I have been immigrating internationally so I have
much international sense. However, there are so many
people around who know very few or even no things
outside their usual area of activities. They are "the
frogs on the bottom of the wells" who can see very
limited things and not know what is outside.
With regard to the machine numbers, many
supervisors are at fault imposing old numbers
indefinitely on workers even if only new ones are
marked. Their leadership is faulty. This is also true
that the US Government is not serious enough to use
the SI as the "preferred" system, and that many medias
even insist removal of the original SI numbers in
favor of WOMBAT, such as in Olympic. What is 225-5
1/4? I may want promotion to supervisory, and I will
not even want to follow these faulty leadership.
Regards,
Justin
US postal clerk
--- "Gregory. Peterson & Tammy Booth Peterson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a wonderful example of how people refuse to
> change.
> "I don't care what the new number is... I like
> calling it 'Number 7'".
> There are obviously two groups of people in the
> world... those who can
> handle change and those who can't.
> Unfortunately those who can't tend to be the
> majority.
>
> Have you ever considered that those who do not like
> to change are those
> who have the least amount of worldly experience? I
> have found that here
> in Saskatchewan, a rural, farming province of about
> 1 Mpeople, that
> those who have never left the province (or their own
> rural
> municipality), never went on to college or
> university, and never pick up
> an educationally oriented publication (only watch TV
> or read the
> tabloids/local newspaper) have much difficulty
> understanding different
> ideas, methods, or suggestions. The are unable to
> alter their way of
> life.
>
> Maybe we are seeing a more fundamental problem in
> our society in North
> America. The inablity to see the benefits of SI, 24
> hour time, or
> changing the number on a machine, may just be
> symptoms of an society
> that is becoming increasinly isolated and ignorant
> of the rest of the
> world.
>
> WOMBAT evolved in a society where people were
> illiterature, innumerate,
> and unaware of the rest of the world around them.
>
> greg
> --
>
=======================================================
> Gregory Peterson & Tammy Booth Peterson
>
> location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
> co-ordinates: 52�05'54" N, 106�36'00" W
> URL:
> http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/gregtami/metric.html
>
>
> "Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say,
> hmmm?"
> -- Yoda, Jedi Master
>
>
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>
> > Subject:
> > [USMA:10027] US postage hike, mixture of SI
> & WOMBAT, am/pm
> > Date:
> > Mon, 25 Dec 2000 00:47:07 -0800 (PST)
> > From:
> > Justin JIH
> > To:
> > U.S. Metric Association
> >
> >
> >
> > Effective 2001-01-07, the US basic postage of
> a
> > domestic letter up to 1 ounce (28 g) will hike
> from
> > 0.33 USD to 0.34 USD. Many (not all) other
> postages
> > and fees are to be changed as well, but not
> necessary
> > hikes. Unfortunately, there is still no provision
> on
> > US postal metrication. The news release is at
> > http://www.usps.com/news/2001rate.htm . Postal
> books
> > are usually in WOMBAT only, seldom in WOMBAT (SI).
> >
> > Also, I wonder if some would think that use
> of
> > am/pm in time prevents excessively large numbers,
> such
> > as 20s. Similarly, in my workplace, Mid-Island
> P&DC
> > (Processing and Distribution Center), Melville NY
> > 11805, there are 31 letter-size mail sorting
> machines,
> > but after major replacement of many of them, new
> > numbers were assigned, but old ones remain
> > indefinitely, causing confusions. The 31 machines
> are:
> > DBCS (Delivery Barcode Sorter) #1 to #12:
> unchanged
> > OCR (Optical Character Reader)#1 (old #) = 13**
> (new
> > #)
> > OCR #2* = #14,
> > OCR #3 = #15, and so on until
> > OCR #6 = #18
> > OCR #7*/*** = #19
> > BCS (Barcode Sorter) #1 = #20
> > BCS/OSS #2 = #21, and so on until
> > BCS/OSS #7 = #26
> > BCS/OSS #8**** = (now) OCR #7 (or 27***)
> > Relocated OCR #2 (or 28***)
> > BCS/OSS #9, #10, #11 (# unchanged)
> > *old machine relocated
> > **not marked on the spot
> > ***duplicate OCR #7
> > ****old machine removed
> >
> > Within OCR's, usually old # + 12 = new #;
> BCS's,
> > usually old # +19 = new #. But both #19 and #27
> can be
> > called "OCR #7"; both #14 and #28 can be called
> "OCR
> > #2". New numbers are often marked alone, but many
> > people, even supervisors, still prefer old #. I
> doubt
> > if they do not like excessively large numbers, as
> in
> > the am/pm case. The mixture of 2 sets of numbers
> are
> > so stupid, comparable to mixture of the SI &
> WOMBAT;
> > and mixture of 24 h time & am/pm (some even
> convert by
> > adding/subtracting 10 rather than 12, e.g., 15:00
> =
> > 5pm? Wrong!). These require avoidable conversions.
> I
> > doubt what kind of education level they have
> received.
> >
> > When I said a new machine number, someone
> asked
> > me, "Old?" I refused to answer and let him figure
> out.
> > Similarly, if I say SI and 24 h time and others
> ask me
> > their equivalents in WOMBAT or am/pm, I may want
> to
> > refuse to accomodate them and let them find out
> > themselves. If they do not understand, they are
> not
> > smart enough and need refreshment. That's all.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Justin JIH
> > US postal clerk
> > Mid-Island P&DC
> > Melville NY 11805
> >
> > =====
> > Justin JIH URL:
> http://www.geocities.com/jusjih/
> > << Vive le Syst�me international d'unit�s! >>
> > "Long live the International System of
> Units!"
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> >
>
>
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