[USMA 318] Re: World Book Typical Course of Study

Cannot access the website from France. Mike Payne > On 08 Sep 2016, at 08:25, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > http://www.worldbook.com/typical-course-of-study.aspx > > The third grade math contains "Generate measurement data, measuring lengths > to > halves and fourths of an inch." A few other grade

[USMA 285] Re: ISO Standards

the mid 80’s when it became a standard. Mike > On 02 Aug 2016, at 17:17, Brian White wrote: > > I'm all about metric, but hate the comma as a decimal sign. :) > >> On Aug 2, 2016, at 07:35, Michael Payne wrote: >> >> Interesting conversation with a

[USMA 279] ISO Standards

Interesting conversation with a neighbour over here in France this afternoon. He’d go down to the local metal dealer with his order for 3500 mm of steel. But the guy would say "no cannot do that" and he couldn’t understand why. I asked how are you writing the 3500? Put it down on paper for me.

[USMA 256] Re: From Queen Elizabeth

Who and when did the UK decide to use “m” for the mile symbol? Mike Payne > On 13 Jul 2016, at 23:20, Stephen Humphreys wrote: > > Don’t confuse this with the ‘countdown’ signs that people can see. On the > motorway they’re at 100 yd intervals. Elsewhere they’re equidistant. > >> On 13 Jul

[USMA 142] Re: Formatting numbers and the decimal marker

ilto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of > jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 5:35 PM > To: Michael Payne ; USMA > Subject: [USMA 136] Re: Formatting numbers and the decimal marker > > In the Preface to the SI Brochure, the BIPM notes that THEY use

[USMA 133] Formatting numbers and the decimal marker

I suggested a change to the Wikipedia manual of style the other day. Reading some of the comments today I realise I need some support form USMA members who in my opinion are all rational people. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_style

[USMA 86] Re: Renault Zoe Electric Car

r them out to make room for 2017 models. > > Mark HEnschel > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Michael Payne <mailto:metricmik...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi Gene, > > As far as I know, the Nissan Leaf is approximately the same car in the USA as > the Zoe is here,

[USMA 85] Re: Renault Zoe Electric Car

Hi Gene, As far as I know, the Nissan Leaf is approximately the same car in the USA as the Zoe is here, albeit a bit longer which applies to most vehicles for the US market. Apparently they chose the name Zoe from ZerO Emission. I agree the battery does better in warm weather. I’m impressed you

[USMA 75] Re: El. and gas cars comparison

Stan, I’ve got a couple of contributions to make to your data, this gained from 18 months of operating a Renault Zoe, the european equivalent of the Nissan Leaf (Renault is tied up with Nissan on a lot of projects). Here in France, fuel is more expensive than the USA, today it’s 1,269€/litre or

[USMA 76] Fwd: SI units

t; Cordialement, > > Michael Payne > Lieu dit Gasquet > 82400 Montjoi > France > +33 563 325 534 > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > ___

[USMA 13] Re: [USMA] your China Daily article on U.S. metrication

Wery well said Paul, lets hope they adopt your suggestions. Mike Payne On 07/12/2015 17:24, Paul Trusten wrote: Dear Mr. Chen Weihua, Thank you very much for discussing world demand for U.S. metrication in your article today (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2015-12/07/content_22646089.htm

[USMA:54873] UTS Threaded bolts

Now that I'm fixing more things, I've just came across something else that is basically metric with non metric components, in this case a Husqvarna Chainsaw developed in Sweden and I'm sure 100% metric, but for which the carburettor is made by Walbro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walbro in the

[USMA:54866] Re: Discussion with Dyson regarding a fan/heater unit I bought at Costco

This would really annoy me. You can return it as faulty and get one in Canada. Or maybe Dyson will swap it for a Canadian one? Mike Payne lieu dit Gasquet 82400 Montjoi France On 05/10/2015 00:59, Carleton MacDonald wrote: The device is both a heater and a fan. You set the temperature you wa

[USMA:54862] BBC Style guid

Came across this document (attached hopefully) after writing to Allrecipies UK who said they use the BBC style guide and it recommends never putting a space between the number and the symbol. http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism/article/art20130702112133541 This is a terrible piece of work,

