissions to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of USMA digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. [USMA 1058] Tennessee State Plane Coordinate system to be > changed to "standard" units from metric in 2022 (Peter Goodyear) > 2. [USMA 1059] Re: Tennessee State Plane Coordinate system to be > changed to "standard" units from metric in 2022 (Pierre Abbat) > 3. [USMA 1060] Re: Tennessee State Plane Coordinate system to be > changed to "standard" units from metric in 2022 (Paul Trusten) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:53:45 +1000 > From: Peter Goodyear <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > Subject: [USMA 1058] Tennessee State Plane Coordinate system to be > changed to "standard" units from metric in 2022 > Message-ID: <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, everyone, > > From The Covington Leader, Tennessee, Saturday, 2019-04-06 < > https://protect2.fireeye.com/url?k=36388373-6a1eb728-363a7a46-000babd905ee-df2b9eb48212d4b4&u=http://www.covingtonleader.com/news/sen-paul-rose-s-first-bill-passed-the-senate-this/article_68a20b00-57ed-11e9-a5ba-3fb4978fa2ff.html > < > https://protect2.fireeye.com/url?k=47f4204a-1bd21411-47f6d97f-000babd905ee-b8a6124f72286957&u=http://www.covingtonleader.com/news/sen-paul-rose-s-first-bill-passed-the-senate-this/article_68a20b00-57ed-11e9-a5ba-3fb4978fa2ff.html > >> > Sen. Paul Rose's first bill passed the senate this week – here's what it > changes > > This week Senator Paul Rose's first bill was passed in the Tennessee > Senate. > > S.B.997 replaces the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983 with the > Tennessee Plane Coordinate System as the means through which Tennessee will > define and state the geographic positions within the state beginning Jan. > 1, 2022. > > "What this bill does is just establish the Tennessee Plane Coordinate > System as the new method of doing surveys and this is being supported by a > number of folks being associated with surveying, including the Tennessee > Department of Transportation.” > > The former uses the metric system to identify geographic points where the > new system will use standard measurements as GPS to determine coordinates. > It passed unanimously in the Senate Energy, Agriculture and National > Resources Committee Thursday and is on the calendar for vote in the full > senate on Monday. > > > Does anyone know why this change is being made, and what effects it will > have? > Is it a fairly trivial item or does it have significant consequences? > > At present there are no comments to the newspaper article. > > This has also been posted to Reddit’s Metric forum, and comments will be > here: > https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/baabrd/tennessee_will_change_its_mapping_coordinate/ > < > https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/baabrd/tennessee_will_change_its_mapping_coordinate/ > > > > > Best wishes, > > Peter Goodyear, > > Melbourne, Australia > e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/private/usma/attachments/20190407/9f85913f/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 20:11:55 -0400 > From: Pierre Abbat <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [USMA 1059] Re: Tennessee State Plane Coordinate system to be > changed to "standard" units from metric in 2022 > Message-ID: <2036368.dNXlcRX5MB@mooncat<mailto:2036368.dNXlcRX5MB@mooncat > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Saturday, 6 April 2019 19.53.45 EDT Peter Goodyear wrote: > > S.B.997 replaces the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983 with the > Tennessee > > Plane Coordinate System as the means through which Tennessee will define > > and state the geographic positions within the state beginning Jan. 1, > 2022. > > Surveying in the USA is switching in 2022 from ground benchmark networks to > GPS. More later. My hand is swollen. > -- > When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates. > Já não percebe nada, já não percebe nada. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 21:29:03 -0500 > From: Paul Trusten <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > To: Peter Goodyear <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > Subject: [USMA 1060] Re: Tennessee State Plane Coordinate system to be > changed to "standard" units from metric in 2022 > Message-ID: <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I would guess that this being done so Tennessee surveyors can use their > inch, yard, and mile markers. > > > On Apr 6, 2019, at 18:53, Peter Goodyear <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hi, everyone, > > > > From The Covington Leader, Tennessee, Saturday, 2019-04-06 > > Sen. Paul Rose's first bill passed the senate this week – here's what it > changes > > > > This week Senator Paul Rose's first bill was passed in the Tennessee > Senate. > > > > S.B.997 replaces the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983 with the > Tennessee Plane Coordinate System as the means through which Tennessee will > define and state the geographic positions within the state beginning Jan. > 1, 2022. > > > > "What this bill does is just establish the Tennessee Plane Coordinate > System as the new method of doing surveys and this is being supported by a > number of folks being associated with surveying, including the Tennessee > Department of Transportation.” > > > > The former uses the metric system to identify geographic points where > the new system will use standard measurements as GPS to determine > coordinates. > > It passed unanimously in the Senate Energy, Agriculture and National > Resources Committee Thursday and is on the calendar for vote in the full > senate on Monday. > > > > > > Does anyone know why this change is being made, and what effects it will > have? > > Is it a fairly trivial item or does it have significant consequences? > > > > At present there are no comments to the newspaper article. > > > > This has also been posted to Reddit’s Metric forum, and comments will be > here: > https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/baabrd/tennessee_will_change_its_mapping_coordinate/ > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Peter Goodyear, > > > > Melbourne, Australia > > e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > USMA mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/private/usma/attachments/20190406/43113b44/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > > ------------------------------ > > End of USMA Digest, Vol 41, Issue 2 > *********************************** > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/private/usma/attachments/20190523/cea49496/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > > ------------------------------ > > End of USMA Digest, Vol 42, Issue 9 > *********************************** >
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