CBS News hosted a Facebook discussion with Dr. Jim Green, Director of
Planetary Science for NASA. After seeing today's announcements, including
a detailed picture of Pluto with only a mile scale marker on it, with
lavish descriptions of 11,000-foot ice mountains, I just had to ask my
obvious
An oopsie from Sears. This Kenmore grill thermometer is Celsius only.
Enjoy the angry comments in the reviews section:
http://www.sears.com/kenmore-grill-thermometer-and-timer/p-07115272000P
And Amazon is merciless:
Once in a while, I brew my own beer. Supplies and ingredients are
typically in USC only. Yesterday I visited a local supply store and
browsed their selection of books on homebrewing. It was a pleasant
surprise to discover that each book without exception had rational metric
equivalents
CNN almost gets it right. 12 clock towers are profiled, heights are given
in meters first, with feet in parentheses. Only the first clock makes an
additional mention of a 37-foot statue without a metric equivalent.
Otherwise, a job well done.
You can always count on metric in Scientific American, right?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-earth-s-life-unique-in-the-universe/?nocache=1#postcomment
So wrong. Not only is the article illustration ridiculous, so is the
measurement in the article.
This is from a very funny British TV series called Peep Show. The
conversation takes place between the two main characters, Mark (the smart
one) and Jeremy (much less smart). There is some profanity, so watch your
ears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCwqtjIVUf8
Yes, those are degrees Celsius
With the recent outcry over the mess at the VA hospitals along with a push
for reform, I was reminded of the several times I rotated through our
local VA hospital. Overall I had a very positive impression, the staff was
great, and the operating rooms were a pleasure to work at as far as
John/Daniel/Kilopascal/Harold,
She's mocking people who don't want to use the metric system. It's pretty
funny. Learn to laugh.
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Harold_Potsdamer harold_potsda...@cox.net
wrote:
I wasn’t trying to imply she isn’t funny. I’ve seen her in some movies
and
) 931.657.3108
On 2014-06-23 19:51, Remek Kocz wrote:
Some of you here might find this mildly amusing, but most will probably
groan. I know I do. In medicine, some doctors like to pronounce the
word centimeter as sont-o-meter or sonometer if spoken quickly.
Why? Probably because it sounds
Some of you here might find this mildly amusing, but most will probably
groan. I know I do. In medicine, some doctors like to pronounce the word
centimeter as sont-o-meter or sonometer if spoken quickly. Why?
Probably because it sounds French and it gives an impression of using a
specialized or
In medicine, in general, the higher the safety margin required, the more
stringently metric is used. While adult medications are typically not
administered on per weight basis, those given to children are. Children's
hospitals will likely be the most metric medical institutions. Kilograms
rule
CNN International has a weekly show on architectural design called One
Square Meter. The specific description and link are below:
One Square Meter explores the leading architectural designs, city plans
and demand for property investment in emerging markets. Join CNN's John
Defterios as he visits
I'm sure many here remember Carl Sagan's Cosmos from a few decades ago.
The series used metric almost exclusively, yet it was incredibly well
received. Of course it was made around the time when the US was still
seriously considering the transition.
Fast forward to 2014, and Neil deGrasse Tyson
You want them to show the insane fractions versus a nice whole number of
millimeters. That's exactly what USC is like.
On Feb 10, 2014 12:21 PM, carlet...@comcast.net wrote:
And of course they had to use those stupid fractions rather than show the
inches decimally.
Carleton
Notice that none of the blog comments are of the I don't wanna! type that
we usually see in the US when metric is brought up. People just assume
that the changeover is inevitable, mandated by law, and they'll have to get
used to it. We have a completely different attitude here, hence the
problem
Gumball 3000 is a road rally that is winding its way through Europe
currently. Because of its British in origin (although started in 1999),
the number 3000 refers to the number of miles in the event. Ironically, if
you look at its map, this year all of it takes place outside the UK.
Well, well, we keep hearing about the US-Burma-Liberia club. Never knew
that Panama was part of it. The good news is that it's coming to an end.
And with Burma (Myanmar) opening up, there may just be two members left.