[USMA:54855] RE: Abbreviation for Degrees Celsius

Hold down the ALT key and type 0176 will get you the degree symbol on a Microsoft computer, on an apple it's Opt k Mike Payne lieu dit Gasquet 82400 Montjoi France On 10/09/2015 00:02, Martin Vlietstra wrote: Hi Martin, Character 176 (decimal) or 00B0 (hex) gives the symbol "°". How you get

[USMA:54849] Re: Feedback Concern: Coffee and Tea questions

I have to agree with John Steel, my percolator holds 12 or 15 cups according to the label (1,2 litres) which would require 24 or 30 scoops of coffee. I normally use 2 scoops. these Pete's coffee directions are I think for an espresso machine. Mike Payne lieu dit Gasquet 82400 Montjoi France O

[USMA:54835] John Deere parts

Yesterday my local John Deere dealer was good enough to come around and give me 2 drain plugs for my John Deere tractor that the dealer rounded the corners on. These drain plugs take a 1/4 inch hex key. I checked the threads and they are 14 mm diameter by 1,50 mm thread pitch. A metric thread

[USMA:54820] Re: [Rep: Al Lawrence] U.S. Is Metricating Faster than We Think

I've recently run into a few problems with John Deere and Briggs & Stratton. I have a new (2014) supposedly all metric Deere tractor, it turn out the oil drain plug on the front axle is a 1/4 inch Allen (hex) key. It took me quite a while to figure this out, and appears the John Deere dealer h

[USMA:54811] AP mistakes

http://news.yahoo.com/sheriff-french-pair-died-us-desert-likely-saved-235924719.html# A tragic event, but what really caught my attention was the stupidity of the conversions, 20 ounce (566 gram) bottle of water and mile and a half (1200 meters). -- Mike Payne

[USMA:54753] Re: New "Metric Moments" page

I'm sure I've seen 1 mm lead pencil sizes in the US. Mike Payne lieu dit Gasquet 82400 Montjoi France On 11/06/2015 17:40, James wrote: Please review and comment on the attached revision to my "Metric Moments" page. Jim

[USMA:54706] Amazon.fr

Another product on the French website sold by the Ounce. They must be copying the US website with everything in French. Really amazing! http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_fr_FR=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=lubriderm+spf+15&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alubride

[USMA:54704] Re: Unit pricing by oz in Europe

.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of > Michael Payne > Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2015 12:30 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:54703] Re: Unit pricing by oz in Europe > > Maybe it's taking you to the US site because you are in the U.S. Should >

[USMA:54703] Re: Unit pricing by oz in Europe

publishes SP 1181, does not agree with my characterization. What is your opinion? Eugene Mechtly. On May 8, 2015, at 7:35 AM, Michael Payne wrote: Not sure this is legal, http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_9/279-6721097-2695639?__mk_fr_FR=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-

[USMA:54700] Re: Unit pricing by oz in Europe

Amazon US page. ---- *From:* Michael Payne *To:* U.S. Metric Association *Sent:* Friday, May 8, 2015 8:35 AM *Subject:* [USMA:54698] Unit pricing by oz in Europe Not sure this is legal, http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_9/279-6721097-2695639?__mk_f

[USMA:54698] Unit pricing by oz in Europe

Not sure this is legal, http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_9/279-6721097-2695639?__mk_fr_FR=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Dbeauty&field-keywords=jo%20malone&sprefix=jo+malone%2Caps%2C177 Seems Amazon France is pricing perfume by the oz when it's listed in ml. let me kno

[USMA:54695] Re: FW: Consumer Reports Article on Unit Pricing

It seems to me that unit pricing of batteries per battery and per 100 is simply a matter of moving the decimal point 2 places. Nothing simpler. As for per quart and per pint, I'm sure most people have no clue how many pints in a quart or quarts in a pint. My wife being one of them! I think the

[USMA:54682] Re: Troubling agreement

.ca > <http://www.cbc.ca/player/AudioMobile/As%20It%20Happens/ID/2662045948/> > Preview by Yahoo > > > > From: Michael Payne > To: U.S. Metric Association > Cc: USMA > Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 4:08 PM > Subject: [USMA:54680] Re: Troubling agreement >

[USMA:54680] Re: Troubling agreement

t; NAFTA and they are arguable more metric than you and speak a foreign language > to boot. > > From: Michael Payne > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 7:55 AM > Subject: [USMA:54678] Re: Troubling agreement > > Here is the broadcast >

