On 2005 Feb 2 , at 3:10 AM, Bill Potts wrote:
I suspect it's
very old, though.
I think Bill Potts is right. That IOWA Business Network article may be
an old one that someone has recently rediscovered.
I have corresponded with some others who noted that some of the
addresses given at the end of
On 2005-01-13 I sent this post, but unfortunately
it did not seem to strike a chord with anyone here.
I hoped that a product, which has been successfully
imported into the US with metric only supplied equipment ( °C thermometer and a
litre marked vessel) may have had some stirred some
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And, as you imply, they have nothing to do
with planned metrication. They're simply 1/8 and 1/4 mile.
Fortuitously, however, they do lend
themselves well to conversion to 200 m and 400 m.
Bill Potts, CMSRoseville, CAhttp://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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Unionists or, more fully, Ulster Unionists want to preserve the union that
makes them part of the United Kingdom.
Members of the Ulster Unionist Party are elected to and sit in the U.K.
Parliament in Westminster.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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Those
"220 yard" and "440 yard" signs have been up for years, at least the last time I
was in Scotland in '97.
Nat
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Personally I just want to be able to choose despite what any state, or
form of state, tells me how I should choose. So long as I do not harm
others.
<< There is no reason to have a choice of two systems, as it can
lead to confusion, higher costs and disharmony. >>
These three things simply d
Unless someone corrects me:-
Unionists = loyalist = loyal to the crown = NI+GB
Unionists tend to be labelled "protestants" as well but that's more of a
generalisation.
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Title: Re: [USMA:32155] Irish road metrication
on 2005-02-02 15.16, Brenton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is Scotland next?
Quote from: http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=75962005
It will not stop there. I’ve now read of Ireland’s latest change in cultural behaviour - the metrification o
Unfortunately too many people equate the EU with metrication in the UK,
which is a shame because metrication should have been completed long
before the EU existed. Other British Commonwealth countries became
metric and are still metric, without any intervention from the EEC, EC
or EU or Europe
Forgive my ignorance, but I can never remember what the term Unionist
means in Northern Ireland. Is it meaning wanting a union between NI and
GB or between NI and ROI?
David King
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The M25 varuable speed limit system cost millions on its own - and they
forgot to put a third digit in.
Plus - there are so many roads in the UK. Not just because there's 60
million of us but because there are so many old roads as well as new
ones. And we Brits tend to put up numeric signs al
<< There is more an argument for Northern Ireland's doing so, as it has
a land border with us rather than with Great Britain >>
But the longest land border in the world is Canada/America - and they
cope ok.
<< and is less anti-EU than England.>>
Really? (not meant sarcastically) I didn't know
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I wan't aware of that.
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I'd liken it more to the British Mirror where one "full page" regular
columist had a right go at the so called "metric martyrs" and took the
P--- out of imperial an dhow the UK is "lagging behind" and being a
"laughing stock of thre world". But the Mirror is hardly
<<*nobody* came up with the idea to change the distance signs to miles,
in any of the letters, editorials or articles on the subject.>>
I'd prob put this down to two things:
1) The Irish (as you have said) don't have an "attachment" to imperial
measures as such.
2) The notion of "going in a direct
>If a minister, or someone from the treasury, were to suggest that such
>and such billion pounds were going to be used to change the UK road
>signs for no apparent reason than to "be just like Europe" then their
>head would be on the block.
Firstly, "billion" (even an American billion) would seem
>Wishful thinking I'm afraid
>
>First, Scotland is part of the UK.
It would make no sense for Scotland to introduce metric signs in advance
of the rest of Britain. There is more an argument for Northern Ireland's
doing so, as it has a land border with us rather than with Great Britain,
and is le
>However, as I think you tried to point out - its her editorial, or point
>of view, and not necessarily the opinion of Northern Irelanders or the
>Belfast Telegraph.
True, but it is significant that the Telegraph is one of the most influential
papers in Northern Ireland. It is also a pro-Unionist
>>"was the main issue why was there ABSOLUTELY NOBODY suggesting that
>>distance signs be converted to miles ?"
>
>I don't believe it formed part of the question.
In fairness, it didn't. However, despite frequent references in the last
few years to the fact that our distance and speed units were
I get what you mean by "behind closed doors", and agree - we simply
don't know.
The only clue is of a recent comment by a minister when pressed about
the Irish conversion and he responded with "there are no plans to do the
same on UK roads". Ie he did not infer that they'd "look into it", or
"moni
Stephen Humphreys wrote:
2) There are no plans to metricate roads (or more accurately, no
politician would get away with it!)
There are no plans that have been made public to metricate the roads,
what really goes on behind closed doors we do not know, and can only
guess at. Thus, metrication
I know that legislation went into a ffect a few years ago that the metric system is to be the preffered systerm of weight and measure, but is this a new requirement, an old requirement now getting recognized, or something else entirely?
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1)
Scotland (like Wales and NI) are part of the UK.
2)
There are no plans to metricate roads (or more accurately, no politician would
get away with it!)
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Wishful thinking I'm afraid
First,
Scotland is part of the UK.
The UK
has no plans (not 'pencil marked for the future', but NO plans) for UK road
metrication.
Secondly 1/3 and 2/3 mile markers have been common place for
ages.
They
are there because the half mile marker
Unfortunately, that's not the date of the article, but the date on which you
visited the site.
I just took a look (at the non-printable version) and the date was (you
guessed it) 2005-02-02.
I haven't been able to find it on the SBA site (http://sba.gov), but I
didn't look at all the hits on a si
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