John:
Your recommendation is on target - km/h rather than kph.
It's sad that correct useage is rejected by AP Stylebook editors. The AP
editors are not in the real world.
Keep up the good work!
Regards, Stan
On Oct 24, 2011 12:09 PM, John M. Steele jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net
wrote:
The
John. The example you show below indicates how little thought is given
to setting metric unit sizes and packaging of materials for space saving and
transportation to help reduce costs.
Kirkland was the only example with common sense.
Thanks for raising the issue. You show how far we must
ISA, the lapse rate is fixed under ISA as 1.98 C up to 36090
(11000 m) where it's supposed to be constant. Obviously in the real world it
changes which has an affect on performance.
Mike Payne
On 03/09/2011, at 13:57 , G. Stanley Doore wrote:
The 1013.25 mbar (101.325 kPa) pressure
The 1013.25 mbar (101.325 kPa) pressure for altimeter settings is NOT
arbitrary as Kilopascal Wiki write. The standard altimeter setting for
worldwide altimeter settings was determined from the mean surface pressure
level.
Stan Doore
On Sep 3, 2011 11:36 AM, Michael Payne metricmik...@gmail.com
Your email shows how far behind editorial practices are from the real
world and the International System of Unit (SI) symbols.
The standard International System of Units (SI) symbols should be used
everywhere. No deviations.
This would simplify peoples' lives and understanding so people
km/h should be used at all times since it is already the international
standard in the International System of Units (SI).
It time to begin to use the SI as the standard since the SI is already
the accepted international standard and widely used.
Regards, Stan Doore
On Aug 31, 2011 6:18 AM,
Why not use the pascal instead of millibars? The numbers are the same
although there is a shift in the decimal place.
Regards, Stan Doore
On Aug 25, 2011 2:40 AM, Martin Vlietstra vliets...@btinternet.com
wrote:
Hi John,
The SI Brouchure (8th edition) has a section Non-SI units accepted for
Including metric units in hurriane/tropical storm warnings is natural
and a safety measure, especially for the Carribean. It makes U.S. weather
warnings more universal and understandable since the warnings are also used
heavily outside of the U.S. It avoids misintrepretation.
Good move!
It would have been better to introduce the more practical binary system of
measurement rather the other bases since binary is an integral part of
computers. It would have accomplished the same purpose of learning different
bases. Octal should be included too.
Stan Doore
-
Of
STANLEY DOORE
Sent: 26 April 2010 19:09
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:47284] Re: rant-on-imperial-v-metric
Hi Pat et al,
The hectare is a great, useful and easy to visualize SI unit since it's
100 x 100 m.
In American terms, 100 m is the length of a football
GPS provides very accurate position locations of pressure
observations taken automatically by in-flight commercial aircraft worldwide.
The highly accurate location of these pressures provide a very accurate
analyses from which wind and other forecasts are made.
These observations
It's my understanding that a manufacturing solar panel plant is being built
in Michigan that will manufacture flexible sheets of solar panels using a
printing press method.
This should help to reduce costs dramatically and allow covering roofs of
homes and other buildings to collect
Th best way to convert to metric is to drop all non-metric units on products
except for repair parts which are designed to non-metric specs. People will
learn quickly.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Stephen Humphreys
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Thursday,
All medicines are in metric so why shouldn't liquid measurement devices
be used rather than teaspoons?
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: James R. Frysinger j...@metricmethods.com
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:48 PM
Litres is great and should be used exclusively.
For larger volumes, kilolitre (kL) can be used. A kL is also a cubic
metre. Neat isn't it?
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Martin Vlietstra
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 1:52 PM
Right on Bill and Pat. Let's think metric!
Regards, Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:20 AM
Subject: [USMA:46237] Re: content inch pound meter gram
On 2009/12/02, at 13:40 , Bill
Citrons are OK. However, I'm on my second Toyota Prius. 2010 will be my
next Prius.
My first Prius (2002) which our son has well over 100,000 miles with only
routine maintenance. Our current 2005 Prius has over 60,000 miles and has had
only routine maintenance too. I got 51 miles
paper - 1.4 $/W large nuke,
150 $/W incremental roof top in Austin TX.
My full agreement on nukes, though.
