Hi Gene,
Given the on-going battle of state-vs-federal battles and the way in which
the federal government has neglected its duty to control weights and
measures, it would not surprise me to see that each state has its own system
of regulation. May I suggest that you visit
http://www.bipm.org/en/
Jim (Frysinger),
Thanks for your comments on your personsal experiences with markeding
regulators.
It is good that farmers are allowed to sell at least some of their *fresh
products*, labeled only in SI Units.
As with eggs, I assume that private sales of meat and poultry are more tightly
regu
Gene,
I imagine that most of the inspectors are all state-level employees.
I interacted with the Tennessee office controlling labels, weights, and
measures several years ago. I found that I could indeed sell produce at
farmers' markets solely in metric units, should I choose to do so. My
scal
I am trying to learn more about the FPLA and UPLR Inspectors; the Federal,
State, and local (city) officials who have the authority to take products
(packages) "off sale" if they do not meet the requirrements stated in NIST
Handbooks 44, 130, and 133.
Is there a database (registry) of Inspecto
You can always count on metric in Scientific American, right?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-earth-s-life-unique-in-the-universe/?nocache=1#postcomment
So wrong. Not only is the article illustration ridiculous, so is the
measurement in the article.
Thanks for letting us know, David.
This is a problem with the host computer and will be resolved in time. No
estimate has been given by those in charge.
Don
USMA Webmaster and list owner
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
cont...@metricpioneer.co
Mark – your BMI works out to 33.7, which is VERY high! I am 1.71 m (down from
1.76 m 40 years ago) and 65 kg, for a BMI of 22.2, which I believe is in the
sort of range a BMI should be.
John F-L
From: Mark Henschel
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 4:51 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: Mark Hen
I had a similar but different experience at the Oregon Depeartment of
Motor Vehicles last winter when I renewed my Oregon Driver License. I had
told the guy that I am 181 cm tall and I gave him my weight in kilograms.
The Motor Vehicles Depeartment tends to hire some bilingual workers in
Salem of
Let me tell you about my experiences in trying to donate blood in Chicago
and Madison, Wisconsin.
I used to donate quite regularly when I lived in Chicago, but it was always
a hassle.
I went to Lifesource in Chicago every few months and pretty much had the
same experience each time.
They would ask