[USMA:15366] Fwd: BWMA's motto

2001-09-24 Thread han.maenen
Marcus, These aims can be found on of their three sites, the BWMA Online one. (I even think they have four sites as I suspect that the Inch Perfect site is also a BWMA one). Go to http://www.bwmaonline.com where you enter the homepage; go down the page and you will find their aims, copied

[USMA:15075] Fwd: Re: Questions about measurement standards 2

2001-08-30 Thread han.maenen
- Doorgestuurd bericht van "Joseph B. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Datum:Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:22:45 +0100 Van:"Joseph B. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Antwoord aan:"Joseph B. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OnderwerpRe: Questions about measurement standards Aan:Austin Spreadbury <[EMAIL

[USMA:15073] Fwd: RE: Questions about measurement standards

2001-08-30 Thread han.maenen
Got this from the BWMA: - Doorgestuurd bericht van Austin Spreadbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Datum:Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:17:01 +0100 Van:Austin Spreadbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Antwoord aan:Austin Spreadbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OnderwerpRE: Questions about measurement standards A

[USMA:15028] From Yardstick August 2001

2001-08-28 Thread han.maenen
One of the latest articles in BWMA's Yardstick. Especially the bit about 'a perfect cup of coffee' is a real joke. METRICATION MADNESS (Yardstick Aug 2001) This was the title of a feature article by Bernard Levin in The Times on 15 August 1995 - yes, six years ago! For he was one of only tw

[USMA:15023] For the Irish members

2001-08-28 Thread han.maenen
About the letter to the editor in the Irish Times dealing with the (lack of) metric usage in Ireland. I propose that you pitch in and send letters too. Han

[USMA:14920] British Weatherchannel site

2001-08-16 Thread han.maenen
Weather Channel has a British site with largely metric forecasts. Only wind speeds are in mph. http://www.weather.co.uk Han

[USMA:14818] A much better route site

2001-08-08 Thread han.maenen
I went to a Dutch route site, http://www.routenet.nl, which offers maps and itineraries in Dutch and English. Here is one that is as it should be in English: from my home address in Nijmegen to the home of my old teacher of English, a grand old lady, who still lives in Heerlen: The route fro

[USMA:14653] maporama.com

2001-07-27 Thread han.maenen
To all, Go to the *French* site for maps and itineraries at http://www.maporama.com and ask for itineraries in OTHER LANGUAGES THAN ENGLISH! For instance: Paris- Amsterdam, Paris-Nice etc. I tried Dutch, Polish and French. You will gasp! #$&*@#$+&*@&! Han

[USMA:14539] railway gages

2001-07-22 Thread han.maenen
Personally I think that these stories are true. But I found on one of the BWMA sites (I will check when home) the following propaganda: French railway engineers do not use the 1435 or 1430 mm size but but 4 ft 8.5 in or in French 4 pieds 8,5 pouces. I think that this is an enormous lie. Why sho

[USMA:14494] Ireland

2001-07-19 Thread han.maenen
I go to Castlebar every year and I was there this year too. I take part in Four Day's Walks, but they were cancelled this year because of the F&M disease in Britain. I decided to go to Castlebar anyway, besides staying in Dublin, Galway and Killarney. About the use of the pint in Irish pubs: t

[USMA:14487] Ireland

2001-07-19 Thread han.maenen
Original message: It is strange to see Ireland using units like the perch and the acre when they are in all other respects a fully metricated country. We are talking about Southern Ireland here, by the way, aren't we?? Not Northern Ireland, which would explain a lot!! Regards, Steve. [

[USMA:14478] Re: Ireland

2001-07-18 Thread han.maenen
The word perch as well as the word acre (perk and akker) have survived in the netherlands, but not as measuring units. The akker is a field and a perk is a small piece of grassland, a small lawn in other words. You can still see the difference in size of these former units of area, Han

[USMA:14479] Tour de France

2001-07-18 Thread han.maenen
A journalist from the Guardian, William Fotheringham, whose articles are also to be found in the Irish Times has peculiar ideas about France and about the organizers of the Tour de France. If I have to believe Mr Fotheringham distances are measured in decimal (!) miles and the altitude of moun