Stan Jakuba
.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:15 PM, STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
Most of the population of the world lives within the tropics where Sun
is most
Most of the population of the world lives within the tropics where Sun is
most abundant. Many people there don't have electricity or they have very
little of it which is very expensive. Thin flexible solar panels on roofs
of buildings can provide comparatively inexpensive energy to
The dimensions of the new Chevrolet Spark small car were given only in
metric units in a recent article in The Washington Times.
The length was given as 3640 mm by 2375 mm wide with 1.0 or 1.2 liter
gasoline engines. Wheel sizes were still in English units - 15 inches.
The Spark
?
If this were not so, deceptive packaging would not work so well.
Jim
STANLEY DOORE wrote:
The Head of a major consumer group in Northern Virginia USA thirty years
ago found that shoppers in grocery stores visually look at the size of
the product first and not the label before purchasing. so
The Head of a major consumer group in Northern Virginia USA thirty years ago
found that shoppers in grocery stores visually look at the size of the product
first and not the label before purchasing. so it has been known for decades
that dual unit labeling is not needed except for perhaps
Stan
The paper to which you refer, (Year of Energy 2009) has some good comments
like nuclear power is required to meet energy requirements for productivity and
continuity purposes; however, it left out a few things. For example:
1. It didn't account for developing technology like
Good work! Congratulations.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Paul Trusten
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 3:51 PM
Subject: [USMA:46033] USMA joins Twitter
I am pleased to announce that the U.S. Metric Assocation has joined Twitter,
Great suggestion Pat.
The 10-10-10 date avoids the date format issue since 10-10-10 is good for
all three formats.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: USMA Metric Association ; Mitchell Sally B
Sent: Monday, October
approach
would allow any game to be metricated, but not until the folks in
charge of
the rules or laws of the game are ready to undertake it.
--- On Mon, 10/12/09, STANLEY DOORE
stan.do...@verizon.net wrote
approach
would allow any game to be metricated, but not until the folks in charge of the
rules or laws of the game are ready to undertake it.
--- On Mon, 10/12/09, STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
Subject: [USMA:46001] Re: FIFA
is specified at 16.5 Meters to accommodate the original
dimension of 18 Yards.
American Football, as Stanley Doore has mentioned does have a real problem
with conversion. The concept of first downs would be altered by a ten-Meters
requirement, and if the fields were enlarged to 100 Meters
important measurements were rounded further. I think a thoughtful approach
would allow any game to be metricated, but not until the folks in charge of the
rules or laws of the game are ready to undertake it.
--- On Mon, 10/12/09, STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote
Congratulations Victor.
The announcement was nice and clean metric.
We need more like it.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Victor Jockin vjoc...@hotmail.com
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 5:08 PM
Subject: [USMA:45969] Metric
Congratulations Pat.
It is my understanding that soccer fields do not have a standard size.
This makes it very easy to use metric dimensions entirely. Great!
Not so with US football fields which have a standard size. Performance
statistics are therefore based on the yard. Stadiums
...@metricationmatters.com or to get the free 'Metrication matters'
newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
On 2009/09/22, at 05:59 , STANLEY DOORE wrote:
The KISS principle should be the basis of converting to/using metric.
A simple poster showing the most used
The KISS principle should be the basis of converting to/using metric.
A simple poster showing the most used units, such as mass (kg) and volume
(L), are most used in grocery stores.
Place posters in grocery stores first. It would get to the most people
very quickly.
However it
orientation that is essentially E-W. At some
future date we or our heirs could mount solar collectors on its southern
face.
Jim
STANLEY DOORE wrote:
Climatology for locating wind turbine systems is well-established and
published.
Similarly, climatology for solar isolation is readily
Climatology for locating wind turbine systems is well-established and
published.
Similarly, climatology for solar isolation is readily available and, it
includes cloud cover as well as for clear skies.
These data should be used in planning and locating energy collection
systems. The
AutoWeekend (Sept 18) uses the SI first when telling about the Smart Fortwo
Edition Highstyle car.
For example it uses 52 kW/71 hp or a 62 kW/84 hp gasoline engine. It
goes on to use only kW as the unit for power in the remainder of the article.
That's progress.
Stan Doore
The 4th Annual Nation's Triathlon will be run in Washington, DC on Sunday,
2009-09-13.
It's metric.
Swim - 1.5 km
Bike - 40 km
Run - 10 km
Regards, Stan Doore
Hi Pat:
An interesting note is that no one can be confused by the three different
date formats used around the world for the specific dates you show.
