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It is good to recall and remember history BUT to impede progressive trends
in the name of 'what existed
I just finished watching the movie on video a few minutes ago.
I presume that the 0.1% non-metric was the reference to knots early on and
later when they sighted the U.S. Navy ship near a NATO base and referred to
it being some miles away. Should we assume that even then they were
referring to na
The FBI warning just appeared on the screen,
so I am about to have a metric treat, the subject movie is
starting.
Norm
Please correct the last sentence in my USMA 26171 to:
In tha area of fasteners IBN reduced the number of these from 38 000 to 4000.
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Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8Telephone 416-486-6071
Correction to my USMA 26171. The last sentence should be:
In tha area of fasteners IBN reduced the number of these from 38 000 to 4000.
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Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8Telephone 416-486-6071
Further to my reponse to Paul Trusten, USMA 26166, I found from my
archives that General Motors 1977 models were predomently metric. GM
decided in 1973 to go metric. The change was virtually complete by
1982. The cost of conversion was $9 million, which was less than 1%
of the original estim
For distances less than a kilometer, it makes sense
to use meters.
People are familiar with track (runners and
swimmers) distances of 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m etc. So it makes a lot of
sense to use these. It also makes some sense to use meters up to 2 km as
is done in some countries.
on 2003-06-22 05.35, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I imagine that the main cost of the change fell on garages across the
> country because they had to buy new sets of wrernches.
Ferdinand Porche took an interesting approach to this when he designed the
all metric Volkswagen i
Dear Paul,
As far as I know the situation here divided industry into two camps with
respect to fasteners as well as to many other aspects of metrication.
1 Progressive companies, such as motor vehicle manufacturers and some home
builders, used the opportunity to reconsider their designs and how
Pau Trusten asked in USMA 26166:
Jim Elwell's post regarding the terminal design issue made me stop and think
of the larger question: how have the recently metricated countries (Canada,
Australia, South Africa) dealt with the problem of fasteners? We in the
United States have erected a complex soci
Before I keep typing, I just want to remind everyone that I re-subscribed to
this list fairly recently, so please forgive me if I am asking a question
which covers old ground.
Jim Elwell's post regarding the terminal design issue made me stop and think
of the larger question: how have the recently
Dear Mike & John
I wouldn't use 0,8 km, I would always write 800 m, you have to scale
between 1 and 1000
btw, you'll never see any decimal distance signs in germany either you see
full kilometer or e.g. 2200 m instead of 2,2 km.
bye
PS: John, are you german?
-Ursprüngliche Nachr
Wouldn't the sign 1/2 mile (800 m) be better? Takes up one less space than (0,8 km). I agree though, it's a great idea, wish they would do it all over the US. All of my cars have km odometers, no car has 1/4 mile, etc.
Mike Payne
Potomac Falls VA 20165
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From: John
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