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Kilopascal kilopas...@cox.net wrote:
**
Apparently there were efforts to harmonize the lab values used in the US
labs with those used by the rest of the world. Never worked out. In
medical school, during the first two didactic years, both the US and SI
are still taught, but once medical students enter their clinical years,
everything
...@colostate.edu] *On
Behalf Of *Remek Kocz
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:35 PM
*To:* U.S. Metric Association
*Subject:* [USMA:52769] Completely metric movie trailer.
** **
Trailer for After Earth, a sci-fi movie coming out soon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5oyX2bVvEw
It's
Trailer for After Earth, a sci-fi movie coming out soon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5oyX2bVvEw
It's a rare thing for a movie to contain metric, even rarer for a preview.
This one's real.
BBC has an occasional news segment entitled News 2050. This one caught my
eye, as the headline was metric:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130327-news-2050-1m-tower-opens
Indeed, they do a nice job with the 10,000 meter height, no feet
equivalents and an appropriate comparison to Mt.
Let's hope not. I remember hearing comedian Lisa Lampanelli's routine,
where a brief mention of the metric system was very positive. It was in
the context of what Canada got right and what we did not.
Remek
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Kilopascal kilopas...@cox.net wrote:
**
I just hope
Most things are individually packed and labeled (ie, syringes, needles, IV
tubing, scalpels, etc.), but I'm sure they come from a wholesale supply
chain. Each product type has at least a couple of manufacturers. Some do
better job than others in terms of including metric.
Remek
On Fri, Apr 5,
Yes, I think it's only Australia and a few other countries that use the kPa
for blood pressures. Funny enough, there is a mm Hg/kPa converter out
there that assumes kPa are used in Europe for this purpose:
http://www.etoolsage.com/Converter/Blood_Pressure_Conversion.asp
Remek
On Sat, Apr 6,
You mean The Best Use of the Metric System award? This is the reason why
I'm not a huge fan of tying metric exclusively to science. It takes metric
out of the domain of the everyday Joe, making it appear as something for
specialists only. Case in point here. The award, as bizarre as it is, in
This news falls most likely into the bad news category, but our metric
system petition to the White House made the Time magazine. I'm looking at
the print edition right now and it is listed in a ticker at the foot of the
page among other petitions, most of which fall shy of being ridiculous. I
I'd love to agree, but as a subscriber to Time magazine, I've noticed a
steady decrease in the metric content of the magazine, with the most recent
issues being completely devoid of any parenthetical metric that I was
accustomed to. Scientific articles, ironically enough, have usually been
Something like 18-20 years ago, I remember reading a Detroit News article
about several southern states attempting to do something similar, but as a
group. The article highlighted the fact that their plan was to metricate
the roads fuel, although the overall tone seemed to imply that there was
I dunno. Maybe as part of secession, Texas would have adopted the metric
system :)
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Paul Trusten trus...@grandecom.net wrote:
The White House just rejected a We The People Texas secession petition,
responding to the 25,000 action threshold.
Good--so I can
How about just redefining the British pint as 600 mL?
Humorous metric t-shirt at Bad Idea T-Shirts:
http://www.badideatshirts.com/FIND-X-T-SHIRTWHITE-INK-P765.aspx
Remek
The sad part is, that the NFL is attempting to export the game to Europe,
at least, in yards only.
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Kilopascal kilopas...@cox.net wrote:
**
I wonder how many people realize that there actually was a metric American
Football game in 1977.
This has been a bit of a trend for at least a year now. This is reflected
in some baking-related websites that are US-based.
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.comwrote:
Noticed a couple of recipes in the NYT lately that have metric units,
grams in this case as
in the report is metric with imperial in parentheses after, but
look at the video – all metric.
John F-L
*From:* Remek Kocz rek...@gmail.com
*Sent:* Monday, March 26, 2012 3:16 AM
*To:* U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
*Subject:* [USMA:51563] James Cameron making news
I've gotten my dual system 8 m/26' (labeled in that order) Stanley tape
from Home Depot a few years ago. I think they still sell them. Sturdy
yellow-black plastic case.