Regards, Stan doore
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: Mitchell Sally B
Sent:
Dear Metricators:
Use J/km rather than Wh/mi as some news media are beginning to use.
Here's a chance for USMA and others to promote and use of the SI.
What do you think?
Stan Doore
Reporters in the US take all kinds of liberties in reporting and the use of
metric and conversion is not an exception. Moreover, reporters are not very
talented in math so it's an added error factor as you all describe.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: John M. Steele
perfect, we can niggle about
rascally details about preferred prefixes!
Jim
STANLEY DOORE wrote:
If the cm requires a decimal point for more precision beyond 10 cm
length, then mm is more practical and less confusing since it would not
require a decimal point, e.g 19.5 cm = 195 mm. In any case
to another.
How about we concentrate on getting all the folks to use metric units
all the time? Once everyone is thereby near perfect, we can niggle
about rascally details about preferred prefixes!
Jim
STANLEY DOORE wrote:
If the cm requires a decimal point for more precision beyond 10 cm
length
If the cm requires a decimal point for more precision beyond 10 cm
length, then mm is more practical and less confusing since it would not
require a decimal point, e.g 19.5 cm = 195 mm. In any case, mm normally
would be used in most cases for lengths less than 10 cm.
Stan Doore
The rule of 1000 is not at issue here for human height. Ease of use,
application and standardization are.
If the meter is used, a decimal point is needed to provide sufficient
refinement/detail. Use of the millimeter does not require a computation since
no decimal point is required.
, at 8:35 PM, STANLEY DOORE wrote:
Millimeters rather than centimeters or meters should be used for the
default for height. Millimeters has a number of advantages even though
millimeters it may imply more precision. Use of millimeters only for height
avoids complexity and confusion
Millimeters rather than centimeters or meters should be used for the
default for height. Millimeters has a number of advantages even though
millimeters it may imply more precision. Use of millimeters only for height
avoids complexity and confusion.
Meters and centimeters require a
not be used for children 999 mm.
--- On Thu, 7/30/09, STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
Subject: [USMA:45454] Re: Fw: default units for height
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Date
Right on! AFRAID together with rice bowls are the driving forces behind new
ideas.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 8:02 PM
Subject: [USMA:45448] Re: why we have a tough sell on U.S. metrication
For swim meets only, a removable wall for turning/starting is inserted at
25 m in a 50 yard pool which was built in the 1960s. It's a real job but it
works for metric.
Kids ages 7-17 race.
Sorry I neglected to explain this in my previous email.
Stan Doore
- Original Message
Re: [USMA:45399] Spelling metre or meterSpelling is not all that important
if understood in context; however using the meter spelling for a gage and the
metre spelling for length/distance would be a refinement. When the SI symbol m
is used, it's unambiguous.
It's a similar problem as
The Soviet Union use to use metres per second for aircraft speed and for
reporting wind speed. I don't know if this is still the case.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:47 PM
Subject:
Some sports like golf, without fixed playing field dimensions, can easily
use metric units. Football has a fixed dimension filed which would create
havoc with rules and statistic. Baseball on the other hand could keep its
playing field the same but it could convert distances to the fence
Halving is nothing new since it's based on the binary system.
One early king, who had many wives, used the binary system to indicate
which number wife was now queen by showing his fingers on his staff during
court.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
-
From: Bill Hooper
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, 27 June 2009 15:43
Subject: [USMA:45278] Re: Precipitation and water needs
On Jun 27 , at 2:56 AM, STANLEY DOORE wrote:
kL is simpler to use and write.
Kilolitre violates one of the simplifying
Pat et al:
I like the idea of calling a cubic metre a kilolitre (kL) in the
non-scientific public world as Pat mentions. Kilolitre makes sense for every
day use by the public since it doesn't require a superscript.
kL is simpler to use and write.
Stan Doore
- Original Message
Here's an idea to promote metric.
Use 62 mph (100 km/h) in the process of converting to the SI.
People understand 62 mph so why not use it until real conversion takes place.
It would be a subtle way for people to learn metric.
I noticed the use of 62 mph in an add in Roads and
The continued opposition to the metric system of measurement (SI) by the
United States is just another example of the continuing decline of the US.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Carleton MacDonald
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 1:19 PM
Replacing metric signs is completely understandable since it will spend
stimulus funds. The object of stimulus funding is to spend money and
create jobs for any project regardless of productivity or need. A purpose of
stimulus funding is to put the US further into debt. Replacing
The entire US auto industry is and has been metric for more than two
decades. Other industries have converted to metric too so they can export
their products to other countries.
