And the opposit: Costco has prices per unit(US Customary units), supposedly for
comparison. Sometimes the units used are not exactly the same and it is close
to impossible to compare prices for two similar items.
Natalie
From: Michael Payne
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tuesday,
. and the weather on TV channels should be reported in both, F and C for
the visitors of NY and many immigrants of NY. it would also help USA kids
when they travel abroad
i emailed some weather channels about that some time ago, no changes yet
On Mon, 4/14/14, Martin Vl
"they think I am some type of government agent " - haha, that is true... then
that is why NY State is one of the last ones...
I learned custom units along with English language, and had not even thought
about metric system much until 10 years later when I noticed that US kids don't
even try to
NY should be the very first state in US adopting metric system:
* With a July 2012 population of 8,336,697, New York.
* ..
* Over 3 million of New York City’s residents are foreign-born; over
one-quarter arrived in 2000 or later.
* .
* New York C
from my personal experience, learning us custom after metric is not a problem
at all (but using it is much less convenient than metric system)
what worries me the most is that US custom system doesn't develop a habit and
skill in kids (and adults) to do calculations and scaling in their heads.
The math/science education worries me the most.
Unless metric is the primary measurement reported on packaging, road signs,
weather forecast, etc., it will stay foreign language for the kids. Kids pick
up things very quickly, and no effort will be needed to get them used to metric
system, esp
just added my comment to the article, hopefully it will bend at least one
person's opinion toward metric system
“The USA leads the world in Nobel science awards….more than the rest of ‘the
metric’ world combined. Little Johnny walking a mile to school instead of 1.6
kms matters because of what
] Re: Metric / Imperial / "Standard"
Actually Louis Sokol was right when he called the system we use the junk
system. I use inch-pound system, basically because there is no Empire anymore
and also no customs houses.
Mark
- Original Message -
From: Natalia Permiakova
Date: Wed
i think "US Customary" is better than "Imperial"
so, I like any of the options:
US Customary and Metric
or
US Customary and Standard (too good to be true to see it today on usps.com, in
reverse order - event better)
or
US Customary and The Rest of The World ( ;-) )
_
many grams of various
products in a tea spoon, table spoon, glass), which was quite a pain too.
From: Natalia Permiakova
To: "cont...@metricpioneer.com" ; U.S. Metric
Association
Sent: Monday, August 5, 2013 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [USMA:53137] Re: Measu
On 2013-08-05 12:34, Henschel Mark wrote:
>> I think we should ask NIST to redefine a litre as eight cups. Each one
>> would be slightly bigger than 30 mL, but the math to increase recipe
>> sizes would be a lot easier.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> - Original Message --
Eight 240 mL cups should not be equal to two liters.
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here are some from amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Amico-Yellow-Retractable-Fiberglass-Measure/dp/B009EOO8JW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1374612843&sr=8-4&keywords=metric+tape+15+meter
http://www.amazon.com/Champion-Sports-Closed-Fiberglass-Measuring/dp/B0002C1X0M/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1374613026&sr=
.
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From: Natalia Permiakova
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 10:47 AM
Subject: [USMA:53037] Re: My reply to Mr
sometimes there is no "choice" to use metric. It would be so refreshing to see
g/kg option on USPS website.
Please join my "attack" regarding their "Postage Price Calculator" form:
To: "postalexplo...@usps.gov"
Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 10:44 AM
Subject: Postage Price Calculator
Dear US
I visualize a kilometer as something you can cover by walking during 1/5 of an
hour ~10 min (since 5 km/h is the average walking speed), 100 meters is a
distance we ran in school, which fit on strait side of the school stadium
Natalie
From: Henschel Mark
T
all looks incredibly easy:
Comparison of Area units
Unit
SI
1 ca 1 m2
1 a 100 m2
1 ha 10,000 m2
100 ha 1 km2
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare#Are)
vs.
One acre equals 0.0015625 square miles, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square
feet[1] or about 4,047 square metres (0.405 hectares)
another suggestion -
metric labeling should be required to be the fist one listed (following
optional non-metric units in parentheses). I believe that should help growing
generation to accept metric system, organically complement teaching SI in
elementary school and in science classes, and emp
It seems to be a good time to contact them again thank and praise them. At
least to counterbalance possible negative response from the non-metric viewers.
Natalie
From: "a-bruie...@lycos.com"
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:41 AM
The
metric range is frankly easier to use.
The very odd amount would make me think the recipe was originally metric. and I
would convert it back to metric and roundoff.
From: Natalia Permiakova
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tue, March 26, 2013 11:52:
Absolutely. if someone's height is 1.6 m and the refrigerator specification
says 167 cm height, we think that the refrigerator is 7 cm taller. In fact,
Russian kids and adults have a habit to access quantitatively everything in
their heads, which is extremely easy. My daughter here in US, ev
my suggestion is "decimal system of measurements"
Natalie
From: Paul Trusten
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 11:28 AM
Subject: [USMA:52458] Re: Reuse of Word
You sure have identified a major public relations problem for us Bruce.
power of media at work. amazing, how negative article with a link at the end
creates surges of signatures against it. i guess more people read msn news
than wsj.
Natalie
From: JohnAltounji
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 12:33 A
can and can't do there.
I am giving my presentations in Colorado. Where is the science high school were
the kids had such difficulty?
Helen Bushnell
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012, at 20:44, Natalia Permiakova wrote:
well said, Bridget.
>
>Another reason to move to metric is to be abl
well said, Bridget.
Another reason to move to metric is to be able to use calculators. since
calculators are 10 based, it makes it instant to figure out how many marks on
the ruler 0.27 is. In metric countries a third grader will tell you that right
away, but in US it takes some time for a spe
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