Remek
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Pierre Abbat p...@phma.optus.nu wrote:
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 14:52:28 Michael
Might as well have been my Dad. He's a retired contractor, and he often
complained about having to use inches. :)
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.comwrote:
I had a contractor who was from Poland, he was ecstatic when I told him I
preferred metric because he
and found some recipes and none I saw were in metric at all. Can
you provide a couple of links?
Thanks
[USMA:51397] New York Times: Dining Wine section.
Remek Kocz
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:21:17 -0800
Has anyone noticed that the NYT's Dining Wine section on Wednesdays
actually carries some
Has anyone noticed that the NYT's Dining Wine section on Wednesdays
actually carries some recipes that use grams? I'm not a regular reader,
but I glanced at this week's section and this was the second time that I
noticed this. It seems that baking-related recipes get this treatment. I
also
Pick up the November 28th issue of Time Magazine, open at page 58 and
continue through 82. Watch your jaw drop as you turn the pages.
This is the invention issue, and this year, Time decided to spotlight the
hot inventions based on their size. Every single one in metric, starting
from
Thanks Mike, just checked, and they have indeed fixed it.
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Michael GLASS m.gl...@optusnet.com.auwrote:
Dear all,
I wrote to Peakbaggers and pointed out the anomaly in defaulting to feet.
I'm pleased to report that I received an email saying that the problem of
Great 2 paragraphs. But in your third, you're muddying the message we're
trying
to get out to AP. Let's get them to use the unit symbols correctly first
instead of
worrying about using megameters instead of kilometers. Not even in fully
metric
countries are megameters used, and asking any US
Among mountain climbers, The Eight-Thousanders are the 14 mountain peaks
above 8000 meters. Peakbagger.com purports to serve the climber community,
and here is how they deal with The Eight-Thousanders:
http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=200
Definitely not the way to go about it. Oddly
Bruce,
The font on my browser barely makes that naked decimal visible. Another
case for placing a zero before the decimal. For a minute it looked like 6.4
billion SI users vs 3 billion US users.
There are 6.4 billion SI users vs .3 billion American Imperial users.
Nice instructible, BTW.
On
But the discussion is encouraging--most people seem to be in favor of
metric.
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.comwrote:
http://community.cartalk.com/discussion/2279192/is-the-whole-world-metric/p1
Still lots of confusion out there!
Mike Payne
I remember being pleasantly surprised when visiting Chicago a couple of
years ago when a guide on our river tour consistently followed up building
heights in feet with heights in meters. But this official city of Chicago
webpage is even more surprising:
Hehe, at this stage of my training, I really get that 40 mg Ativan mistake.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Paul Trusten trus...@grandecom.netwrote:
**
Howard et al., I fear that the movie makers use the metric system, not
to support metrication, but rather to play into the prejudices of
Whoops, looks like the membership in the non-metric club is shrinking.
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Kilopascal kilopas...@cox.net wrote:
**
Burma moves to adopt the kilogram as the basic unit for commodities trade.
http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/business/584/biz58401.html
Ditch the
I always wondered if aircraft mechanics across the world had a dual set of
tools to accommodate the US-made planes. I guess just as much as the feet
and miles were forced on the world, so were the USC fasteners. Too bad.
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Kilopascal kilopas...@cox.net wrote:
Stopped by Walmart today and in one of the isles there was a stack of water
bottles. They were Sam's brand 24 packs boldly proclaiming that the whole
pack has 74 oz more water than the regular size. They were of course the
20 oz bottles. If this doesn't spell the death of the 0.5 L bottle, I
So sorry to hear about Pat's death. He was a great advocate for the metric
system and we will miss him greatly. Like some of you here, I did have a
chance to meet Pat a few years back. He gave a talk at The University of
Toronto, and I chatted with him afterwards. His energy and his enthusiasm
CNN website, Eatocracy, doesn't shy away from the metric equivalents in this
creme brulee recipe:
http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/07/14/cracked-a-creme-brulee-tutorial/?hpt=ea_c1
It's nice to see the use of grams on occasions in US-based recipe sites.
