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I wrote the Met (Irish Meteorological Service)
that, while I was glad to see they are already converting wind speeds to metric
(by adding SI in parentheses following the Imperial units), I urged them to use
the correct symbols of "km/h" rather than the "Km/hr" that they posted
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Yes - I now understand that two issues are being covered here, and not
merely metrication.
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I totally agree - with most things I prefer the right to choose but
speed limits should be metric OR imperial - not both.
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That requirement really is not there as it is in Ireland.
Many year
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That's
a fair comment. My position is I like both metric and imperial. - for
various different reasons, but mainly convenience.
-Original Message-From: Bill Hooper
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 January 2005
18:17To: Stephen HumphreysSubject: Re: Sq. Ft.
> Of Stephen Humphreys
>Am I not correct in mentioning that the only reason why they
>might not be able to sell you a piece of 'four by two' is due to
>being forced not to by regulations?
It is perfectly legal to sell 'four by two' in the UK. The regulations that
you may be thinking of relate to t
I had to revise some of the wording which I mistyped earlier.
David King wrote:
It was suggested earlier:
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I don't deny that most people would be - my question would be more of
whether its worth the costs - considering that at the end of the day its
just numbers on a dial being matched with num
It was suggested earlier:
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I don't deny that most people would be - my question would be more of
whether its worth the costs - considering that at the end of the day its
just numbers on a dial being matched with numbers in a big red circle.>
I wonder why costs would be an issue? Ireland needed
This reminds me of the annual Fermi problem at CalTech after each New Year's
parade in Pasadena. Every year, the announcers and reporters say that a
million people watched the parade street side. Is this possible? The length is
reported as 5 miles.
Marion Moon
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On 2005 Jan 18 , at 6:27 AM, Stephen Humphreys wrote:
My view on the use of sq ft in office-letting etc is that the average
human consumes about one square foot whilst standing so an office of
1000 sq ft could be gauged as a room containing 1000 people "shoulder to
shoulder". Its only rough but gi
I admit to not being the "DIY" sort!
Am I not correct in mentioning that the only reason why they might not
be able to sell you a piece of 'four by two' is due to being forced not
to by regulations?
I can't see me having the opportunity of trying but surely they might be
able to get around this b
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I don't deny that most people would be - my question would be more of
whether its worth the costs - considering that at the end of the day its
just numbers on a dial being matched with numbers in a big red circle.
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I take your point and take that on-board. I've personally not heard of
peo
>It would be handy to see if there is a survey of how many people in
>Ireland supported the changing of speed limit signs to metric using tax
>payers money.
I would be interested to see such a poll. Firstly, given that a majority felt
that 2 weeks was enough time for campaign (when I myself would
Hi Stephen
I find the idea that I would hold a conversation with an eighteen year
old about football or fast cars kind of surreal and quite amusing.
However I guess that is the sort of thing kids who work at (say)
builders mechants do commonly talk about when off duty - and maybe in
the terms you
That's true for Federal funded projects. Most States also spend State
dedicated funds or other State funds for Transportation projects. If no
Federal Aid is involved the Federal rules for funding don't apply
although generally the States follow all Federal geometric standards.
Howard Ressel, Metri
The difference between sq ft and sq m is trivial. Sq ft is just sq m
with an extra zero tacked on. Add 8% is you've got nothing better to do,
like figuring a tip.
100 sq m = 1080 sq ft
Nat
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Stephen Humph
It sounds very much like Canada is closer to metric than the UK is.
Perhaps road sign markings have a big impact on how the populous behaves
(ours being in imperial)
In the UK imperial was (almost) completely removed from school in the
80's (thats when I went to school) only to be reintroduced as
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