[USMA:54678] Re: Troubling agreement

°C or °F as long > as they were equivalent. > > http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/pasteurization > <http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/pasteurization> > From: Michael Payne > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 8:20

[USMA:54675] 100 ML

Even the french (or someone in the web creation department) get it wrong with millilitres and megaliters sybols. http://www.jomalone.fr/product/9526/23540/Fragrances/Colognes/Les-Fruits/Blackberry-Bay/Blackberry-Bay-Cologne#

[USMA:54674] Troubling agreement

I just happened to be listening to the CBC news early this morning was half asleep but paid more attention when I realized they were discussing an apparent agreement for Canada to drop some of it’s metric requirements for trade with the USA (NAFTA?), they talked about pasteurization temperatures

[USMA:54659] Re: Costco UK

if I understand (but I may be wrong since I’m in the States) is > the only legal way to show it in the UK. I wonder how she would have > responded to that. > > Howard R. Ressel > Project Design Engineer > > New York State Department of Transportation > > From: owne

[USMA:54658] RE: Costco UK

t;mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu> > [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu <mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu>] On Behalf > Of Michael Payne > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:25 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:54651] Costco UK > >> >>

[USMA:54651] Costco UK

> > > Hi Michael, > > Thank you for your email. > > Each 18oz steak is approximately 510g and so the total weight of this pack is > 2.04kg. > > > Kind regards, > > Maureen > Customer Care Team (UK) > > On 20 March 2015 at 15:31, Michael Pay

[USMA:54650] Costco UK

I just happened to see this on the Costco UK website while checking to see if they had branches elsewhere in Europe. I already sent an email asking for the mass in Grams. > http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/cos_6,cos_6.4,cos_6.4.1/166834 > >

[USMA:54637] Re: Bedlam

I see your letter obviously had the desired effect, the units are now metric first followed by the conversion. Mike Payne > On 12 Mar 2015, at 21:06, James wrote: > > I sent the following mail via an online form page to Purch.com, publishers of > Live Science and kindred "representatives". Of

[USMA:54632] Parker pipes

This American company sells their equipment in France, looking thru their US website I see the pipes (page 8) are nominally inch but exact metric. i.e. the ½ inch is 16,5 mm, the 7/8 inch is 25 mm, etc. Most of the document does not list other SI units, they obviously assume everyone knows what

[USMA:54617] Metric drone legislation

Reading the proposed rules, I see the limits are actually 25 kg and 2 kg for Unmanned air vehicles, aka drones. Figures have been rounded by the media to 55 lbs and 4,4 lbs. Mike > FAA Unveils Long Awaited Small Drone Draft Regulation > The FAA unveiled its highly anticipated proposed regulatio

[USMA:54598] Innumeracy.

Just been watching a program on a UK channel 5 star, about a “bedroom tax”. This was the first time I’d heard of this tax. The guy paying the tax had to measure his room after reading in a British tabloid that any room less than 71 ft2 was not subject to this tax. So he got out his measuring tap

[USMA:54593] Fwd: Inside View -- World's Largest Airplane

This might be of interest because they show (mostly) 100% SI units. Intersting to see the Airspeed is km/h and the vertical speed m/s. Translation is not the best but it’s understandable. I’m sure the Tons mentioned are Tonnes. Mike Payne > http://gelio.livejournal.com/193025.html >

[USMA:54589] Another advantage

I was buying some electrical wire today, over here wire thickness/cross section is measured per square millimetre. I needed 100 m of 10 mm2 cable. One of the specs listed is the mass is 565 kg/km. Very easy to see this is 56,5 kg/100 m or 5,65 kg per 10 m or 56,5 grams per metre! Mike Payne

[USMA:54582] Re: The joy of everything being metric.

ieve that Lowe's does as well. > > Jim > > On 2015-01-15 13:07, Michael Payne wrote: >> I’m going to forward some observations of buying things here in France. >> Such a joy to have everything metric. >> >> Irwin is a US company, but these metric drill

[USMA:54489] Re: Dyson

red to pull a stagecoach normally drawn by 4 (draft) horses. > > From: Michael Payne > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 8:07 AM > Subject: [USMA:54488] Dyson > > I’ve been trying to find the power consumption of the Dyson > DC50http://www.