Remek
A few decades ago, metric would have been sanitized out of any recipe like
that. Wouldn't have mattered if it's about a signature French dessert. I
think it's a sign among a few others, that metric is becoming more
acceptable to Americans even in the daily activities such as cooking. One
other
Might want to hold off on that thank-you note. A few years ago I sent
Bolthouse Farms an email thanking them for choosing to market their products
in even-sized metric bottles (1L). They recently shrank their liters to
quarts retaining the same price. Too bad.
Remek
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at
Smartplanet.com has a good mix of tech/science/medicine news. However, this
particular article (linked below) was disappointing. It referred to 0.1
ounces of saliva as being a very small amount useful for forensic
investigation technique. I voiced my displeasure in the comments, but all
that
Speaking of paint, does anyone on the site know how the painters calculate
how much paint they need? I remember asking a handyman once about this, but
he gauged his paint at some fixed amount per room (gallon per room?).
Remek
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Michael Payne
Haven't seen those in NY state yet, but that's still small consolation in
light of the fact that the beverage industry has standardized around the 20
oz bottle as the most convenient size.
BTW, an interesting bit of trivia I picked up at the dentist: Americans
drink 56 gallons of soft drinks per
it. The author needs to
be informed that only a small minority refuses to change. Unless the author
is trying to imply that only Americans and what Americans do matters.
It is also an error that the US uses imperial.
[USMA:50481] Cracked magazine's top five list of bad habits.
Remek Kocz
Cracked magazine's online site published a list called 5 Bad Ideas Humanity
is Sticking with out of Habit. Guess what's #1 on the list?
Read more: 5 Bad Ideas Humanity Is Sticking With Out of Habit |
For all people interested in working on the UPLR in New York State, I have
recent news. New York State's Bureau of Weights and Measures has a new
director: Mike Sikula. His email address is mike.sik...@agmkt.state.ny.us.
His phone # is 518-457-3146.
He is away this week, will be back on Monday
John, this was actually a very good article, more about the metric system
than the car. My thank you note is in the mail as well.
Remek
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:16 AM, John M. Steele
jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.netwrote:
I think unit pricing on shelf labels in NY state is the law, so there
obviously was some push for it at some point, suggesting that many consumers
did want something like that or at least a consumer agency thought it would
have been useful. Many people we know compare per unit pricing when
On my recent trip to the western Caribbean, I had a chance to make a few
stops in the region. While the usual suspects like Mexico are unabashedly
metric, places with strong US influence are a mixed bag. The Honduran
island of Roatan is a playground for the rich from the US, and it has a
booming
I find it quite amazing that in their infinite wisdom, Apple markets the
iPhone/iPod with that weather app pictured with a sunny day and 73 degrees
(unidentified, but we know which scale). From a cursory glance at sites
outside the US, it looks like they're marketing it like this to the rest of
Congratulations John.
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 6:37 PM, John M. Steele
jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.netwrote:
I use Williams Mug Shaving Soap. In February of 2009 (see USMA #43258), I
wrote them because they did not dual label their net contents as required by
law. It was labeled 1 3/4 OZ only.
:32 AM, John M. Steele
jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.netwrote:
Try out each conversion, and see which leads to round numbers. To expand
on Jim's factor:
1 ft3/min = 0.471 947 4 L/s = 28.316 84 L/min = 1.699 011 m³/h
--- On *Fri, 3/18/11, Remek Kocz rek...@gmail.com* wrote:
From: Remek Kocz rek
I hate to stir up the spelling discussion again, but sending comments to
NASA using non-US-English spellings of the units makes us look like people
from outside the US having a beef with the agency's presentation. The place
is already intransigent, let's not give them any more ammunition to say
Thanks guys, that's what I was looking for. No need to do all this
research, just curious if anyone knew off the top of their head.
Remek
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:04 PM, John Frewen-Lord j...@frewston.plus.comwrote:
The NBCC is primarily a performance based code, and most HVAC requirements
I'm shopping around for a PC case fan, and I noticed a strange trend in
terms of airflow measurements. Whereas in the past it used to be that the
cubic foot per minute numbers were fairly round and elegant, these days
they've become strange, with up to two figures past the decimal point. I
can
those figures come out
to? Or liters per minute? Use
1 ft3/min = 0.471 947 4 L/s
according to SP 811.
