GAF has some 30 plants in the U.S. that make shingles. It would seem
that many of them make metric sizes. Our metric shingles undoubtedly
came from a plant in the Southeast.
Jim
On Thursday 25 May 2006 00:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I had these put on my house last July. I got the forest gr
To the USMA list members
Here is an email I sent with the reply
from the National Math Panel.
Norm Werling
- Original Message -
From: National
Math Panel
To: Norman & Nancy Werling
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 08:51
Subject: RE: Full use of the International System of Units (SI
Norman,The example you present with adding fractions is a very poignant one. I've come across something similar when I spilled my metric and customary sockets on the floor and had to arrange them back in order in the toolbox. The sockets labeled with millimeters were ordered in moments. The cust
I finally got to ask our contractor what inspired him to order the
metric shingles instead of the "English" (smaller) size. He said that
the metric shingles are all the local GAF plant makes anymore.
My wife, Sally, and I discussed this at lunch today. As I mentioned to
her, government and indu
Title: Re: [USMA:36839] Fw: Full use of the International System of Units (SI), the metric system
On 26/05/06 3:45 AM, "Norman & Nancy Werling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
To the USMA list members
Here is an email I sent with the reply from the National Math Panel.
Norm Werling
Dear Norman
Title: National Mathematics Advisory Panel; Notice of an open meeting [OS]
Although I sent my email a few days late, I was
pleased with their response. I think sending comments now, even if the
meeting has been held, can only be beneficial to the cause.
Norm
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We're on a driving vacation. Yesterday, on I-75 between Dearborn, Michigan and Findlay, Ohio, and today, between Findlay and Cincinnati, I saw several distance signs in both miles and km. One had the two spelled out and the others used mi and km. Those were the two I saw. There may have been m
