Don't make this into hard work. 30 is hot, 20 is nice, 10 is chilly, 0 is
ice. No temperature scale is perfect, but this one works much better than
Fahrenheit since it is based on water and not ammonia.
Mark Henschel
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild <
kaimbri...@g
e not all dead from traffic
> accidents.
>
> It’s going to be a cold 10ºC today in Melbourne
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Peter Goodyear
>
>
> On 12 Jul 2016, at 07:39, Mark Henschel wrote:
>
> Interesting thing about the British and their roundabouts, and driving on
>
Interesting thing about the British and their roundabouts, and driving on
the left side of the road.
I was in a car being driven around England a few years back. The driver
sits on the right, but the gear shift is in the left, in the middle of the
car. So since they travel on the opposite side of
I have been sending out tweets about World Metrology today to help alert
more Americans. Maybe some on the list server can help out?
Below is my tweet, but you are free to do as you choose:
Celebrate World Metrology Day, May 20, 2016. Consider how easy the Metric
System is compared to the inch-pou
But the problem is that government is necessary to make the use of metric
units legal, if not required. This is why it is so important to update the
FPLA, for example.
Mark
On Apr 23, 2016 3:46 PM, "c...@traditio.com" wrote:
Mark (Henschel)-- It is disappointing that latter-day Demo
Somebody needs to tell Ben and Jerry's. They seem to be so "progressive"
yet ignore the metric system. Perhaps if everybody wrote them a letter
telling them they enjoy their ice cream but it ought to be packaged in
liters?
(I've sent them tweets about the subject in the past
Maybe not. Might be an exponential relationship, not a linear one between
levels and cancer cases.
On Feb 21, 2016 11:57 PM, "Parker Willey Jr." wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I was watching 60 minutes this evening on CBS.
>
> There was a report at the end of the program by Anderson Cooper tonight
> (2016-02-2
Hi:
I was checking my Godaddy account and found out I had two domain names
registered that I had forgotten about. If anybody wants to use them, they
should let me know.
They are:
gometricamerica.com
and learnmetricnow.com
Anybody interested?
Mark Henschel
I just wish they would identify the name of the author so I could get in
touch with him. Might be nice to have a journalist on our side for a change.
Mark
On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 5:27 PM, c...@traditio.com wrote:
>
> www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/US-leaves-the-world-puzzled-by-dragging-its-fe
Unfortunately the nightly news the day of the announcement said the Paris
negotiators had agreed to hold the temperature to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. I
wish I had an automatic twitter feed or something to send an instant
message.
"Use Celsius! People will get used to it!"
Mark Hensch
We are big
boys and girls. We can catch on quickly.
Mark Henschel
On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Michael Payne
wrote:
> Wery well said Paul, lets hope they adopt your suggestions.
>
> Mike Payne
>
>
> On 07/12/2015 17:24, Paul Trusten wrote:
>
>> Dear Mr. Chen
Oops, forgot to include the link to the website. You can find the
information from insideevs.com or http://driveelectricnoco.org/group-buy/
Mark, again
2015.
The 2015 Leaf has a 24 kWh battery and quick charge capability and is able
to get about 140 kilometers on a single charge (no gasoline or petrol used
at all). I'm just jealous because I do not live in Colorado and can't take
advantage of this offer.
Mark Henschel
sympathetic politicians:
Simplify package labeling in the USA, sign the petition:
http://wh.gov/im0S9 Be patriotic, support US metrication.
On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Mark Henschel wrote:
> it would be hard to send notices of this petition out on twitter since the
> link is so long. IF
it would be hard to send notices of this petition out on twitter since the
link is so long. IF I can find a shorter link to the petition I will send
out a note on twitter asking people to sign it.
MArk
On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Harry's Email wrote:
> The problem is that the petition doesn
Directors perhaps he will lobby the rest of
the people on the Board of Directors to help change the policy of the FMI.
Mark Henschel
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Al Lawrence wrote:
> The FMI comments against metric labeling were written in 2002 by John J
> Motley, at least those are th
12 ounces might seem like a non- metric size 355 ml is actually
part of the Renard R20 series.
Mark Henschel.
On Aug 23, 2015 10:33 AM, "Al Lawrence" wrote:
> We all like the idea of metric labeling and sizing in the drink industry.
> There has been some recent discussion here abou
I suppose officially, legally it is illegal to call a bottle 355 ml only
but I won't say anything if you won't.
Mark Henschel
On Aug 17, 2015 10:34 PM, "c...@traditio.com" wrote:
> Al-- Your suggestion for the USMA to push metric with businesses more than
> government
f the US going metric, 15 percent opposed, and 5 percent
undecided.