[USMA:14312] Ireland

2001-07-11 Thread han.maenen
In Killarney I saw an ad for land. It measured 37 acres 3 roods 15 perches. The same ad gave distances to population centers in decimal miles. On the other hand, estate agent Hamilton Osborne King from Dublin is predominantly metric, gives only ifp next to metric here and there. I have no time

[USMA:14160] Congratulations

2001-07-04 Thread han.maenen
I wish all my American comrades in arms a very good Fourth of July! Enjoy the craic! (craic is an Irish word for excitement). I only hope that the temperature is not too high up in the thirties! Remember: last year on the Fourth, a certain Steven T. in Sunderland, Britain, got a visit he did

[USMA:14125] VIRUS probably still on Stanley Doores computer!

2001-06-30 Thread han.maenen
The message USMA 13778 from Stanley Doore: Weatheroffice site HAS ifp option is probably still contaminated weith a virus attachment! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There IS and Imperial option on this site. See my message 13766 and 13769: Take a look to the attachment Attachment: 2 images.pif

[USMA:14008] metric websites corrupted

2001-06-23 Thread han.maenen
We have seen how European and other websites that are metric only have corrupted themselves in order to accommodate the whims of ifp goons. I think it is possible that anti-metric groups scour the internet for metric only sites, and then, feiging to be private persons who are 'confused' by me

[USMA:13981] Correction URL

2001-06-22 Thread han.maenen
Error: it should have been http://www.ukmetrication.com Han

[USMA:13980] URL ukmetrication changed

2001-06-22 Thread han.maenen
The British pro-metric site by Metric Mickey with its previous URL http://www.ukmetrication.co.uk has changed to http:www.ukmetrication.com For Chris: you can change the link on your site. At present it goes to a meaningless page about domains as it still links with the old URL. Han

[USMA:13979] A.J.P. Taylor in 1970

2001-06-22 Thread han.maenen
Just before Britain adopted decimal currency in 1971 the right winger A.J.P. Taylor wrote this rot: This Metric Madness A.J.P.Taylor in the Sunday Express NEXT February [1971] we shall be plunged willy-nilly int

[USMA:13975] Re: Fw: I thought I was safe from I-P in Europe [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America]

2001-06-22 Thread han.maenen
This excuse about 'big demand' is always made by the bootlickers in Europe who kow-tow to ifp goons and attack us in the back. They could politely refuse to have non-metric on their maps, stating that metric is the legal system in their country and that those English speaking people will encou

[USMA:13974] Re: With friends like these...

2001-06-22 Thread han.maenen
They make me literally sick. They are traitors and fools. In my opinion they are worse than the BWMA and F2M. At least they have a convicion and they are fighting for a cause. These mainland Europeans who indulge in ifp to please the anti-metric folk are bootlickers without self respect. These

[USMA:13798] Fwd: Re: Questions about measurement standards

2001-06-16 Thread han.maenen
Got this from the BWMA. I am curious what they will answer, Han - Doorgestuurd bericht van mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Datum:Sat, 16 Jun 2001 07:41:31 +0100 Van:mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Antwoord aan:mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OnderwerpRe: Questions about measurement standards

[USMA:13779] ifp forecast for Amsterdam

2001-06-15 Thread han.maenen
Here is the ifp weather forecast for Amsterdam on Weatheroffice.com I am not going to pester them about it. Only a fool here would choose it. They are no Weather Channel! I inflicted this on myself by clicking Imperial Units. It will remain my favourite international weather site. Han Amsterd

[USMA:13778] Weatheroffice site HAS ifp option

2001-06-15 Thread han.maenen
There IS an Imperial option on this site. See my messages USMA 13766 and 13769. Go to the homepage and click a Province on the map of Canada. That brings you to a map of the province, on which red dots represent cities and towns; then click a red dot. When the city page comes up, you get the f

[USMA:13774] The virus lives on in Stan's computer

2001-06-15 Thread han.maenen
I have just deleted two of Stan's virus e-mails too. Two attachments named"2 docs.scr.Applications/octet-stream", Han

