[USMA 302] NASA report from 1976 into Britain's failure to complete its metrication

ave_both_the/ <https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/50fr66/imperial_or_metric_why_cant_we_have_both_the/> Best wishes from sunny Australia, Peter Goodyear p...@alphalink.com.au PS: It used to cost $3.50. Now it’s free. ___ USMA

[USMA 218] Re: From Queen Elizabeth

In Australia we also drive on the wrong side of the road in cars with manual gearboxes and negotiate roundabouts clockwise in speeds measured in kilometres per hour. It’s a miracle we’re not all dead from traffic accidents. It’s going to be a cold 10ºC today in Melbourne Best wishes, Peter

[USMA 201] US Government spends $188 000 on "wasteful" study of Americans attitude to metric system

Hi, everyone, From the La Grange Daily News , (in Georgia,) a columnist writing on wasteful spending by the US Government quotes ten examples listed by the Federal Spending Oversight Subco

[USMA 199] Re: That's a pizza!

The aerial photo of the pizza showing its length is amazing. As we say in Australia: Have a good week-end! Best wishes, Peter Goodyear > On 20 May 2016, at 16:44, Martin Vlietstra wrote: > > A picture of the pizza is at > http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/cronaca/photogallery/2016/05

[USMA 196] Friday, 2016-05-20 is World Metrology Day

Hi, everyone, Friday, 2016-05-20 is World Metrology Day and this year the theme is ‘Measurements in a Dynamic World’. There is an official website co-sponsored by the BIPM and the International Organisation for Legal Metrology. They have a poster

[USMA 180] Metric road signs in Northern Ireland?

laws? This has been posted on Reddit’s metric forum. Comments will be here. <https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/4g1nql/progress_at_last_on_vehicle_dimension_signs/> *Irish Nationalist Party annual conference Regards, Peter Goodyear Melbourne, Australia_

[USMA 154] Re: A compromise between SI and USC? – A modest proposal

Terror. I’d like to say “Thank you!" to all my correspondents. If you enjoyed reading my modest proposal as much as I enjoyed writing it, then we’ve all had a bloody good waste of time! ;-) Best wishes, Peter Goodyear p...@alphalink.com.au <mailto:p...@alphalink.com.au> > On 3 Apr

[USMA 148] A compromise between SI and USC? – A modest proposal

and Measures ‡ BIPM - International Bureau of Weights and Measures Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimetre-gram_second_system_of_units <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimetre-gram_second_system_of_units> Best wishes from sunny Australia, Peter Goodyear p...@alphalink.com.au <

[USMA 145] Re: A Positive Attitude about the Metric System

Hi, everyone, From reading her other blog entries, the lady is from Colorado State University, and is studying at Macquarie University in Sydney. She hasn’t mentioned what her subject is, but I’m assuming it’s not science or she would be familiar with the metric system. The original article is

[USMA 124] American Pharmacists Association adopts metric-only policy for labelling oral medications

ents/4av3dk/american_pharmacists_association_adopts_policy_to/ <https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/4av3dk/american_pharmacists_association_adopts_policy_to/> Regards, Peter Goodyear p...@alphalink.com.au ___ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colo

[USMA 106] Metric and mathematical crossword

t; It looks like it could be a useful classroom resource. Note that Indian English is not the same as American English. If you get stuck I’ll publish the solution. Best wishes, Peter Goodyear Mobile: +61 4 1164 6396 Home: +61 3 9036 1439 e-mail: p...@alph

[USMA 35] Running Backwards

Hi, everyone, The mile might return to college track and field sports: http://www.flotrack.org/article/38609-breaking-mile-voted-to-replace-1500-at-ncaa-outdoor-championships If you are to

[USMA] Article in US edition of China Daily: "US drags its feet on metric system"

ght is 6,913 miles, instead of 11,125 km.” Best wishes from a metric Australia, where tomorrow’s temperature in Melbourne will be 33ºC. Peter Goodyear ___ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma

[USMA:54826] Re: [Rep: Al Lawrence] U.S. Is Metricating Faster than We Think

get them to buy more of the product than they need, or are used to buying. Best wishes from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It’s a cool wintry 12ºC, and sunny today. Peter Goodyear

[USMA:54777] International Coverage in Metric

pvotes from readers and two downvotes, so this could show a modest amount of support for metric units. I’m happy to hear that the Golf Channel is setting an example by accepting metric units and I hope this practice spreads to the rest of the US media. Regards, Peter Goodyear