If the US was still run by the British in a parallel universe wouldn't the
currency be British pounds? The dollar wouldn't exist. Neither would the US
gallon. The US would be buying petrol in litres and the level of
metrication would be where the UK is now.
So in reality there would be no 6
Tom,
However, am I recollecting correctly that after 2009 supplementary Imperial
units will indeed be "banned" in the UK?
Ezra
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From: Tom Wade VMS Systems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sep 26, 2005 6:51 AM
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Subject: [USMA:34654] RE: Canada: th
Ever see an episode of the sci-fi TV series "Sliders"? In one episode,
they were on a parallel Earth where the US was still a part of the
British Empire, ruled by the British monarch, and there was no
president. Quite an improvement on the current mess! :-)
Just don't tell them that petrol (ga
They make 'em 0.5 m long in Hamburg, Germany---well, at least as sausages.
Quoting "m.f.moon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> The local Mexican-Americans here in Orange County call them 'salchichas'.
> m moon
>
> -- Original Message --
> Received: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 01:36:22 PM PDT
> From: Jon Saxto
The local Mexican-Americans here in Orange County call them 'salchichas'.
m moon
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From: Jon Saxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Subject: [USMA:34663] Re: OT: hot dog
Pierre Abbat wrote:
>On Sunday 25 S
Pierre Abbat wrote:
On Sunday 25 September 2005 18:34, Carleton MacDonald wrote:
Two more I've seen. The first is French and the second is Quebec.
Coke Light = Coke Diète
Hot dog = chien chaud
Hot dogs were originally called dachshund sausages, but someone didn't know
how to spell
> Except in either method:
1) the scales are accurate, but in any case you have no way of checking.
Which is why we rely on them being routinely checked independently by
government agencies.
2) People simply aren't that thick.
Generally no, but fair trade should not depend on the wit of t
You missed my point. I was trying to indicate that there are old metric
units still in use that people seeing them may think they are imperial units
because they are compared to SI units. Both the calorie and the bar are two
old-metric, non-SI units that persist even though there is a correct
In a butcher shop near my house I always find it amusing when people are ordering sausage links or pork chops "by the pound". They never get the mass they want because those items are bought by the piece instead. But ordering stuff like that "by the pound" is just too ingrained in the minds of s
>
> You don't need to require metric only. For example,
> The EU requirement is that
> the metric units are *required* and the imperial one
> optional. Where the
> imperial ones are included they must not be of a
> bigger sized lettering
> than the metric one.
>
> This will probably be easier t
--- Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I don't know that people necessarily "buy" by the
> > pound, as much as the stores still advertise the
> price
> > per pound as the primary price. Fruits and
> vegetables
> > are mostly sold in supermarkets where the customer
> > selects and bags it t
On Monday 26 September 2005 08:37, Daniel wrote:
> I wonder how many people thing the calorie is an English unit and not old
> metric. The battle between the joule and the calorie is the same as the
> battle between the bar and the pascal. Old metric vs SI and not metric vs
> non-metric.
It's no
Is this the requirement for Canada? If it is, then stores showing pound
pricing in big print and kilogram in small print is illegal and those shops
need to be visited.
Dan
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From: "Tom Wade VMS Systems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Mon
Then there is wastage. Something is always left over when you buy bulk in
kilograms and try to sell in pounds.
Are you honestly saying that the last customer of the day will require,
exactly, to the gramme, what is left in each tray of the deli?
When you get home, you can have someone tran
>This shows what happens if you don't legislate to require metric only. They
>do it to make it look cheaper, that's why the price/lb is so large compared
>with price/kg
You don't need to require metric only. For example, The EU requirement is that
the metric units are *required* and the imperi
I don't know that people necessarily "buy" by the
pound, as much as the stores still advertise the price
per pound as the primary price. Fruits and vegetables
are mostly sold in supermarkets where the customer
selects and bags it themselves. Personally, I never
go into the store with the idea
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From: "Carleton MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Monday, 2005-09-26 06:41
Subject: [USMA:34649] Re: OT: hot dog
Best of all is with poutine, otherwise known as heart attack on a plate.
Only 12,395 Kcal per serving.
cm
Or a w
Wouldn't one expect to chien to be more a food staple in Asia then Québec?
Why not call it saucisse de francfort, as that is what it is?
I've heard of French Fries being called Pommes Frites to make it shorter.
The funny thing is it reads more like fried apples. when it is shortened.
Here is
--- Stephen Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >The pound pricing is deceptive as you can not see
> your pound request
> >weighed out in pounds. The person doing the
> weighing has to convert your
> >request to grams and then weigh out the equivalent
> grams on the scale.
> >Just
Best of all is with poutine, otherwise known as heart attack on a plate.
Only 12,395 Kcal per serving.
cm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Bill Potts
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 02:19
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:34646] R
The pound pricing is deceptive as you can not see your pound request
weighed out in pounds. The person doing the weighing has to convert your
request to grams and then weigh out the equivalent grams on the scale.
Just like in the UK. A customer may be limited to asking only for certain
Title: Re: [USMA:34634] What's a MET?
I've always regarded this convention of a capital C
to mean kcal as totaly ludicrous. Hardly anyone knows about it and so transcribe
it incorrectly leading to obvious confusion.
It is also abused by exercise equipment
manufacturers. I have an exercise b
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