[USMA:13747] e-mails to the BWMA

2001-06-14 Thread han.maenen
These are a number of E-mails sent to the BWMA in support of the Metric Martyrs. I should thank the BWMA and that person from New Zealand for giving away that stupid Danish company. The e-mails are on their Footrule site. Han Have your say. Messages of support are being received from, litera

[USMA:13746] virus warning

2001-06-14 Thread han.maenen
Stanley Doores computer is still infected. I just got this message from his system and I have deleted it. At present I am using a public computer, which means I could delete it while it was still in the provider's mailbox, 'Han Maenen' wrote: I sent this message to the 'metric' company Ri

[USMA:13736] Danish ifp baking company Ripensa

2001-06-13 Thread han.maenen
To all, Go to http://www.ripensa.com, have a look at their product palette and feel your temperature rise to dangerous levels. They 'prefer' ifp to metric, metric is always secondary to hard avoirdupois contents, without them making a statement about their 'preference'. They simply use this t

[USMA:13584] Carferrry Ulysses

2001-06-08 Thread han.maenen
These are the technical details of one of the largest car ferries in the world. Soon I will sail on her from Holyhead, North Wales to the North Wall, Dublin Port; she is owned by Irish Ferries. To see the Ulysses in all her glory go to http://www.irishferries.com The technical data are almost a

[USMA:13501] Linacre on Thoburn trial

2001-06-06 Thread han.maenen
BRITISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ASSOCIATION SUNDOWN OVER SUNDERLAND The Thoburn trial and its consequences. Vivian Linacre, Director, British Weights & Measures Association (Article first published in The Salisbury review, Summer 2001) Ironically, it is those responsible for imposing compulsor

[USMA:13500] v.MW and change of URL of pro-metric site

2001-06-06 Thread han.maenen
Bill, Thanks for your information. This morning I asked the PTB about the meaning of v.MW by e-mail. I may get an answer from them too. To all, The pro-metric site http://www.ukmetrication.co.uk has moved to http://www.ukmetrication.com Han

[USMA:13462] IBM HD storage

2001-06-05 Thread han.maenen
Found this 'gem' on http://www.research.ibm.com about a new HD storage technology. Extremely disappointing. I also clicked the Japanese language page and there I recognized the same measuring unit used in the English text below: 17 and 100 Gb/in2. It really seems that IBM is not moving toward

[USMA:13260] Dangerous virus hoax

2001-06-01 Thread han.maenen
To-day I read in a newspaper that a dangerous virus hoax is spreading through e- mails. It tries to convince users to erase a valid Windows file. It claims that the Windows file sulfnbk.exe is a dangerous worm and should be deleted at once. The subject matter of the e-mailwas not given. But DO

[USMA:13048] latest additions to BWMA's footrule site

2001-05-26 Thread han.maenen
Eagle eyed officials from Peterborough's Weights & Measures Department spotted Lynne Gibb's advertisement in her local paper offering to press a 10lb load of clothes for £4.99. They threatened her with a £1,000 fine unless she changed her pricing policy to kilos. (Mail on Sunday 20/5/01) Two

[USMA:12727] Tesco's hypocrisy

2001-05-09 Thread han.maenen
Found this in 'Press Reports' on the http://www.ukmetrication.co.uk site: Supporters of a greengrocer being prosecuted for selling in Imperial measures have accused Tesco of "hypocrisy" for exploiting his campaign. Tesco attracted thousands of new customers by proclaiming a return to Imperial

[USMA:12708] Spoof attack on metric!

