It seems Mr. Humphreys spends a lot of time posting his illusions with the hopes everyone will believe him. I wonder how many really do. I would guess the only ones are other anti-metric types that post to this forum pretending to be pro-metric with the goal of keeping metrication efforts to a minimum. It is really reassuring that someone else from his country has a more realistic view of events and is not afraid to make them known.
Mr. Humphreys seems to think that by throwing a tantrum, resorting to name calling, sending private messages that go tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock are signs that he is a normal intelligent person able to intelligently debate the issue. He isn't. Trying to get rid of me because I dare to speak the truth seems awfully dumb, immature and very childish. I'm amazed that the people who organize this forum allow him to post or don't police his posts better. Maybe they don't care. I was under the impression that this is a forum to promote the use of metric, not to frighten pro-metric or undecided persons away with endless chatter on imaginary uses of old units in his surroundings. Intelligent debate requires providing proof of what is said and stated, Mr. Humphreys has yet to do so and it seems his goal is to try to stifle those that do. ________________________________ From: Stephen Davis <stevo.da...@btinternet.com> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 9:20:38 AM Subject: [USMA:48127] RE: Wrong time to quote temperatures "Pretty much as predicted, really". ...And, unfortunately for you, the vast majority of it absolute fact! Try harder, Steve! ----- Original Message ----- >From: Stephen Humphreys >To: U.S. Metric Association >Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 2:04 PM >Subject: [USMA:48125] RE: Wrong time to quote temperatures > >Pretty much as predicted, really. > >________________________________ Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 05:53:04 -0700 >From: barkatf...@ymail.com >Subject: Re: [USMA:48121] Wrong time to quote temperatures >To: barkatf...@hotmail.com; usma@colostate.edu > > >Out of millions of products found on supermarket shelves, I'm sure you may >find one or two that carry a supplemental unit to a metric value. But one >would have to spend countless boring hours going up and down store shelves >to >find that elusive product with a supplemental declaration that would even >IF >it were there would not be in an amount a person would be satisfied seeing. >It will be rounded metric with an un-rounded imperial. > > >Most people are not going to waste their time worrying about some elusive >supplemental unit when they can't be consistently found. > > >Yet you make it sound like every product on the shelve carries a >supplemental >unit. I'm sure the majority of shoppers have long ago given up on relying >on >supplemental indicators that don't exist if they ever did. > > >I sure would like to know who designated you spokesperson for everything >everyone else thinks, does or says. If I were to guess, I would say you >gave >yourself the honour. > > >I just checked the weather report for London via these links. I can find >no >Fahrenheit on the page. I see temperatures in the low '30s reported. > > >These are links to British web sites. I have also found American weather >sites that offer a choice between C and F but that is not the same thing as >the UK weather services using F instead of C. > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/8 > >http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_temp.html > >http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/observations > >http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/forecastmaps?LANG=en&UP=0&R=0&MORE=0&DAY=0&MAPS=over&CONT=ukuk&LAND=___&TOFD=tag > > >http://www.netweather.tv/ > >Here are some news articles with no mention of F: > >http://www.build.co.uk/national_news.asp?newsid=114048 > >http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/07/09/alert-over-sweltering-night-heat-115875-22399713/ > > >http://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=259751&CMPI_SHARED_articleId=4198449&CMPI_SHARED_ImageArticleId=4198449&CMPI_SHARED_articleIdRelated=4198449&CMPI_SHARED_ToolsArticleId=4198449&CMPI_SHARED_CommentArticleId=4198449&articleTitle=Weekend%20heat%20wave%20brings%20health%20warning > > >http://topnews.net.nz/content/26050-mercury-may-soar-past-all-records-east-anglia > > >http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/heatwave-alert-issued-south-east-england-3636385 > >Here is one article that adds Fahrenheit for the first two temperatures and >nothing for the rest: > >http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Heat-health-alert-amid-hot-weather-50684.xnf?FeedSourceID=11&FeedImageID=13223&BodyFormat=1 > > >The point is you are claiming that this practice of speaking Fahrenheit and >not mentioning Celsius is present everywhere. Yet I can't find any proof >of >such a claim. Maybe you can provide a link to a media report where only >Fahrenheit was used instead of Celsius. If what you say is true the proof >should be overwhelming not obscure. > > >Stooping to calling me by another name is an admission on your part that >you >are wrong and are throwing a tantrum because I have exposed your illusions. > >Why can't you simply just PROVE what you state instead of diverting away >from >the truth with name calling? Is this acceptable on this forum? Have I >insulted you or called you names? So why must you do it to me? Where are > >your manners? > > > > > ________________________________ From: Stephen Humphreys <barkatf...@hotmail.com> >To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> >Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 6:02:48 AM >Subject: [USMA:48121] Wrong time to quote temperatures > > >Needless to say the usual nonsense is back here referring to all things UK >(eg 'no supplementary imperial on UK goods' - 'roads partly metricated' - that > >sort of thing) but the other recent suggestion is temperature. > >I'm fully aware (being from here) how much 'C' is used in reports etc but >this weekend temperatures are going to soar - and the media have done the >usual predictable thing - quoting that we will hit 'temperatures in the >90's' >(I was awoken to this exclamation from the Radio this morning - BBC Radio >London). > >I still find it an interesting quirk that we Brits do that 'switch' >whenever >the temps get hot. You'd never hear "Well temps will be plunging to 32 >degrees" and mean Fahrenheit - however when the sun has it's hat on, >something stirs in us! :-) Could that *ever* happen in the USA? Say if >the >met office there decided to push the C-scale a bit more (bear in mind that >we >still use mph for wind speed - so it really is a mix) > >I - for one - will be enjoying it - Celsius or Fahrenheit! > >I suppose it's up to Schweisthall now to show a internet link to some >hairdresser saying the word 'celsius'! ;-) > >________________________________ Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Free. Sign-up now. > >________________________________ Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Free. Sign-up now.