Unfortunately, The Congress and political leaders in the US don't recognize
the importance of what's going
causes confusion.
Jerry
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
To: jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com; U.S. Metric Association
usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:20:43
American English uses to and too for two different meanings. So spellings
of metre and meter, and litre and liter etc.would be consistent with clearly
different meanings and would improve comprehension.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
To: U.S.
Columnist Glynn Moore shows the mentality of news writers. She lacks
complete understanding of the world she lives in.
However, through her access to writing in a newspaper, she is able to
influence the uneducated public. US pre-college students rank 13th out of 15
OCED countries,
16, 2009 12:45 PM
Subject: [USMA:44703] RE: Nothing but Imperial
There is opposition to metric from those in the right who hold a goverment
leave me ALONE (also known as Don't tell me what to do!) attitude, though.
Carleton
- Original Message -
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do
You are mistaken Mr. Humphreys.
Metric is NOT right wing as you say it is. Companies in the US are subtly
converting to the SI because of the SI economic advantage - an advantage to
taxpayers. It is the left who are against standardizing on the SI in the US,
not the right.
Stan
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:33 PM
Subject: [USMA:44561] Re: FPLA 2010
Dear Stan,
In the Australian water supply industry, kilolitres, megalitres, and
gigalitres are commonly used.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia
On 2009/04/10, at 7:40 PM, STANLEY DOORE wrote
: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:39:48 -0400
From: Pierre Abbat p...@phma.optus.nu
Subject: [USMA:44483] Re: FPLA 2010
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
On Wednesday 08 April 2009 08:32:21 STANLEY DOORE wrote:
I disagree with the NIST in the case of kL because L is used widely and
well known
and sorting problems.
Jerry
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From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 7:43:52 AM
Subject: [USMA:44475] Re: ISO date format
to give up?
- Original Message -
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: 09 Apr 10, Friday 05:40
Subject: [USMA:44505] Re: FPLA 2010
I am NOT advocating larger multiple units than the kL (m^3). Larger
multiples than the kL
] Re: FPLA 2010
On Apr 6 , at 8:18 AM, John M. Steele wrote:
I know you love the kiloliter, but I personally find the cubic meter a lot
easier to visual. You know, it's about 1 m x 1 m x 1 m. :)
--- On Mon, 4/6/09, STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
To go along
in date format is a hyphen,
or no separator, so, at best, they are using mutant ISO8601.
--- On Mon, 4/6/09, STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
Subject: [USMA:44434] ISO date format
To: U.S. Metric
and 100 ha, then you think about square kilometers. (Some
relaxation of rules OK in tables to retain same units through a column)
--- On Wed, 4/8/09, STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
Subject: [USMA:44474] Re: FPLA
To go along with putting L (liter) first, I suggest using the kL
(kiloliter) in place of a cubic meter in non-engineering (public) usage. kL
is much easier to use and is more understandable by the public. kL would be
especially useful to describe river and stream flow, lake volume, etc..
On Sunday, a Fox News Channel clip from Prague television showed the date
format of the clip as (.mm.dd) i.e. 2009.04.05
Isn't it interesting that others are moving to the ISO standard date format?
Stan Doore
Unfortunately, the Toyota Prius does not provide the ability to convert
all units to metric.
Stan Doore
.
- Original Message -
From: Norman Nancy Werling nwerl...@bellsouth.net
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:19 PM
Subject:
compliant (although many choose to non-comply).
Z (Zulu) is reserved for UTC time zone, so above could be written
2009-03-12T19:45Z.
--- On Wed, 3/11/09, STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
Subject: [USMA:43715] Date Time
To: U.S. Metric
This morning (2009-03-11 edt) on Fox Friends TV program, they showed a
video clip from Japan of a volcano eruption which used the -mm-dd hh:ss
format.
I believe the content was: 2009-03-10 ??:??. It was very easy to read and
understand since the data were sequential. Don't
mm or cm should be used rather than use a decimal point. mm would be
preferable since all human dimensions could be in mm to avoid confusion.
Obviously this would not apply to medicine.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Pierre Abbat p...@phma.optus.nu
To: U.S. Metric
You are correct in fostering the use of the ISO date format; however,
I prefer to use a dash (-) rather than a slash (/) as a separator in the date
format.
