Bill, Colorado State University generously maintains this list service, not the University of Colorado.
Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:31:08 -0800 >From: "Bill Potts" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:42534] RE: Duplicate replies (Was "Is there any literature on >metrication in the US aimed at immigrants?") >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > That's totally unnecessary, of course. > > Unfortunately, the manager of this list has no > control over the fact that, in order to reply to the > list itself, we need to click on Reply to All. (The > list server is run by the University of Colorado.) > > However, before sending, most of us delete the > address of the person who sent the message to which > we're replying. After all, s/he is going to receive > the reply anyway, as a member of the list. > > Bill > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Bill Potts > WFP Consulting > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > ------------------------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Martin Vlietstra > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 08:44 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:42513] Re: Is there any literature > on metrication in the US aimed at immigrants? > > Yes, - one is sent to you personally as I am > responding to it, and one is sent to the > discussion board. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jeremiah MacGregor > Sent: 25 January 2009 16:28 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:42508] Re: Is there any literature > on metrication in the US aimed at immigrants? > > > > Martin, > > > > I seem to be getting double emails from you. Is > this normal with this service? > > > > Jerry > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > From: Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> > To: Jeremiah MacGregor > <[email protected]>; U.S. Metric > Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 11:08:37 AM > Subject: RE: [USMA:42425] Re: Is there any > literature on metrication in the US aimed at > immigrants? > > Jerry, > > > > As regards units of measure, Britain runs an > Apartheid system - business and official matters > are conducted in metric units, but the press > barons have instructed their editors to convert > any metric units into imperial units for the > benefit of the British consumer.. As a result the > man-in-the-street is unfamiliar with metric units > unless he comes across them in his work situation. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > From: Jeremiah MacGregor [mailto: > [email protected] ] > Sent: 24 January 2009 15:22 > To: Martin Vlietstra; U.S. Metric Association > Subject: Re: [USMA:42425] Re: Is there any > literature on metrication in the US aimed at > immigrants? > > > > Martin, > > > > Why would they convert back? Isn't Britain fully > metric now like Australia and others? I thought > they converted in the 1960s, so by now only the > real old should still remember older units. > > > > Jerry > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > From: Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] ; U.S. Metric > Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:20:38 AM > Subject: RE: [USMA:42425] Re: Is there any > literature on metrication in the US aimed at > immigrants? > > When traveling on the Continent, I have noticed > that most British travelers tend to repeat the > units that they have heard or seen - they tend not > to convert back to Imperial units. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jeremiah MacGregor > Sent: 24 January 2009 14:28 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:42425] Re: Is there any literature > on metrication in the US aimed at immigrants? > > > > Jason, > > > > Do immigrants speak among themselves using metric > units or do they conform to American practice of > using English units even in their native > languages? What about the goods they sell in > their native shops? Are they sold to each other > in metric units or English units (lbs of kg)? > > > > Jerry > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > From: Jason Darfus <[email protected]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 2:05:39 PM > Subject: [USMA:42355] Re: Is there any literature > on metrication in the US aimed at immigrants? > > On 18 Jan 2009, at 09:39, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > It appears that the immigrants try to conform to > what they think is the way we > > do it. Is there any literature aimed at people > who come here already knowing > > metric, but haven't lived through the > introduction of metric in the 1970s, > > empowering them to push Americans to metricate? > > > > Pierre > > I think you're right in suggesting that > immigrants, most of whom are inherently from > metricated countries, feel it's not their place to > complain about the way things are done here > regarding measurement. The thought of producing > some kind of a handout to be given to immigrants > in the grocery store has occurred to me. This > could be produced in an attractive way, written in > multiple languages, and would ask the patrons to > request of store management the posting of metric > pricing signs in the produce, deli, and meats > departments for example. The stores would also > have to be equipped with switchable scales, as all > the grocery stores I visit use scales that are > only capable of displaying "lbs". I've written to > the stores I shop at and my request has been > summarily ignored, but they probably would take > notice if they received many similar requests. > I've even offered to buy a new dual unit hanging > scale for a local coffee roaster/store if they'd > price their beans by the kilo or 100g in addition > to their lbs. Again there was no response. > > > > > >
