2002-12-31
Their standard package size is 400 g, which they label as 396.9 g or
something like that. This particular package had a bonus; 10 % more free.
400 g x 1.10 = 440 g. I don't think having a promotional gimmick and adding
10 % is defeating the purpose. Defeating the purpose is when thei
Pat said to Brenton:-
In my opinion this is one of the major retrograde forces away from metric
measures in Australia. A lot of the 'cheap imports' products that arrive
in
Australia are made for the USA markets and any surplus products or
'seconds'
are dumped in countries such as Australia. This
John and friends:
The retailer who purchases the stuff has to sell as it reaches him. It is
the factory packaging that got to get instructions. 440g is again defeating
the purpose: it could be 250g, 500g or 1 kg packs that people must be
encouraged.
Brij<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Bill:
Thanks for mentioning the Montgomery County Web site and metric
I wrote the material for the metric pages because I got frustrated when told
that it was going to take 2 - 3 years to get the SI into the curriculum.
The purpose is to "Make Metric Meaningful," I didn't use the term metrics
ho
Thanks.
If we all pitch in to get school systems to teach SI exclusively in science
and technology classes and courses we will make more progress than shooting
darts randomly.
Schools have very high visibility with kids and parents. SI is the
international standard and the common language of me
I notice that the metric pages on their web site give special thanks to you.
Congratulations.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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John:
Go to http://www.mcps.k12.md.us and do a site search with metric as the
keyword. You'll get quite a few references.
The only unfortunate thing is their use of the awful "metrics" in some
contexts.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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2002-12-30
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From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 2002-12-30 11:31
Subject: [USMA:24278] Restoration Hardware
finds
While in Ohio, I visited a store called Restoration
Hardware (online atht
In a message dated 2002-12-30 12:24:48 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Teaching SI in science and technology courses and classes is not a waste of
time since S&T is already mostly metric. Montgomery County (MC) is the
bio-tech corridor of the nation since it is near the US Nation
Teaching SI in science and technology courses and classes is not a waste of
time since S&T is already mostly metric. Montgomery County (MC) is the
bio-tech corridor of the nation since it is near the US National Institutes
of Health.
The SI was put into the science program for MC schools this fal
While in Ohio, I visited a store called Restoration Hardware (online at
http://www.restorationhardware.com).
One of the things I saw there was twine from Nutscene, a Scottish
company (http://www.nutscene.com). One huge role advertised "600 meters"
of twine, with no non-SI equivalents given that I
2002-12-30
I'm sure the reason the author did not convert the metric data to FFU was
because it would have been tedious and time consuming. In the 1930's there
were no calculators or computers and all calculations would have to be done
by hand. The author probably figured if the reader needed to
2002-12-30
You say the Montgomery County School System in Maryland is committed to the
SI. Can you explain how they teach SI? Do you know for sure how they teach
it? For example, do they teach SI as a primary system with actual hands on
experience using SI measuring devices? Or, do they teach
Not much has changed.
US Marine infantry types still use yards whereas Marine artillery and other
weapon systems are metric. It's still a mixture.
We must have the SI taught in schools rather than any old metric system so
kids know and understand the relationship of units in the single common
la
No, its not the Iraq version, this has to do with a book I found at a used book fair
written in 1938 by R. Ernest Dupuy and George Fielding Eliot. It discusses the
military situation in 1937, very spooky reading about how they thought the US should
stay out of the war and that we would never be
I wrote a message to the NY Times, which may be of interest:
I read a recent article (in the Sacramento Bee) by your Jane Brody re the
dangers of blood clots in airline frequent fliers. The article relates a
study keyed to distances travelled by fliers, with irrational mile numbers
such as 310
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