[USMA:54488] Dyson

I’ve been trying to find the power consumption of the Dyson DC50http://www.dyson.com/shop/productcompare.aspx?ProductSelection=DC50-Animal_DC24-Animal http://www.dyson.com/shop/productcompare.aspx?ProductSelection=DC50-Animal_DC24-Animal> Very poorly edited web site, under “suction Power” you c

[USMA:54457] Re: What to call non SI measures. Legacy Measures

Many of us have for years been calling them WOMBAT, Waste Of Money Brains And Time. But of course the general public is not going to understand this term. So Legacy sounds good. Mike Payne > On 16 Nov 2014, at 09:47, Parker Willey Jr. wrote: > > What to call non SI measures. > > In the Unite

[USMA:54331] Canada's Wonderland

Amazingly Canada’s wonderland has height restrictions in inches only, which I find amazing for a supposedly metric country https://www.canadaswonderland.com/uploads/downloads/2012%20Rider%20Height%20Guide.pdf Mike Payne

[USMA:54299] Fwd: United Customer Care (KMM20818931V71691L0KM)

in getting my conversion chart out, I skip > to the next article. I'm struck by how worthless hemispheres is if you don't > live in the USA. > > Well, not quite the Globe obviously! > > Best Regards, > > Michael Payne > HH 225 438 > > >

[USMA:54300] Re: [USMA:54281] He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole

What I find annoying is people using the term square footage instead of area, “what’s the square footage of your house” instead of “what’s the area of your house”. Also the use of “Horsepower" instead of “Power”. This engine develops plenty of Horsepower instead of this engine develops plenty of

[USMA:54122] RE: Don't be a dunce!

niformity in such matters. I think we would do well > to pick our battles carefully. This battle is akin to Harold insisting that > Americans spell metre instead of meter. > > - Message from Michael Payne - > Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 06:45:05 +0200 > From

[USMA:54120] RE: Don't be a dunce!

I can only speak about the English language Wikipedia. Many English speaking nations use the comma as the decimal, South Africa is one, So do the French and probably most Europeans. It’s a cleaner way of writing and it works for the digits on the right side of the decimal. Claiming Americans li

[USMA:54116] Re: Don't be a dunce!

Sorry the link should be http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec10.html#10.5.3 I wish Wikipedia would use this format. Mike Payne On 14 Jul 2014, at 04:51, cont...@metricpioneer.com wrote: > Harold. Americans use commas or spaces. We love our freedom. > > - Message from Harold_Potsdamer -

[USMA:54115] RE: Don't be a dunce!

Not so. http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec07.html#7.2 Somewhere in there! I had it marked in my copy at home, and I’m not home for a couple of weeks. NIST recommends: 123 456 789.987 654 321 Your present format 123,456,789.987654321 Comma format 123 456 789,987 654 321 Because of differin

[USMA:54094] Re: What Makes You A Patriot?

Bear in mind the founding fathers of the United States did not accept the status quo, and they are all Patriots. There is nothing Patriotic about people who want to lead the country to ruin by refusing to adapt world standards. Mike Payne On 05 Jul 2014, at 13:21, Harold_Potsdamer wrote: > I

[USMA:54090] RE: Metric Size Limits on Airport Security Sign - BBC

I’ve talked to TSA people in the US, the official literature and signs may say 3 oz, but the agents know it as 3.3 fl oz or 100 ml. Ive been told a couple of times that my toothpaste (100 mL) is too large, whereupon I show them the 100 mL and they say OK it’s fine! Note that toothpaste in the U

[USMA:54078] Re: Pressure Unit

Bars and millibars are metric (1 bar or 1000 mb equal one atmosphere. SI changed to Pascal as the unit of pressure, you choose the prefix to suit the value, aircraft use hPa because it’s the same number of digits as millibars, but kPa is fine for most atmospheric pressure, this is what the Canad

[USMA:53974] Re: Rejoining USMA

There is always knowledge to be gained from reading many of these posts, even if you never do so yourself. Mike On 15 Jun 2014, at 12:25, Harold_Potsdamer wrote: > But how many actually post? Why sign up if you have no intention to post? > > Do you drop people off who don’t post a message

[USMA:53952] Re: YOUR LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL REQUEST - LC0044

This reminds me that Tesla’s sent me brochure to my address in Europe that used kilometers instead of kilometres. You can see an example here http://www.teslamotors.com/en_AU/models/specs on the Australian web site. The same with liters, whoever wrote the brochure is obviously in the US and doe

