[USMA:52589] damn the yardsticks---full metric ahead !

2013-04-03 Thread Paul Trusten
Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, God smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!" Paul Trusten, Reg. Pharmacist Vice President U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Midland, Texas USA www.metric.org +1(432)528-7724 trus...@grandecom.net

[USMA:52590] Milestone vs Kilo-shila RE: damn the yardsticks---full metric ahead !

2013-04-03 Thread Brij Bhushan Vij
Paul, sir:>.God smiles from above.Nicely put! God does favour BUT the true and fauithful. I recall my early published article and point that I professed to consider remaning the length unit as: Yard-stick or Metre-lumb: Patriot Magazine, New Delhi; 1980 October 19 in line with - common

[USMA:52591] DMV was Date Format

2013-04-03 Thread Pierre Abbat
On Thursday, March 28, 2013 21:05:01 Stanislav Jakuba wrote: > No, I never did. I mean, I do not want to irritate or confuse those kind of > people. They have their orders. But I do use that Y-M-D everywhere unless > there is a specific order outlined. I used the Y-M-D even in my passport > renewal

[USMA:52592] RE: DMV was Date Format

2013-04-03 Thread Carleton MacDonald
Section 204 of the Metric Act of 1866 could also be put to use with the DMV (or anywhere else, for that matter): - It shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deem

[USMA:52593] public thermometer

2013-04-03 Thread Pierre Abbat
There's a public time and temperature display on a street I pass by fairly often. Lately I noticed that it would display "15 c" (or whatever the temperature is) for a split second and go back to displaying the time. As I try to read the temperature whenever I pass by, I wrote a note: > Could yo

[USMA:52594] Re: [USMA:52593] public thermometer

2013-04-03 Thread rek...@gmail.com
The guy probably didn't finish his thought. I'm hoping you'll get good results. What's more important, is whom did you write? There are a few places here in Buffalo that used to have a Celsius display, but it's gone now, so I'd like to know who's in charge of the displays. - Reply messa

[USMA:52595] Re: public thermometer

2013-04-03 Thread Pierre Abbat
On Wednesday, April 03, 2013 22:59:32 rek...@gmail.com wrote: > The guy probably didn't finish his thought. I'm hoping you'll get good > results. I'll let you know. > What's more important, is whom did you write? There are a few places here > in Buffalo that used to have a Celsius display, but