2001-05-08 Thread han.maenen
This funny message was on the forum of the Metric Sucks website. It is a bogus attack on metric, which in fact shows how ludicrous ifp is! I nearly choked with laughter. Jack Daniels is a friend of the cause, Han METRICSUCKS.COM Message Board Metric is for third world countries Posted

[USMA:12678] Linacre's book

2001-05-07 Thread han.maenen
I really wonder if Mr Linacre gives the present day definitions of the inch, foot, yard, pound and Imperial gallon! Has he mentioned the Mendenhall order and the agreement of 1959? If he has done so, he has shot himself in the foot! Han

[USMA:12677] Book from the BWMA

2001-05-07 Thread han.maenen
Toall, Mr Linacre has written a book about ifp, Han BRITISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ASSOCIATION At last ~ everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask! A GUIDE TO CUSTOMARY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Compiled and edited by Vivian Linacre, Director, BWMA Published in May 2001 this guide g

[USMA:12608] Bill Roland again

2001-05-03 Thread han.maenen
I got this from the BWMA Battle Boards. This Bill Roland, who was named earlier in this group is a very arrogant fellow (I am not at home now, and I do not remember the USMA number). He tells the British that they should not use yards but feet, as is done in the US. In other words, he wants th

[USMA:12516] BWMA and weather forecasts

2001-04-27 Thread han.maenen
To all, The BWMA is now targetting weather forecasts. To the British members: be on your guard! They have polled people and they claim that most British citizens (74%) want weather in Imperial. Han METRIC WEATHER FORECASTS - 74% DON'T WANT THEM British Weights and Measures Association's c

[USMA:12493] a 'funny' article

2001-04-26 Thread han.maenen
An article about the metric system. http://www.pobonline.com On http://www/yahoo.com you can search for Metric Martyrs and there are 207 hits. This is one of them. It is about the MM's, the situation in the US in the construction industry; last but not least it is 'humourously' anti-metric with

[USMA:12319] something looking good for the future

2001-04-19 Thread han.maenen
Got this from http://www.groups.google.com or http://www.deja.com (this still works) search "metric system". This could be the beginning of an exciting development in the USA and the death knell for ifp! And nobody 'forced' them to accept metric, no, they did it willingly. It is a grassroots m

[USMA:12292] Ravings and rantings from Sean Gabb

2001-04-18 Thread han.maenen
This is a rant by a certain Sean Gabb, who also posted on Dejanews. This is the site from which this has been copied: http://www.btinternet.com/~old.whig/flcomm/flc006.htm Han Free Life Commentary, an independent journal of comment published on the Internet Editor: Sean Gabb Issue Number 6 1

[USMA:12175] Irish Times to-day

2001-04-12 Thread han.maenen
An article about metrication and euro-scepsis in to-day's Irish Times, with Thoburn as the hero, Han Thursday, 2000 April 12 Battling the EU to save the other British pound LONDON LETTER/Rachel Donnelly: It

[USMA:12153] latest BWMA stuff about Thoburn

2001-04-11 Thread han.maenen
The latest news from our ' friends', towards the bottom some rantings they received. Han BRITISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ASSOCIATION THE TRIAL This is Steven Thoburn He is now on trial in a Sunderland court for the heinous crime of selling a pound of bananas. He has been prosecuted for not

[USMA:12152] Thoburn

2001-04-11 Thread han.maenen
In The Netherlands he Thoburn case has been covered in several newpsapers and I have seen him live on TV on the news, Han

[USMA:12124] Today's Irish Times on Thoburn

2001-04-10 Thread han.maenen
I wonder whether this will lead to Letters to the Editor of the Irish Times. If so, I will copy them and send them to the list. This morning I was looking at CEEFAX 1, I saw a headline about Thoburn going for Parliament or something like that on p.111. Too bad, just when I pressed 111 on the r

[USMA:12122] A new anti-metric site

2001-04-10 Thread han.maenen
I have just discovered http://www.savethepint.com full of fiddlesticks and poppycock. There are also a number of reactions and articles on it, all extolling ifp and excoriating metric. Han

[USMA:12028] Russian units

2001-04-04 Thread han.maenen
I found some more information on the units used in Russia before 1920. We can be glad that they do not use the verst anymore, because these units, adopted under Peter the Great, were part of the British ifp family. The foot and the inch (fut and djujm), were exactly equal to their British coun

[USMA:12027] TABD and a request about an off topic subject

2001-04-04 Thread han.maenen
To all, This TABD text from 2000-12-17 has never been on our list. See how the trap of a 'market driven permanent solution' is set here. I will contact Mr. Pietracenza about this 'market driven' stuff. Another question, **off topic** for US members of the list. Today I read in a letter in t