[USMA:53939] Re: Odometer at 2 Mm

ual standard will be? I see Ford also has a > plug in energ-C available on special order here. > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Michael Payne wrote: > I’m sure Tesla is designed in millimetres, I’ve been very interested in this > car, it is too expensive for me as well, hard t

[USMA:53923] Re: Odometer at 2 Mm

> uncertainty as to what the eventual standard will be? I see Ford also has a > plug in energ-C available on special order here. > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Michael Payne wrote: > I’m sure Tesla is designed in millimetres, I’ve been very interested in this > car,

[USMA:53918] Re: Odometer at 2 Mm

I’m sure Tesla is designed in millimetres, I’ve been very interested in this car, it is too expensive for me as well, hard to justify. I’ve had a look at the literature for Tesla in Europe and find that it’s mostly written from a US centric point of view, many of the examples use miles and other

[USMA:53885] Re: Toyota Tacoma

in Fahrenheit. CAn you get temperature displays in Celsius? > > Mark > > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Michael Payne wrote: > Anyone on the USMA list server want to buy a Toyota Tacoma with a km/h > speedometer and odometer? Speedometer installed before delivery

[USMA:53851] Toyota Tacoma

Washington DC area. Michael Payne

[USMA:53792] Foreign Magazines

I’m in South Africa and notice there are foreign versions of popular US magazines that are 100% SI, all published in South Africa. Popular Mechanics has a South African edition which has many of the articles the US version has, except they are all SI. The email address is www.popularmechanics.

[USMA:53767] RE: Links to Mandated Unit Pricing

Observations from Virginia on wine comparisons. Safeway and Giant grocery stores list prices per fluid ounce, Costco by the litre. I’m not sure about Total Beverage, a large wine and beer retailer, but I suspect it is also price per litre. Many times i’ve seen the same item with either cents pe

[USMA:53738] Re: Fuel by Volume in China

:30, mechtly, eugene a wrote: > At what pressure and temperature, Mike? > EAM > > On Apr 18, 2014, at 8:42 AM, Michael Payne wrote: > >> This is the pump for compressed natural gas, not sure which type but most >> taxi’s in China run on the stuff which is sold by t

[USMA:53722] UV Light

In interesting error at https://rainwatercollection.com/store/index.php?searchkey=uvlights We have been using the Atlantic brand lamps for years because they're reliable and easy to maintain. (The Sanitron model allows the fragile quartz sleeve to be cleaned in place.) The bulbs use a constant

[USMA:53708] Re: Starbucks in Asia

and standards when doing business in such countries? > > John F-L > > From: Michael Payne > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 1:17 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:53705] Starbucks in Asia > > I found the following signboard menu at Starbucks in b

[USMA:53553] Re: [USMA:53552] RE: First order, first flight (1970-1972) | Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer

I agree, I’ve dealt a lot with Dassault Aviation, another French aviation company and seen many of their engineering drawings which are 100% metric, they do add inches in Maintenance Manuals for American maintenance people. I noticed our maintenance engineer would more easily deal with only the

[USMA:53536] Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/26/1272642/-TransCanada-Pipeline-Explodes-Leaving-4-000-Heatless-in-Sub-Zero-Temps?detail=email Quoted a Canadian who used metres and Celsius with out any conversion. Mike Payne

[USMA:53526] Re: Aerospace Nondestructive Testing (NDT)

weather reports were metric, and they even > pronounced kilometer correctly. A bit of hope for a metric advocate since all > of that happened in my lifetime. > > Mark > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Michael Payne wrote: > Popular Science in the US used to be entirely

[USMA:53511] Re: New product problem

The price per ounce? The fact that it’s ounce and not fl.oz? On 22 Jan 2014, at 12:13, Ressel, Howard R (DOT) wrote: > Hmm see the problem here….. > > Celsius Sparkling Orange, 12-Ounce Cans (Pack of 24) by Celsius Inc. > > > Howard Ressel > Project Design Engineer > NYSDOT > 1530 Jeffer

[USMA:53508] Popular Science

Popular Science in the US used to be entirely non metric, but looking at it today every article I’ve clicked on has been 100% metric. http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-09/worlds-tallest-skyscrapers-have-insane-amount-unoccupied-space?src=related&con=outbrain&obref=obinsite The above