Jim
On 2011-03-17 1550, Remek Kocz wrote:
I'm shopping around for a PC case fan, and I noticed a strange trend in
terms of airflow measurements. Whereas in the past it used
Last week, Fareed Zakaria published an article in the Time magazine arguing
that America is in decline. This was followed up by a well-publicized
special on CNN that explored the topic over 60 minutes' time. Many reasons
for the decline and many more ideas to fix it were given. Reading the
I've seen small screwcap sample vials in a chemistry lab. The box they
shipped in was labeled in drams only. Made in Mexico, oddly enough.
They're only used for sample storage, never for measurement, but the fact
remains that someone decided that drams should stick around. You'll actually
find a
At least CNN does the right thing and keeps it mostly metric on their site.
Still have to deal with kph though.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/china.high.speed.train/index.html?hpt=T2
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:47 PM, carlet...@comcast.net wrote:
Here goes the Associated Press
A while ago someone here mentioned noticing a National Geographic article on
the web using metric. It looks like I have some more good news in that
direction. My kids have started getting an NG Explorer magazine which is
not only using metric, but uses it first with imperial in parentheses.
Yes we did. And we did have to explain that the article comes from The
Onion, a satirical news source. Translation: not real.
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:38 PM, John Frewen-Lord j...@frewston.plus.comwrote:
Didn't we do this some little while ago?
- Original Message -
*From:* Pat
Speaking of marathons, what's more frustrating than the coverage, is the
ubiquitous presence of the 26.2 oval stickers on cars whose owners want to
show off their running prowess. The fact that this goes on, shows the
bizarre mixture of units that the running world puts up with. On one hand
Uh-oh, don't tell the US Postal Service, but one of their lobby posters has
a blatantly metric reference. Check out the link below:
http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/posters/pos37.pdf
You may have to enlarge the pdf file a bit, but take a look at the
thermometer: it's scaled from -20 to 50 degrees,
Exactly. And since when pounds are divided into tenths? What happened to
the ounces? ;)
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:26 PM, m. f. moon jayhawk...@usa.net wrote:
In today's LA Times, the report said that the shipping officials were
checking every package over 1.1 pounds for possible explosives
Similar. They squeeze the quarter-pounder name wherever they can. Maybe in
France it's called the Royale (per Pulp Fiction), but in many countires,
they're pushing some variation of the quarter pounder. Even in the
Spanish-speaking world, they're marketing it as a *Cuarto de Libra. *Check
out
Here's a link to the new Subway commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DU2QaL1O8Q
It's wrong in so many ways. You have three presumably Kenyan marathoners
discussing Jared training for the ING marathon. They mention how he lost
245 pounds and how the nearest Subway is 500 miles away. The
You can do that with feet as well. Here's what you can't:
A miner is trapped 1,200 meters underground. How many kilometers is that?
In metric thinking, this isn't even a math problem--it's just a part of life
in which longitudinal distances can be freely compared to vertical
distances.
John, can you provide us with the link to CNN's correction page? Maybe if a
few of us from this list write in, CNN will notice.
Remek
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:23 AM, John M. Steele
jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.netwrote:
This is confusing. I received an acknowledgement from CNN on km/h vs
kph,
Great stuff. Sally got my vote.
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Paul Trusten trus...@grandecom.netwrote:
USMA member, chemistry teacher, school-wide metricator, and metric cook
extraordinaire Sally Mitchell of Manlius, New York, needs votes to catch the
concscience of Oprah Winfrey for
Yeah, and till this automotive magazines insist on cubic inches as the
real size. Same goes for some hard-core American car aficionados. The
liter is perceived as a consumer term, while the cubic inch is the real
technical term.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:16 PM, john mercer john_mer...@telus.net
Heard about this Taiwanese coffee chain on NPR the other day. They're
called 85C Coffee, the name being derived from 85 degrees Celsius, which is
said to be the ideal brewing temperature for coffee. Making their way into
the US, it looks like they dropped the degree symbol and just settled for
One tends to see the fractional inches in the doctors' offices that don't
use metric for the height or weight. This is very common especially with
pediatrics.
