Title: Re: [USMA:35363] Re: furniture in the UK
Dear David,
That's an interesting range of sizes in comparison with the Australian experience.
Here, we took the opportunity afforded by metrication to introduce the idea of the metric module to coordinate building components. This was a 600 mm x
On 2005 Dec 9 , at 5:52 PM, Nat Hager III wrote:
Are the new speedos labeled in km/h (mph) or just km/h only?
My speedo is labeled in inches since it is used to specify my waist size. My Speedo® is a swimming suit. ;-)
Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
PS
Yes I know that N
Tom,
Are the new speedos labeled in km/h (mph) or just km/h only?
Nat
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Sent: Friday, 2005 December 09 9:04
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:35362] RE: Someone who has missed something
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If they give distances in miles, to be on the safe side, one should check
whether they are using Statute miles or Irish miles.:-)
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From: "David King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 5:13 PM
Subject: [USMA:35364] RE
>From a statistical point of view, this is a very small sample from which to
base any theory.
If however the theory is correct, it tells me that the youngest people think
in term of their holidays only (when the advertisers use F to try and outdo
each other), but the older people, having seen a bi
Perhaps you don't know many Irish people?
The only ones I know all live in the UK, which still has miles on the
roads, so I doubt if they would use km yet. The real test is to go to
Ireland and listen to what people there are using.
David King
Buy UKMA's report "A Very British Mess" ISBN 075
When I had my new kitchen installed earlier this year, the builders used
millimetres exclusively for all measurements. The cupboards they
installed came in sizes of 400 mm, 500 mm and 800 mm.
Next month the same company is installing radiators and gas central
heating. They specified sizes of r
Officially the road system does not use miles.
I know of no Irish person who does not use miles to discuss long distances
I know of a great many. A lot of people still talk in
terms of miles, as this is what is displayed on their car
instruments, but this is no longer present on
all cars ship
Interestingly one thing the media do get correct is the correct usage of "C"
being Celsius and not Centigrade - although I would probably guess that if
you asked the average Joe what "C" stood for they'd say "Centigrade".
One thing is for sure - all the big L.E.D. "Time and Temperature" signs (
I was going to say something about maybe the fact the the UK is "next door"
to Ireland might have an influence on that, but then realised who lived
"down the road" from Canada - so now I'm not so sure.
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