[USMA:53377] Re: Dubai supermarket scales to use metric system | GulfNews.com

I remember being in the Dubai Gold Souk about 5 or so years ago and all gold jewellery was weighed and priced by the gram. The price of gold was posted as xx$/g and xx Dirham/gram. I owned until recently, a 100 g gold bar I bought in 1982 in Abu Dhabi. No ounces in sight then and obviously non

[USMA:53367] Fuel prices worldwide

http://www.aa.co.za/content/World%20Wide%20Fuel%20List.pdf Interesting chart from the Automobile Association in South Africa which shows fuel prices worldwide, the local currency and the unit fuel is sold in. Interesting that fuel in some Central American countries and Peru is in US Gallons, sp

[USMA:53312] Re: 330 mL cans

330 mL and 250 mL are the standard sizes for canned drinks in the EU. In the grocery store in France these days it's difficult to find beer for sale in cans larger than 250 mL which is way to small for my thirst. Mike Payne On 07/10/2013, at 24:15 , Harry Wyeth wrote: > Sanpellegrino makes

[USMA:53289] Who said Myanmar was not metric!

http://www.ford-myanmar.com/pickups/all-new-ranger/specifications/#!specifications-options It appears advertisements for Ford in Myanmar are totally metric. Mike Payne

[USMA:53266] STRUCK - MAGNATRAC RS1000 sales information and pricing

n and pricing > > I need some technical specifications that include SI measurement, none of the > listed material below has any! Do you have any brochures that include SI? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units > > Michael Payne > > > > On 9/

[USMA:53170] Post office Metric

I went to www.usps.com today to find the cost to mail a letter. I see there is now an option to Enter weight as "Metric". I and others have written suggesting such, obviously someone listened. Great News. Mike Payne

[USMA:53079] Re: Fwd: Hansgrohe US: General Questions ( 07/08/2013 09:09:04 AM)

not > exist. > > http://www.hansgrohe-usa.com/assets/us--en/iBox_brochure_2013_c.pdf > > [USMA:53072] Fwd: Hansgrohe US: General Questions ( 07/08/2013 09:09:04 AM) > > Michael Payne Sat, 13 Jul 2013 06:08:59 -0700 > > This is a German company, yet all their docume

[USMA:53078] Re: Nails

can look up > the model and see if the advertisement or technical data describes the nail > as 75 x 3 or 76 x 3.05. Is it possible for you or him to measure one of th > nails? You should be able to see if it is 75 or 76 mm. > > > > [USMA:53069] Nails >

[USMA:53077] Fluke

Interesting video showing a Fluke infrared thermometer, interestingly it's all in Celsius with an American accent doing the talking. It was a click thru add on my local Wunderground.com weather. Mike > > http://www.fluke.com/fluke/usen/WheretoBuy/promotions/promo-temp/vt02-experience?gclid=CPnE

[USMA:53072] Fwd: Hansgrohe US: General Questions ( 07/08/2013 09:09:04 AM)

US uses millimetres and we need to change all the documents. Michael Payne, This is Brandon Blake from Hansgrohe Customer Service. In the US we use the standard measurements for all Hansgrohe USA products. You can

[USMA:53069] Nails

A friend of mine has a nail gun (for construction). In the US these nails are labelled as 3"x 0,120" (76 x 3,05 mm). He just bought the same nail for the nail gun in the UK packaged as 75 x 3 mm. This just shows how items are rounded to the nearest inch and then converted to some odd metric numb

[USMA:53068] Re: FAA must Metricate

and issues involved, consider > the simple and small Kollsman window on ALL barometric altimeters is > thousands of airplanes. These are and have been for many years in inches of > mercury. How do you deal with this in a clean and straightforward way? > > M moon > > > -- Ori

[USMA:53065] Re: FAA must Metricate

ury. How do you deal with this in a clean and straightforward way? > > M moon > > > -- Original Message -- > Received: 11:29 AM PDT, 07/10/2013 > From: Michael Payne > To: "U.S. Metric Association" > Subject: [USMA:53059] Re: FAA must Metricate >

[USMA:53062] Re: FAA must Metricate

I think the reason for doing it like they did in Russia and the CIS is that feet is an even thousand flight level, and it lines up with the rest of the planet. if it were metres it would be every 300 metres which is not a convenient number. Maybe one day when the vertical separation can become 2