Remek
I think you hit the nail on the head. The way the soft-drink industry is
going, I expect the 2L bottle to be replaced with the more familiar 2 qt.
bottle. I'm already seeing the 1/2 L bottles being phased out in favor of
16 oz.
Remek
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:46 AM, John M. Steele
You mentioned before you're taking college courses. Maybe in your college?
The old-fashioned announcement boards still work in these days of internet.
Perhaps a Facebook page that's specific to your city, so people looking for
local groups can find it.
Remek
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:37 PM,
Hehe, in my Speech 101 my persuasive speech was on the metric system.
That's as good a platform as any to inform people about your intentions.
Remek
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Pierre Abbat p...@phma.optus.nu wrote:
On Saturday 15 May 2010 07:36:41 Remek Kocz wrote:
You mentioned
I've seen these Coke balls around Christmastime labeled as 400 mL. Probably
the only metric product that the soft-drink industry has released since the
1/2 L bottle.
Remek
Given the fact that world allowed the US companies to ram inches down
everyone's throats for diagonal screen measurements, now it will have to put
up with more of the same nonsense. As televisions are becoming thinner and
thinner, worldwide players like Samsung are now advertising the thickness
And Canada and Belize. In Canada, as I've seen it myself, pool temperatures
are in Fahrenheit, and as I've been told, the sacrosanct package of body
dimensions (pounds, feet/inches) includes degrees F for fevers. Belize
apparently still uses F for ambient temps, per Wikipedia.
But it's good to
Which ton is used for the carbon footprint in the US? Short ton or metric
ton? I saw that the recent Car and Driver magazine has been reporting
pounds/mile CO2 emissions figures for the cars they review, so I can only
assume when discussing tons of carbon produced by whatever entities, we're
Bolthouse farms do the same thing with the 450's, but they've gotten rid of
their 1L bottles in favor of the quart. Too bad.
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 4:59 PM, ezra.steinb...@comcast.net wrote:
I just noticed that the approximately pint-sized bottle of Odwalla juices
are listed in first
I only took a quick glance at the book, but I remember there being members
from New Zealand and Japan. There were probably more. It's worth checking
out, I guess.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Stephen Humphreys
barkatf...@hotmail.comwrote:
Do you know what the spread of nationalities
I look at a copy of Krakauer's book, Into Thin Air recently. I'm not
familiar with the story, but it seems it told of a difficult descent from
the summit of Mt. Everest by an international team. All altitudes, at a
glance, were in feet. Question is, are feet used as a standard for such
Then you obviously haven't seen Arrested Development.
Remek
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Stephen Humphreys
barkatf...@hotmail.comwrote:
Just so that you know - the content is blocked for those outside the US.
Which is a shame. Because The Simpsons is - by a huge stretch - the best
US
Nope, once the size of the packet goes past 20-30 g, it's all ounces from
there.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:58 PM, br...@bjwhite.net wrote:
Check out seeds. like for vegetables and the like. American companies
usually, but they are sold in grams...only. No ounces or anything to be
Here's a link to a short film on comparing the sizes of stars. The final
portion relates the length of time it would take to circle the largest known
star in an airplane. All metric.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Qfeature=fvw
Remek
We recently bought a Wii Fit, the fitness game for the Nintendo Wii. You
can plug in your measurements and follow a set of exercise programs. The
measurement system is of course based on your location. USA gets the
imperial system only, but, surprisingly enough, so does Canada. Below is a
link
:* Remek Kocz rek...@gmail.com
*To:* U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
*Cc:* U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
*Sent:* Thursday, 28 January 2010 00:06
*Subject:* [USMA:46494] Wii Fit blunder.
We recently bought a Wii Fit, the fitness game for the Nintendo Wii. You
can plug
1 - 100 of 338 matches
Mail list logo