Here is the link to the entire hour long interview in case any of you want
to hear it:
http://www.wpr.org/shows/big-question-should-us-go-metric
Mark Henschel
I made any sense.
Mark Henschel
Pierre:
Also don't forget Astronomical units and also Parsecs, neither or which is
part of SI.
Mark H
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> Other than astronomic (stars' masses are known more precisely in sun's
> masses
> than in kilograms), atomic (charges are integral numbers
For those of you who are not on facebook, there was an article posted
recently from the Iowa State University student newspaper that was very
antimetric.
Paul Trusten and I both responded.
Here is my response:
Sadly, the author of this article really has no convincing arguments as to
why he prefer
etition
on the FPLA update to Congress. But I will do as much as I can do by myself
without their help.
I'm using information about what is happening in Oregon in my letters in
support of the national FPLA update.
Thanks again,
Mark Henschel
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:13 PM, David Pearl
electric car news and autoblog that use SI units. And it is
even more of a joy to see these sites say positive things about solar
energy as well as help promote the use of metric units. (You can catch more
flies with honey than you can with vinegar)
Mark Henschel
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 8:06 AM
ss to
be feared.
Mark henschel
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Carleton MacDonald
wrote:
> The political issue comes from the need for government action to finally
> make metrication happen. Some view that as “Government telling me what to
> do” (even if it is acknowledged to be a good
ge.org to amend the FPLA to permit
> metric-only labeling.
>
> When do you expect it to be available for signatures?
>
> Gene Mechtly.
>
> On Feb 12, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Mark Henschel
> wrote:
>
> Well, here is the news on my FPLA petition.
> I did get over 50 signatu
I guess it must be available for signing, three other people have already
signed.
https://www.change.org/p/us-congress-update-the-fair-packaging-and-labeling-act
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Mark Henschel
wrote:
> I thought it was all done and posted. This is the link I have, an
ate it, and perhaps this
one will actually go someplace.
Mark Henschel
If you go back and check out the history, it was Maurice Stans (a
Republican) under Richard Nixon (R) who proposed metric conversion back in
1973. Gerald Ford (R) signed the Metric Conversion Act into law. George
Herbert Walker Bush signed EO 12770, and Bill Clinton (D) updated the FPLA
to allow du
Facebook pages. Let's all be squeaky wheeles and spread
> the word. David Pearl 503-428-4917 www.MetricPioneer.com
>
> - Message from Mark Henschel -
> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:09:33 -0600
> From: Mark Henschel
> Reply-To: mwhensch...@gmail.com
> Subj
David:
I tried it yet again.
Also posted a petition on the Moveon website. Too bad the left is as
terrible at math as the right seems to be.
Mark
On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 11:34 AM, wrote:
> Send the White House a message.
> http://my.barackobama.com/Take-the-OFA-2015-Survey
> See mine in photo.
Ignorance of SI by politicians is fairly universal. I have tried many times
to call in to talk shows and talk up the metric only update of the FPLA,
but hosts on the left or right are universally ignorant of science and math
topics in general. Strange, it was actually Maurice Stans, Secretary of
Co
enate, and President Barack Obama.
Will you sign this petition? Click here:
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/help-americans-become?source=c.em.cp&r_by=11168220
Thanks!
Mark Henschel
I was looking at an energy related website and they mentioned something
called a mmBTU which they expressed as a "million metric BTU's. How is a
mmBTU different from a normal BTU and why not just use Joules or Gigajoules?
Mark Henschel
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Martin Vliets
Now I've noticed that electric cars are being used "backwards". That is,
while pumped water, flywheels, compressed air and batteries are often used
to store solar energy created during the day, it has been discussed that
plug in hybrids or plug in electrics could also be used as load evening
soluti
Probably a form letter sent by someone in his staff. But I appreciate the
effort.
Mark
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 9:43 AM, wrote:
> FYI
>
> - Message from Senator Jeff Merkley <
> senator_merk...@merkley.senate.gov> -
>Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:37:33 -0400
>From: Senator Jeff M
realistic chance this might
come up for a vote in the Oregon State Legislature, I'd be willing to
donate to help bring it forward.
MArk HEnschel
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 5:22 PM, wrote:
> I got a call today from Chuck Riley - http://chuckriley.org - asking me
> for a donation in his run
Jim:
I like the way you think.
Mark Henschel
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:33 AM, James wrote:
> NOTE: I wrote this reply on another mail server on the issue of EIA's
> non-compliance with EO 12770, The Metric Act, etc. I thought it might
> interest some of you. The person I replied
Celebrate Metric Week, October 5-11, 2014. Details see www.metric.org
This was sent out as my latest tweet.
