Hehe, at this stage of my training, I really get that 40 mg Ativan mistake.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Paul Trusten <trus...@grandecom.net>wrote: > ** > Howard et al., I fear that the movie makers use the metric system, not > to support metrication, but rather to play into the prejudices of the > American audience that "Oh, that's Europe, so we expect them to use > metric." Sad that, for U.S. audiences, metric gets associated with > "foreign" settings and illicit drugs. Strange, but if the film is set in > Asia, in the Pacific, or in South America, would the screenwriters also > emphasize metric units? > > Sometimes, filmmakers don't do their homework. On a slightly different > topic, take the film in which Halle Berry plays a prison psychiatrist who > suffers a psychotic episode herself and has to be confined in her very own > institution. When she wakes up screaming, another psychiatrist shouts, > "*Quick, > give her 40 mg of Ativan!" *That is about a 10-fold overdose of that > drug! Now, 4 mg would be a good loading dose of Ativan (lorazepam), an > antianxiety agent. Maybe someone misplaced a decimal point. > > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ressel, Howard (DOT) <hres...@dot.state.ny.us> > *To:* U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> > *Sent:* 2011-08-15 06:58 > *Subject:* [USMA:50968] Older movies get it right (somewhat) > > Although we would love to see all movies metric, it makes sense that > historically accurate movies use the “language’ of the native country and of > the time. So when a WWII movie is produced the Brits would appropriately use > feet and miles, the Germans meters. I saw the Mackenzie Break this > weekend, made in 1970, and indeed they did just that. The Germans, trying to > escape an English POW camp, used meters, centimeters etc. and the Brits > referenced distances in miles. Even better, but not relevant, the Germans > spoke in Germans with subtitles. **** > > ** ** > > Howard Ressel**** > > Project Design Engineer**** > > NYSDOT**** > > 1530 Jefferson Road**** > > Rochester, NY 14623**** > > 585 272-3372**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > 43,560 square feet in an acre > 5280 feet in a mile > 16 ounces in a pound > 128 ounces in a gallon > > 23 confused kids in a class > > What could be simpler?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > >
