Ken et al Oh man! I love those old bikes. Mine may be a 75 or 76, but I have a 'bike license' sticker on it from 1977, so its at least that old. I am considering getting it out of storage and re-building it. Question (off list if this gets annoying to others): Did you find original parts for it? I still have the analog shift levers and brakes, and my local bike shop said they MIGHT be able to find original parts; I want to keep it as close to original as possible.
========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Director, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Steele" <steel...@appstate.edu> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 7:36:06 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Metric system as pet peeve There is a sign post on I-40 heading west from NC towards Knoxville, TN, that announces that Knoxville is 19 KM into the distance. It was put up prior to the 1982 Knoxville Worlds Fair to "internationalize" the event. It was still there as of last year; one of my favorite road signs. Ken PS - John, I have an upgraded '73 Peugeot "in my stable" which I rebuilt a couple of years ago. On 3/16/2011 5:57 PM, John Kulig wrote: > > Wasn't that attempted during the Carter administration in the > US? Didn't work too well if I remember. Oh, the other way > people in the US become familiar with metric is as a 'do it > your-selfer' with separate sets of wrenches in the garage. And > in the 1970s when many of us went on biking crazes (I STILL > have my 1977 10 speed Peugeot) - everyone did their our own > maintenance and got familiar with metric very quickly. > > ========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of > Psychology Director, Psychology Honors Plymouth State > University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== > --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: ku...@mail.plymouth.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=9430 or send a blank email to leave-9430-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=9431 or send a blank email to leave-9431-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