Not sure how many people see it, not sure how exactly twitter works.
Mark hensvchel
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:19 AM, mechtly, eugene a
wrote:
> Yes!!! "Energy Information" must include
I have been sending out tweets about Metric Week, coming up next week,
October 5-11. Maybe we can get some publicity out about this topic and more
people will check metric-oriented websites to find out more about American
progress towards A Metric America.
Mark Henschel
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12
temperature. It was in Celsius, but there was a chart in the box telling
how many degrees above 37 degrees meant how serious of a temperature it was.
Mark Henschel
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:18 AM, wrote:
> Great to hear that, Howard.
>
> Did you pick up on which units people were using
What do they do, keep changing the rules as soon as they find out the
petition is about the metric system?
Mark Henschel
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 12:09 PM, wrote:
> Doh! Now the new goal is 100, so I have been very busy joining several
> Facebook groups and pushing this SI petition. My po
quot;
You have to give politicians something specific you want them to do,
because they will find every excuse not to do anything at all.
Mark Henschel
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 5:53 PM, wrote:
> Tell the president what your Number One Issue is.
> I told him Metrication.
> What will you
Years ago when I developed my own photographic film and printed photographs
from an enlarger I had to mix my own developer, stop bath and fixer. When I
mixed the chemicals using metric units it was much easier than dealing with
ounces and pints. Now everybody seems to use digital cameras so that en
If anybody responds, they might mention to the author that while the
substance of the explanation is true, the name of the temperature scale in
SI Metric was changed from Centigrade to Celsius in 1954.
Mark Henschel
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Metric Rules Info
wrote:
>
>
>
>
The guy is so young, I don't think he was even born until after the Metric
Conversion Act was signed into law. If I ever figure out how to log into
those linked sites, I'll ask the guy why he didn't bother to ask the
authorities in the field (such as USMA officers) what they think happened
to Ameri
tried to donate. He said there was a
federal regulation. What federal regulation?
Mark Henschel
You might be also interested to know that there is an all electric, plug in
motorcycle available that has a range of up to 200 km.
Check out Zero motorcycles on the web. Their site on the web uses SI units
extensively. Ironically, the only dealer in about five states is in
Marengo, Illinois, and I
I have a son who for a time was working on the F-35 Joint strike fighter
project for the Pentagon. The whole darn thing is in inches and pounds. I
told him it was a violation of Executive Order 12770, but I think he might
have taken it personally. I just don't know how to get through to defense
con
Well if two people can view the same video, and one of them thinks the
comedian is attacking the Metric System, while the other person thinks the
humor is directed against those who support USC, then evidently the
comedian has not done a very good job in making themselves understandable.
Mark
On
). He
kind of backtracked when he said "At least in this area."
Maybe we could get some positive twitter feeds of facebook posts out of
this and encourage the news media in general to take a more positive
viewpoint on increasing metric usage in the media in general.
Mark Henschel
On Tue, J
server, and each of them write their two Senators and also write their
Congressman about this one topic, that would be 300 letters to Congressmen
and Senators around the country about one specific piece of legislation.
That many letters might actually have an effect.
Mark Henschel
On Mon, Jul 14
Be careful using Wikipedia as a source. Wikipedia also recommends the
incorrect pronunciation of kilometer.
Mark
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:25 AM, wrote:
> The beauty of the International System of units or SI after its French
> initials is that one has the option to dispense with ever having
I remember back in the days when people from the government told me that
going metric was the patriotic thing to do. We need to tell people that
going metric shows we love our country. Who would claim to love their
country and yet sit back and see it fall behind the rest of the world.
Let's out pa
.
Mark Henschel
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:31 AM, mechtly, eugene a
wrote:
> Dr. Willie May is the new NIST "Acting Director."
>
> Eugene Mechtly
> --
> *From:* NIST Congressional & Legislative Affairs [o...@nist.gov]
> *Sent:* Tues
I think you are going to have to look for a manufacturer overseas.
I tried for years to find a US company that made a one meter long key chain
metal tape measure I could give away as presents or awards at science fairs
and metric displays. Stanley Tool makes one, but the minimum order is
5,000, whi
to
do with actually seeking input from constituents.
Mark Henschel
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 2:19 PM, wrote:
> What is Your Top Priority?
> Tell the President. (See attached graphic for mine.)
>
> - Message from "Sara El-Amine, BarackObama.com"
> -
>
cubic inches). See
> http://www.chevrolet.com/silverado-1500-pickup-truck/specs/powertrain.html
>
>
> On Monday, June 9, 2014 2:01 PM, Mark Henschel
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Yup, and the British pronounce aluminum as al-u-Min-ium.