For example 20009-03-10. A dash makes it better readable.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: John Frewen-Lord
To:
, the net contents is printed on the
label. On the supermarket milk it is stamped into the
plastic container and a little hard to read unless you turn
the bottle correctly.
I still believe they could fill to 4 L if they wanted too.
--- On Mon, 3/9/09, STANLEY DOORE
stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
From
.
--- On Mon, 3/9/09, STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
Subject: Re: [USMA:43487] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one
notices!
To: jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net, U.S. Metric Association
usma@colostate.edu
Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 1:37
The US Weather Bureau has used the mmdd format since the 1800s in its
archives.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:23 PM
Subject: [USMA:43662] Re: 24 hour time
On 2009/03/11, at 6:32 AM,
The kilolitre (kL) should be used as a substitute for cubic metre in public
discourse. It's the same volume as a cubic metre. Kilolitre (kL) is easier to
write and its symbol is easily formed from existing SI symbols. Kilometre also
is easier to speak than cubic metre and it's consistent
I don't find pouring milk for the Costco container any more difficult to pour.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: John M. Steele
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: [USMA:43451] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices!
I've checked the volume (gallon in a 4-litre jug). I wrote the article
about the new 4-litre jug in Metric Today.
Costco has prepared for the conversion to selling milk in 4-litre jugs.
If one goes to the USMA article, it tells and shows how much more efficient the
4-litre
Labeling patterns show be changed to show metric first.
Stan Doore..
- Original Message -
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 10:13 AM
Subject: [USMA:43399] RE: Mistaken blather from a correspondent on another
list
The
Association usma@colostate.edu
Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 10:43 AM
On Mar 6 , at 9:23 AM, STANLEY DOORE wrote:
The New Kia No 3 concept car stars at Geneva
Show article reported by Motor Matters in the March 6
issue of The Washington Times uses all metric. Great!
Following are a few
in Auto reports
On Mar 6 , at 9:23 AM, STANLEY DOORE wrote:
The New Kia No 3 concept car stars at Geneva Show article reported by
Motor Matters in the March 6 issue of The Washington Times uses all metric.
Great!
Following are a few examples
; it looks like pouring could be a problem.
--- On Sun, 3/8/09, STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
Subject: [USMA:43479] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices!
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Date: Sunday, March 8
DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net wrote:
From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
Subject: [USMA:43486] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one
notices!
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 8:58 AM
milk which must be
sold by the gallon
due to government laws
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From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 8:58:43 AM
Subject: [USMA:43486] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices!
The 4 L jug is filled with a gallon of milk which must
The New Kia No 3 concept car stars at Geneva Show article reported by
Motor Matters in the March 6 issue of The Washington Times uses all metric.
Great!
Following are a few examples to show differences taken from the article
The article uses a mixture of kph and km/h and
Electric vehicles are much more economical and practical to implement.
They are here now! The electricity infrastructure is in place but needs to
be strengthened.
There is no H2 infrastructure in place and it would be expensive to
build to make it as convenient as electrical outlets
is shown on the
printed receipt.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
To: STANLEY DOORE ; U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [USMA:43273] Re: discussion of Food Marketing Institute
objections to metric-only
bother with it. It is obviously an extra expense that some
stores don't want to incur. Plus it would add cost to the product.
Jerry
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From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
To: Jeremiah MacGregor
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From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Cc: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 4:45:13 PM
Subject: [USMA:43170] Re: discussion of Food
referring to a move to rounded
metric sizes or are you referring to the change in the FPLA which would allow
metric only sizes even if they are not round?
Jerry
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From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
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From: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 4:50:01 PM
Subject: [USMA:43041] Re: true metrication is systemic
Paul et al:
Absolutely
: STANLEY DOORE stan.do...@verizon.net
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 8:27:49 AM
Subject: [USMA:43031] Re: More companies primed to pounce on metric-only
labeling
Road signs are an integral part of changing to metric because they are so
Consumers want to know value and that can't be done by looking at packages
since manufacturers use deceptive packaging to disguise small quantities in
large packages.
Unit pricing in metric units only is the only way to protect consumers. This
absolutely necessary.
Metric only packaging will
You are getting mixed up by using two decimal places and not using round number
quantities, and consumers can't handle that.
The United States is 13th out of 15 OCED (developed) countries in pre-college
education.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
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