[USMA:11896] Fwd: RE: Re: Disney

2001-03-28 Thread han.maenen
I am forwarding this message from Nat Hager, whose own message had not come through earlier. Han - Forwarded message from Nat Hager III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 05:32:12 -0500 From: Nat Hager III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:

[USMA:11777] metrication is iconoclasm

2001-03-23 Thread han.maenen
To the BWMA the abolition of lb/oz is the same thing as the iconoclasm by the Afghan Taliban. Han PRESS RELEASE 18.3.01 IMPERIAL FINALE, OR THE ABOLITION OF HISTORY BWMA's condemnation of the Commons' debate on the complete end to imperial measures. Taliban are condemned for destroying t

[USMA:11727] Fwd: RE: screen sizes of AIWA TV's

2001-03-20 Thread han.maenen
To all, Aiwa Europe sent a positive answer in Dutch to me. I translate it here. It shows the crooked thinking of the Japanse electronics industry in a most glaring way, it thinks that ifp is a global standard! This notion must be destroyed at all cost. Dear Han, To start: thanks for your in

[USMA:11633] RE: USMA 11630: Metric Yardsticks

2001-03-15 Thread han.maenen
Tom is right. In the Netherlands we call folding measuring sticks 'inch sticks' (duimstok, the Germans call it Zollstock, which means the same), there may be inches and metric on them, but many inch sticks now come without inches. I have a one meter inch stick at home. If I were not in a self

[USMA:11554] Canadian answer to antimetric nonsense

2001-03-12 Thread han.maenen
I found this gem, where Mike Warren (http://www.mike-warren.com), gives an answer to a load of **, written by a certain David Warren in the (Canadian) National Post. He is a Canadian friend of the cause. Alas, the orginal article by his namesake is not available anymore, I tried the link b

[USMA:11416] Fwd: metric and huge numbers of tiny meaningless quantities

2001-03-02 Thread han.maenen
Gustaf, You have been had by the BWMA propaganda. If what they claim were true, nobody on the globe would be using the metric system. It would be far too illogical and unusable. Napoleon made the same claims, and he nearly brought it down. Yet, it survived, and now it is being used by the lar

[USMA:11387] Rogues' gallery

2001-03-01 Thread han.maenen
The BWMA has a site for anti-metric activists; they now have no less than three sites. On this one http://www.bwmaOnline.com It has a rogues' gallery of metricators. The USMA, UKMA and Metric Sense Campaign by Lady Attlee figure on it too. And Greg is not missing either! And there are 'An

[USMA:11367] Ian Paisley on Thoburn

2001-02-28 Thread han.maenen
I found this article about Thoburn on the website of Ian Paisley, founder of the Free Presbyterian Church in Ulster, from his bogus European Institute of Protestant Studies, a pseudo-scholarly institute that spreads hate against Catholics and their religion. But here Ian also comments on the M

[USMA:11191] 'BWMA' site rerouted to BWMA site

2001-02-21 Thread han.maenen
I have tried to go to the site of the British Warts and Measles Association, but the other BWMA has succeeded in rerouting it. If you click http://www.bwma.org.uk you end up here http://www.footrule.org

[USMA:11180] some more balderdash

2001-02-21 Thread han.maenen
Some time ago I downloaded and saved some stuff from the Inch Perfect site on my computer. I have a lot of pro- and antimetric material on my hard drive. Here is the incredible nonsense someone wrote. Ifp is almost God-given, metric is atheistic. I think that quantum physics is thoroughly SI,

[USMA:11151] Total ban on illegal units proposed in 1816

2001-02-20 Thread han.maenen
A Select committee of 1816 defined a number of standards which in the end led to the Imperial system. It made a number of recommendations and this was one of them: Quote 12. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That it ought to be penal for any person to have in his possessio