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 8:23
Yup, and the British pronounce aluminum as al-u-Min-ium.
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 8:23 PM, wrote:
> Again? Really? We have been over this topic before.
> See the
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences
> article.
> -re, -er[edit]
> In British English, so
Back about 30 years ago when General Motors was adopting the Metric System,
the biggest argument the engineers had was whether to spell liter as litre
or litre. IT turns out they choose the litre, and I still see engine sizes
on American made automobiles spelled with the -re spelling. I agree that
; In the UK, we pay about £0.12 per unit (kWh) for electricity (plus a
> standing charge), so it would cost £5.64 to recharge the battery fully.
>
>
>
> *From:* owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Mark Henschel
> *Sent:* 07 June 2014 03:15
>
fee for 30 minutes. The normal in home
> charger puts out 7,5 kWh on 220 Volts.
>
> Mike Payne
>
>
> On 05 Jun 2014, at 08:52, Mark Henschel wrote:
>
> I see there might be some of you out there that have an open mind
> concerning solar energy. If so, you might be interes
ls on buying raffle tickets. Years ago there
was a strong metric proponent (besides me) in the Illinois Solar Energy
Association, but I think Ken Woods might have died or retired by this time.
Mark
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Mark Henschel
wrote:
> Speaking of the planet Earth, there are s
Speaking of the planet Earth, there are some very quick solar energy
calculations that can be made using the fact that 10,000 km is the distance
from the North Pole to the Equator.
Let's suppose the Solar Constant is 1 kilowatt per square meter. Thus for
every square meter of the planet Earth, we
Would you teach people English, and then say you don't care if they say "I
ain't got none," or "He be going?" Would you teach people math and then not
care if they say two plus two is five or three, as long as they are doing
math, it is ok?
I think the responsible thing to do is to point out to peo
I can get kilometers automatically at the flip of a switch on my Toyota
Prius hybrid (2010). What I can't get is the temperature display in
Celsius. That is only available in Fahrenheit. CAn you get temperature
displays in Celsius?
Mark
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Michael Payne wrote:
> An
I think if we want to be correct we would have to accept MG would really
mean MegaGiga, which makes no sense. Like cc (centi-centi) or KPH (Kelvin
Pascal Hertz) or kph ( kilo pico hour)
Mark
Oh, and a 5K race would be a 5 Kelvin race.
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:46 AM, wrote:
> I suspect that p
I suggest for the Celsius Poem:
30 is hot,
20 is nice.
10 wear a coat,
0 is ice.
Here is a bonus on the speed of light (300,000 km/s):
Five Zeros after Three,
It's KIL-oh-met-ers, see?
Each second, day or night,
That is the speed of light.
I wrote about 20 poems on the Metric System, still tryin
s and abbreviations for units.
Mark
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Monday, May 05, 2014 10:20:27 Mark Henschel wrote:
> > "Three times a day?" said my friends brother. "It was three times a
> month!"
>
> What *is* the symbol for a month?
usion.
Yet another example of how important it is that medical staff are all on
the same page when it comes to symbols and terminology.
Mark Henschel
On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> https://www.ismp.org/Tools/errorproneabbreviations.pdf
> The top of the list is "
HI:
Anybody planning on going to the STEM Conference in Washington DC over
April 26-27?
I have a boy scout jamboree in Galena, Illinois that weekend and won't be
able to make it.
I can mail out passouts to anybody who wants to go and pass out pro-metric
literature, however.
Mark Henschel
Anybody going to the STEM conference in WAshington, DC, April 26-27?
MArk Henschel
WEll, it is still useful information that SOMEPLACE Popular Science is
capable of using SI units. If they have the ability to do this in
electronic editions, we might send them letters and ask them why not in the
print editions as well. Years ago when I was writing Popular Science,
Popular Mechanic
I'd check it out in a bookstore first, before drawing conclusions. I see
some magazines use metric in online editions but inch-pound in paper copies
of their publications.
Mark
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:52 AM, wrote:
> The In Focus column of The Atlantic, which I believe is an American
> pub
Mike:
I don't know what you have been smoking, but I went to the book store and
looked through the latest issue of Popular Science. Where do you see the
metric units? The whole thing was in inch pound. They even used pounds when
they should have used tons.
I remember writing letters to Popular Scie
Gene:
I think we are going to have to write her directly on the FPLA and
metrication in general. The Secretary of Commerce might not even know her
department is in charge of weights and measures.
I think I wrote her years ago when she was on an advisory board for a
government committee in Chicago,
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