I haver seen them described as 5 inch or even 4.72 inch in the past in
magazines,
Han
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From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 12:03 AM
Subject: [USMA:12266] Fw: [ukma] CD-Roms
On Tue,
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From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2001-04-17 23:29
Subject: [USMA:12283] Re: A Call to Brita
> Good job, Darrick! I think you guys are on to something. It's as
> important to give positive
2001-04-17
What I get out of this double-speak is: We will push to amend our law to
allow metric only if the EU amends their law to allow dual. If I'm not
mistaken, Bernot wrote to us once before, and stated that even if the US
gave in and amended the FPLA, her company still would not drop the
2001-04-17
The issue may never come up. In years past, when negotiating trade pacts
with the EU and Japan, these countries always bought up the metric issue as
a stumbling block to smooth trade.
Unless the Latin American (LA) countries somehow mention that their
economies are heavily metric and
Lovely!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Darrick Priest
Sent: 17 April 2001 20.25
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:12279] A Call to Brita
Hello everyone,
Out of curiosity, I measured the amount of water the filter (primary)
cha
2001-04-17
Consumer opposition is a farce, or at best a lame excuse. What opposition
did the auto industry receive from consumers? How about wine, spirits and
soft drinks? What about cameras and film? What about mouthwashes, hair
products and cosmetics? Plus other already metric products?
M
Good job, Darrick! I think you guys are on to something. It's as
important to give positive strokes as it is to complain.
Jim
Darrick Priest wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Out of curiosity, I measured the amount of water the filter (primary)
> chamber could hold in my Brita pitcher. I discove
Thanks, Gene, but it was a bit intense. Had I been a bit more temperate
in tone, the letter would have been more likely to be published.
Hopefully it will at least be read and considered by the editor.
It felt good writing that letter, though.
Jim
Gene Mechtly wrote:
>
> Good letter, Jim. I h
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Nat Hager III wrote:
> Post reply to the list, if you wish:
> So who can that be? Seems to me there was a Congressman from the Midwest,
> if I remember correctly, who was pushing a pro-metric bill right after the
> Mars fiasco. Does anyone know who that was?
It was
Ms. Bernot has not appended the (apparently pro forma) TABD restricted
distribution on her e-mail below.
Gene.
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O! Thank you! Keep up the good work! Let's start a list of products
that support the metric system. Oh! I almost forgot: I will contact them
ASAP and tell them that I will buy their product, supporting the people who
support metrics.
Darrick
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From: Nikolay O.
Hello everyone,
Out of curiosity, I measured the amount of water the filter (primary)
chamber could hold in my Brita pitcher. I discovered that it holds exactly
one liter; so, I called Brita. I asked the Brita representative if the
designers of their pitcher intentionally created it with metric
Good letter, Jim. I hope the WSJ has the courage to print it.
Gene.
...
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, James R. Frysinger wrote:
> Editor, OpinionJournal, Wall Street Journal
> Dear Sir:
>
> I read your editorial, "A Pound of Flesh" and was dumbfounded by its
> narrow perspective and shallow reaso
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:53:26 -0500 (CDT)
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Subject: Re: Metric Labeling
Dear Ms. Schroeter,
Before I read your footnote, l
This may be a great opportunity for metrication but he may also push ifp into FTAA.
Adrian
>From Yahoo news:
==
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By Steve Holland
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WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Madan,
You forgot an important reason some vendors avoid the simplicity
of SI. Some less-ethical vendors like confusion of units so that they
can mislead, if not deceive, consumers about the price/amount of product.
Almost without exception, vendors oppose mandatory unit pricing laws.
Gen
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, G. Stanley Doore wrote:
> I am looking for many examples of applications which now use the Pascal for
> pressure in SI units (multiples of 1000) such as Pa (Pascal), kPa
> (kilopascals), MPa (megapascals) etc.
Look at your automobile tires. They probably have kPa
Bruce,
Please try to visit the open house and report on SI content.
Gene.
...
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Bruce Raup quoted:
> ...
>The Measurement Standards Section of the Colorado Department of
>Agriculture will host an open house to teach the public
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ...
> I hope the organization comes to an agreement on seeking to amend the FPLA
> to permit metric-only labelling (while continuing to forbid ifp-only ...
> ...
Bear in mind, Ezra that only the US Congress can amend the FPLA.
The NCWM has aut
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Adrian Jadic wrote:
> ...
> Is there anything we can do to make this happen? What are the chances?
Yes. Try to persuade your own US Representative and Senators to
sponsor legislation to permit metric-only labeling.
> ...
Gene.
> --Original Message--
> From: Ge
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 17:29:30 -0400
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Subject: Re: Metric Labeling
Dear Gene,
thank you for your inquiry and my apologies for the delayed respons
Periodically on this list, people ask about the availability of various
metric items such as tape measures, thermometers, and so forth. I have a
catalog from a company that has a wide variety of instruments (e.g.,
metric altimeter good to 5000 m, metric triangular rulers/scales).
The company is B
> A message to all (old) imperialists:
>
> You've had your turn, now let us have ours.
> You've had imperial throughout most of your life-time, and it's been
> use for hundreds of years previously.
> Now times are changing, the world is changing.
> Imperial's had it's day - it's had a fair innings
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:23:53 +0100, "Roderick Urquhart"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >I was on holiday in Scotland last week so have had to look up Joan
Smith's
> >article on "thisislondon" website. When doing a search I also found the
> >following article
> >
> >
http://www.thisislondon.c
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 16:05:44 +0100, "Phil Durden" wrote:
>I thought CDs were usually described as being 5-inch diameter?
I certainly hope not, Phil!
>I have a CD-R (the actual disc), and inside the case is a list of Features
>(e.g. 650MB capacity, etc.) and also "120mm outer diameter, 15mm in
As I re-read their response, I may have to agree with you, Bill. Since I
now know this lady's exact email address, I will send her another note,
where I will try to be "emphatic," to dispel any concerns about the true
reason for my message. I have never used their Baker's Sugar, and I am not
sur
The only problem, Nick, is that they thought you were complimenting them on
the product, rather than on the rational SI unit of measure used for the
package.
I think that, when we send complimentary letters or email messages to those
who use SI measurements, we need to be quite emphatic about the
I wrote to C&H following my discovery of a 2 kg packaging of Baker's Sugar
[the mass is stated as 2 kg (4.4 lbs.)]. Here is a reply, which I received.
If you go to their web-site (http://www.bakerssugar.com/), you can send a
message to the company, and they promise to reply personally to each mes
Sure, my friend. If you look at the letter you'll find the address (no
e-mail) and a telephone number. Thanks for taking the time to write to
PediaCare instead of focusing in on my phrase of "a fiat from Congress" and
wasting everyone's time. Here it is anyway: PediaCare P.O. Box 90541
Allentow
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