[USMA:11145] Guestbook on pro-metric site

2001-02-20 Thread han.maenen
These are the entries in the gustbook of http://www.ukmetrication.co.uk Chris was the first to sign it, my entry is the latest, an answer to the ravings of a lunatic. There are two entries from a British Warts and Measles Association member too. Go to that site and leave your mark! It deserves

[USMA:11135] new website

2001-02-19 Thread han.maenen
A new British pro-metric website has been put on the Net very recently! http://www.ukmetrication.co.uk/ Go and visit it! Han

[USMA:11024] new site

2001-02-15 Thread han.maenen
To all, If you want a good laugh, go there http://www.bwma.org.uk/ You will find out there what BWMA *really* means! Han (I sent this message hours ago, but I do not see it in my letterbox)/

[USMA:11019] found on google

2001-02-15 Thread han.maenen
I found this on Google, thread All this anti-metric talk, jingoism, and ugh... Someone needs to be made aware that for instance on the moon 1 lbm = 0.16 lbf (appr), while the natural constant 9.8 m/s2 is universally the same. In the Technical system we had 1 kgm = 1 kgf at sea level, but on the

[USMA:11002] Google groups

2001-02-14 Thread han.maenen
To all, The discussion on the Google site is interesting. I searched there for 'metric system', 'BWMA' and 'freedom2measure'. The boy from the latter outfit now calls himself 'makomborero'. Google is lightning fast! On deja.news loading was often very slow and ponderous, and it sometimes hun

[USMA:10996] left a message in UKIP forum

2001-02-14 Thread han.maenen
I went to the site of the UKIP and dripped tihs bombshell in their forum "Guard the Yard", Han I have (old) news for all those pro- and anti-metric. The metric system is as British as it is "European". In fact, it is the global language of measurement, just like English is the global language

[USMA:10978] Re: end of Deja?

2001-02-13 Thread han.maenen
I tried Deja too and got this from Google; it seems that we will get everything back, I hope that it will be soon. The only way out is to try Google until things are right again, Han Google Inc. has acquired Deja.com's Usenet Discussion Service, including its archive of more than 500 millio

[USMA:10962] BWMA and consumer groups

2001-02-12 Thread han.maenen
I found this on their site http://www.footrule.org BRITISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ASSOCIATION ANTI-CONSUMER GROUPS (Footrule Jan 2001) In its pro-metrication propaganda the Department of Trade and Industry makes great play of the alleged support for official policy from "Consumer Groups".

[USMA:10774] Guardian jan. 15

2001-01-31 Thread han.maenen
The weights and measures circus show The trial of Sunderland greengrocer Steve Thoburn for selling fruit and veg in imperial measurements has attracted the same kind of attention as a circus, writes Martin Wainwright Martin Wainwright Guardian Unlimited Monday January 15, 2001 Those treac

[USMA:10771] non-metric industries

2001-01-31 Thread han.maenen
Chris and all, The BWMA, which boasts about non-metric usage in industry will not like this. This is about the photo- and electronics industry. I got it from the USMA site at Did you know that... Han 2000 April: METRICATION CELEBRATIONS ARE IN ORDER AT EASTMAN KODAK CO USMA President Lo

[USMA:10749] RE: Gruyere cheese

2001-01-30 Thread han.maenen
Yes, this looks like the bogus EU standards of straight bananas and cucumbers, Euro-mincemeat, Euro-condoms, Euro-bread etc. Only, all these things have appeared to be hoaxes, invented by the British anti-EU movement. That soft conversion of ifp to metric is priceless! Do they want to go to Ma

[USMA:10659] Fwd: Re: Being an imperialist

2001-01-25 Thread han.maenen
To all, I got this message from Michael Paine. Dit anybody else get an error when he or she opened the attachment I sent with that e-mail? I simply followed the instructions for sending attachments. The document was saved on Word 97 and I have Windows 98. If opening the attachment caused an e

[USMA:10656] Peugeot scooters

2001-01-25 Thread han.maenen
I have found out that the French (!!!) company Peugeot sells scooters on the continent of Europe with dual speedometers, in other words with km/h and mph and I want to do something about it. What makes Peugeot do such a thing is entirely beyond me. BWMA: another candidate for the Inch Perfect