[USMA:53061] Re: FAA must Metricate

ou deal with this in a clean and straightforward way? > > M moon > > > -- Original Message -- > Received: 11:29 AM PDT, 07/10/2013 > From: Michael Payne > To: "U.S. Metric Association" > Subject: [USMA:53059] Re: FAA must Metricate > > &

[USMA:53059] Re: FAA must Metricate

With the prevalence of "glass" cockpits nowadays and the related software it's just a case of pushing a button to display metres or feet on the altimeters and altitude pre select window. All aircraft older than about 1996 probably don't have this feature, note there are a lot of airlines still u

[USMA:53050] Re: FAA must Metricate

I think it's got more to do with culture than measurement. these guys were just not paying attention and the Korean (and Japanese) culture don't like to embarrass people by point out their errors, despite the fact it may kill you. There was a great article about 25 years ago on why some countrie

[USMA:53022] Re: CNN metric?

CNN seems to have dual broadcasts centers, I sometimes (rarely) watch CNN in the US and find it all non metric. However, when elsewhere on the planet the broadcasts seem to be metric or dual, CNN is one network where the temperatures on their world weather seem to be dual Fahrenheit and Celsius

[USMA:53021] Re: CNN metric?

CNN seems to have dual broadcasts centers, I sometimes (rarely) watch CNN in the US and find it all non metric. However, when elsewhere on the planet the broadcasts seem to be metric or dual, CNN is one network where the temperatures on their world weather seem to be dual Fahrenheit and Celsius

[USMA:52962] Re: Practical Letter to Congressman

If you ever go into a restaurant and see a glass of wine serving listed by the fluid ounce, be sure and ask the server how many millilitres the serving is? If they don't know ask how many fluid ounces in a bottle of wine so you can figure it out for yourself. I'm surprised by how often I see th

[USMA:52940] Journalists may be innumerate, but are they the only ones who are?

My job and life get in the way of mailing this letter to various media. I did however email United Airlines Hemispheres magazine who previously included SI but now use only US Customary, I also copied United Airlines. I never heard back from the Hemisphere editors but did get a phone call yester

[USMA:52892] Great all metric article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_European_floods For anyone familiar with the metric system, you'll note that the "litres/square metre are the same as rainfall in millimetres. 250 l/m2 is 250 mm of rainfall in the same period. Mike Payne

[USMA:52742] Re: The law and the metric system

One of the best written laws out there, short, easy to read and unambiguous. My favourite law! Mike On 05/05/2013, at 03:23 , "Parker Willey Jr." wrote: > Hi: > > I came across this while searching the internet. > > http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/204 > > This seems to be the la

[USMA:52732] Re: New tractor

If I'm not mistaken, Massey-Ferguson is a British Company. I see quite a bit of their farm equipment in France. Mike Payne On 30/04/2013, at 11:53 , James Frysinger wrote: > I upgraded to a larger tractor yesterday. I traded in my Massey-Ferguson 1540 > for a MF 1643. So, like a good farmer

[USMA:52724] Fwd: Grasshopper Ask a Tech: Michael Payne - Potomac Falls, VA

gards, > > Ray Garvey > Marketing Division > > The Grasshopper Company > One Grasshopper Trail, Box 637 > Moundridge, KS 67107 > P: 620-345-8621 F: 620-345-2301 > > www.grasshoppermower.com > Calculate fuel savings at: www.grasshopperfuelsavings.com > >

[USMA:52723] RE: Why the Inconsistency?

Vanished before I could write anything. I find this to be too true and agree entirely. Mike Payne On 29/04/2013, at 10:25 , Brian White wrote: > I'd say one of America's biggest problems with metric conversion is the > idiotic AP. If they'd just let metric through the news, we'd start makin

[USMA:52722] RE: Why the Inconsistency?

too On 29/04/2013, at 10:25 , Brian White wrote: > I'd say one of America's biggest problems with metric conversion is the > idiotic AP. If they'd just let metric through the news, we'd start making > some progress. > From: c...@traditio.com > Sent: 2013-04-26 11:48 > To: U.S. Metric Associa

[USMA:52712] Re: Letters to Media

My intention is to say: see all the people using metric, why not include it in your content? I personally think Americans buy two sets of tools because they thing (erroneously) that GM, Ford and Chrysler and every other US company is NOT metric, so they need two sets. Mike Payne On 27/04/2013,

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