You might recall this childhood rhyme: Oh what a wicked web we weave
when first we practice to deceive.
Perhaps we could rephrase this as: Oh how our minds we do pervert when
first we practice to convert!
See the first few paragraphs at http://cycling-review.com/2010/01/17/bike-tire-reviews
It should be. But the FDA proposal would allow liquid measurement devices
marked in units of teaspoons. Hence the need to comment.
The risk (as I see it) is confusion between units of teaspoons on the measuring
device and
physical (and inaccurate) teaspoons from the silverware drawer. Only
The article below (with citation) was on FoxNews.com. Note that it
describes the ham as being a 15 lb 6 oz ham but that the British food
buyer for Selfridges says that "Every single gram will be savored ...".
Scouting around, I found that European sources call it a 7 kg ham. I
calculate that
All medicines are in metric so why shouldn't liquid measurement devices
be used rather than teaspoons?
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: "James R. Frysinger"
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:48 PM
Subject: [USMA:46418] Re: A spoonful of m
USC do say they are licensing a Skoda design, as well as using some of Skoda's
parts (40% is imported), so that would most likely be the reason. Even
allowing for the mods made for the US, it would make sense to not try to
convert to imperial - no gain, and potentially lots of pain, especially