[USMA:10640] Reaction by NMI employee

2001-01-24 Thread han.maenen
To-day there was a reaction in the paper version of the Telegraaf bij someone who works in the Dutch Metrology Institute (NMI), on the BWMA/UKIP ifp goon article bij the Dutch Euro-hater Prof. Smalhout. (I think that he should set up a EWMA, to achieve Imperial adoption here, and what about a

[USMA:10553] Undoing the work of a fool

2001-01-19 Thread han.maenen
I am using a computer at the uiversit--* now. When I just sat down it was just re-starting. Then I saw the wrong time and date settings. Some $@#$&*# idiot had just changed the countr-- settings to USA. So, I immediatel-- re-set it to the original Dutch settings. There are Americans and Britis

[USMA:10508] EU directive in 2010

2001-01-16 Thread han.maenen
I found this on the Yahoo Metricamerica Club, Han International proposal millitesla 12/15/00 10:44 pm I've been sent the following draft proposal: ICSCA VII Meeting on 21 and 22 February 2001 in Singapore Title: Metric Statement of Issue: The use of “Metric only Units”. Background: Amendme

[USMA:10484] 3.3 ft nonsense

2001-01-15 Thread han.maenen
I propose that all US citizens on the list make their feelings known to Panasonic. That may make them see the light, Han > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > --_=_NextPart_000_01C07

[USMA:10390] error with French numbers

2001-01-10 Thread han.maenen
I made a typo in my last message. Septante means 70, octante means 80 and nonante means 90. I wrote that septante means 60. Han

[USMA:10386] Re: Fwd: RE: 3.5 inch floppy disk

2001-01-10 Thread han.maenen
To all, The French numbers could have been shorter if the medieval, but very elegant numbers septante, octante and nonante had been retained. They mean 60, 70 and 90. The French numbers like quatre vingt-dix are a remnant or the 20 based number system, just like 'four score and ten' is. Then

[USMA:10265] Anti-metric comments when Australia changed

2001-01-05 Thread han.maenen
I foud this o one of the pages of the BWMA site. Sour grapes, indeed, as these voices must have died out by now, Han Australian Comments Extract from "The Abacus" (B.A.M.Moon) The metric system violates the natu

[USMA:10264] News from the BWMA

2001-01-05 Thread han.maenen
To all, News from the BWMA. Do NOT enjoy! Han Defend your freedom to useBritish weights and measures Criminal to be British? >From the end of 1999 it is to be illegal to sell fruit, vegetables, etc., priced by the pound. It will be a criminal offence to use our own- weights and measures

[USMA:9858] RE: Discovery Channel - Inside the Space Station

2000-12-19 Thread han.maenen
Indeed, I won't open this attachment either. By co-incidence the Dutch word 'gif' means poison! Too much 'gif' is being spread by e-mail attachments, also with endings like -exe, -txt etc. Han Quoten kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2000-12-19 > > When your e-mail arrived via the list

[USMA:9856] Fwd: Response to your initial inquiry by Jim Melenchuk, Minister of Ed ucation

2000-12-19 Thread han.maenen
I got this message from Mr. Melenchuk too, Han - Doorgestuurd bericht van "Jozsa, Robert ED0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Datum:Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:40:16 -0600 Van:"Jozsa, Robert ED0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Antwoord aan:"Jozsa, Robert ED0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OnderwerpResponse to your

[USMA:9518] RE: USMA 9517: Imperial measures may return

2000-12-04 Thread han.maenen
Here comes what is really behind this ridiculous proposal: at least one of the educators who favours it, the grain farmer Mr. Gary Shaddock,has refused to adopt metric in his business. As he and his ilk do not want to learn and use metric, Canadian young people must be forced to learn and use

[USMA:9429] Fwd: RE: opposition to metrication

2000-11-29 Thread han.maenen
Dennis (and all), Resistance to metric was generally of an other kind than it is now in the English speaking countries. Usually it was passive. It was simply continuing using the old units and never giving any motive for not using metric. Yet this type of resistance was very effective as it h

[USMA:9382] Re: Poor fella!

2000-11-27 Thread han.maenen
The lengths some people go to avoid the metric system are really amazing. Maybe they equate it with the Ebola virus, which should be avoided at all cost indeed. He could have solved his problem simply by getting and using metric recipes. On the Internet anybody can find lots ad lots of them! H

[USMA:9222] present Weather Channel heatwave in The Hague

2000-11-17 Thread han.maenen
To all, According to that splendid metric weather site Weatherchannel there is a heatwave going on in The Hague, Netherlands. It is 40 degrees there at present Read their newsitem about the climate conference, Han Delegates not biking to climate conference Wed Nov 15 2000 3:31pm EDT Ju

[USMA:9174] article from JWC

2000-11-14 Thread han.maenen
To all, I know that this article has been discussed earlier, but here is the entire thing in all its awfullness ad rottenness. It can be accessed on the USMA site, in the section on articles about metric, year 2000. These ifp goons are incredible! He knows NOTHING at all about the entire issu

[USMA:9110] NASA educational site

2000-11-10 Thread han.maenen
This is a NASA educational astronomy site, the Starchild site. It seems to be metric only! I would recommend it. Go to: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ Han

[USMA:9070] re. USMA 9066: sports rules

2000-11-08 Thread han.maenen
About the dimensions of soccer fields: The Fifa rules state the following: min./max. length of the field: 90-100 m min/max. widths: 45 - 90 m. For international events: min/max. lengths: 100 - 110 m min./max widths: 64 - 75 m The Corner arc may be 1 m or 1 yard diagonal. All other dimensions w

[USMA:9049] Canadian Metric Association

2000-11-07 Thread han.maenen
To all, Does the Canadian Metric Association have a website or is it developing one? Han

[USMA:8859] Re: Cribsheet

2000-10-30 Thread han.maenen
Quoten "Hooper, Bill and or Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Han criticizes my argument against learning and using the prefixes centi > deci deka and hecto by saying: > > > From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [USMA:8839] Re: Cribsheet > > > > The prefixes centi-, deci-, deca and

[USMA:8752] agreement between NASA and France

2000-10-25 Thread han.maenen
To all, NASA and its French counterpart CNES have agreed to undertake a mission to Mars in 2007. The aim is to take back organic and other samples from Mars to Earth. In 2003 or 2004 an Ariane 5 rocket will launch an American robot, a small launching pad and a French orbiter. If NASA is seriou

[USMA:8683] Re: Americans' spread of the virus of non-metric measures

2000-10-20 Thread han.maenen
In Europe, paper for inkjet and laserprinters is all in A-sizes now and only g/m2 quantities are on the boxes, also the paper sold by HP here. This has been a reversion that I welcomed very much. I still remember all those boxes of non- metric tractor paper stacked high in computer shops and on

[USMA:8652] Camel trophy

2000-10-18 Thread han.maenen
To all, A few days ago I read on a Dutch anti-smoking site that the Camel Trophy has been or will take place for the last time this year. This is good for two reasons: it was propaganda for smoking and it was also propaganda for the world wide use of ifp. In all its publicity, in any languge

[USMA:8651] Fwd: Re[2]: TFI Website

2000-10-18 Thread han.maenen
- Doorgestuurd bericht van [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Datum:Wed, 18 Oct 2000 11:53:01 +0200 Van:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Antwoord aan:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OnderwerpRe[2]: TFI Website Aan:Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Han Maenen, Thank you for your comments. We will take them into account

[USMA:8629] Marcus's comments to the Yahoo club

2000-10-17 Thread han.maenen
To all, I wil post Marcus's message to Jake on the Yahoo metric club tonight. The piece about dividing 5' 3 7/8'' by three was very good indeed. Han

[USMA:8602] Re: UK: the arguments developed more fully ;-)

2000-10-16 Thread han.maenen
I wonder if he is as good in using Imperial as he is in using his own native language. Han Quoten [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I've just received the following e-mail: > > >You are so pathetic. > >why do you not just let people use the system they want? > > > >What have it got to do with you, what p

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