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Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.
Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March. Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland. Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays. |
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:56:59 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:
Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind. Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March. Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland. Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays. The airport in Iceland is a wonderful place to spend an hour or two. He'll enjoy it. |
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart
wrote: True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays. Your numbers don't computr in America === I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this will help: https://www.google.com/search?source....0.puD6K0_rAb0 --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On 2/26/19 10:40 PM, Justan Ohlphart wrote:
True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays. Your numbers don't computr in America Sure they do. You just have to know how to convert in your head or use a converter app or chart. Ask your buddy, Luddite. I'm sure he can do it. |
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For gov't work I simply double the Celsius temperature and subtract 30.
Example...It was minus 17 when the wife took our Springer Spaniel out at 0645 hrs. So...-17 x 2 = -34 less 30 equals minus 4 F Wayne's calculator says 1.4F The more extreme the temperature, the less accurate the 'off the cuff system is. |
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On Wednesday, 27 February 2019 12:26:56 UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 2/27/19 11:14 AM, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:26:29 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: True North Wrote in message: For gov't work I simply double the Celsius temperature and subtract 30.Example...It was minus 17 when the wife took our Springer Spaniel out at 0645 hrs.So...-17 x 2 = -34 less 30 equals minus 4 FWayne's calculator says 1.4FThe more extreme the temperature, the less accurate the 'off the cuff system is. You see how your system confuses Americans. BTW, I can relate to military time but you left out your time zone. 1145 zulu happy now? No surprise to me that JustanAsshole can't convert metric to "'Merican." She is a silly lass! When they brought in metric here almost 50 years ago, our govt didn't want us converting back to the old Imperial or F. system. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart
wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:29:52 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. When teaching and the kids complained about fractions, I'd ask them to tell their parents to urge Congress to go completely metric. Why we haven't is beyond me. It is so much simpler. |
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On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 1:29:56 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. There are some years of GM vehicles that are a mix of metric and fractional.. You never know what set of sockets or wrenches to grab. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === "Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe." Bingo! Your lagging makes it a bit tougher on us also. When we changed the idea was so we could trade easier with the rest of the world. Trouble is, the US has remained our biggest partner by far. Of course that could change if Trump continues his disastrous ways. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:43:41 -0500, John H.
wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:29:52 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. When teaching and the kids complained about fractions, I'd ask them to tell their parents to urge Congress to go completely metric. Why we haven't is beyond me. It is so much simpler. === The reason why we're not metric is because ignorant dumfochs argued that it was some sort of communist plot to make them buy new tools and form a "one-world" government. No joke. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 3:00:43 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:43:41 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:29:52 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind..Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. When teaching and the kids complained about fractions, I'd ask them to tell their parents to urge Congress to go completely metric. Why we haven't is beyond me. It is so much simpler. === The reason why we're not metric is because ignorant dumfochs argued that it was some sort of communist plot to make them buy new tools and form a "one-world" government. No joke. So we had to buy new tools anyway, and now we're still on track for an OAC style "one-world" government, right? :) |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:08:58 -0800 (PST), Its Me
wrote: On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 3:00:43 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:43:41 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:29:52 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. When teaching and the kids complained about fractions, I'd ask them to tell their parents to urge Congress to go completely metric. Why we haven't is beyond me. It is so much simpler. === The reason why we're not metric is because ignorant dumfochs argued that it was some sort of communist plot to make them buy new tools and form a "one-world" government. No joke. So we had to buy new tools anyway, and now we're still on track for an OAC style "one-world" government, right? :) === I think metric is inevitable. It's just taking longer than it should. We should be teaching it in schools from an early age so everyone gets used to the idea. Of course that would turn it into another communist plot. :-) It really needs strong bi-partisan support and we all know what the probability of that is. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:54:42 -0800 (PST), Its Me
wrote: On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 1:29:56 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. There are some years of GM vehicles that are a mix of metric and fractional. You never know what set of sockets or wrenches to grab. === I have both side by side in my tool assortment because my boats are a mixture of both. No big deal. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:29:52 -0500,
wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. Tools and liquor seem to be the most successful conversion so far. Of course the tools were driven by the fact that we don't actually make much here and the rest of the world assembles things with metric fasteners. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:54:42 -0800 (PST), Its Me
wrote: On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 1:29:56 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. There are some years of GM vehicles that are a mix of metric and fractional. You never know what set of sockets or wrenches to grab. It is the same with a Mercury outboard. The power head is a licensed Yamaha (metric) and the rest is SAE. It just depends on where the assembly is sourced from. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:00:39 -0500,
wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:43:41 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:29:52 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. When teaching and the kids complained about fractions, I'd ask them to tell their parents to urge Congress to go completely metric. Why we haven't is beyond me. It is so much simpler. === The reason why we're not metric is because ignorant dumfochs argued that it was some sort of communist plot to make them buy new tools and form a "one-world" government. No joke. Yeah the "Commie Metric" thing. I still use that as a joke. I guess it is just that we always resist any kind of change. I am pretty much bilingual. My water stuff is all metric and half of the mechanical stuff I have is metric but I still have "American" thermostats and measuring cups. Wood is increasingly metric although we are in denial. Instead of saying you have 12mm plywood, they come up with the 15/32ds thing that nobody understands. I guess nobody wants commie plywood. We would rather just think the Koch Brothers are ripping us off for 1/32" of wood. I do know if you buy a 12mm router bit, your joints fit perfectly. You can still buy domestically produced hardwood veneer ply in American sizes and most "marine" ply is American size. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:54:42 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 1:29:56 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. There are some years of GM vehicles that are a mix of metric and fractional. You never know what set of sockets or wrenches to grab. Yup. It's stupid. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:27:56 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:08:58 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote: On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 3:00:43 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:43:41 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:29:52 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. When teaching and the kids complained about fractions, I'd ask them to tell their parents to urge Congress to go completely metric. Why we haven't is beyond me. It is so much simpler. === The reason why we're not metric is because ignorant dumfochs argued that it was some sort of communist plot to make them buy new tools and form a "one-world" government. No joke. So we had to buy new tools anyway, and now we're still on track for an OAC style "one-world" government, right? :) === I think metric is inevitable. It's just taking longer than it should. We should be teaching it in schools from an early age so everyone gets used to the idea. Of course that would turn it into another communist plot. :-) It really needs strong bi-partisan support and we all know what the probability of that is. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com We do teach it in schools. But as the kids see it nowhere else, it seems to be only another bag of useless information. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:53:29 -0500, John H.
wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:27:56 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:08:58 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote: On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 3:00:43 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:43:41 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:29:52 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote: Wrote in message: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin. === Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. When teaching and the kids complained about fractions, I'd ask them to tell their parents to urge Congress to go completely metric. Why we haven't is beyond me. It is so much simpler. === The reason why we're not metric is because ignorant dumfochs argued that it was some sort of communist plot to make them buy new tools and form a "one-world" government. No joke. So we had to buy new tools anyway, and now we're still on track for an OAC style "one-world" government, right? :) === I think metric is inevitable. It's just taking longer than it should. We should be teaching it in schools from an early age so everyone gets used to the idea. Of course that would turn it into another communist plot. :-) It really needs strong bi-partisan support and we all know what the probability of that is. We do teach it in schools. But as the kids see it nowhere else, it seems to be only another bag of useless information. === I guess we could enroll all of those grade school kids in a college physics class or send them to Canada or Mexico to drive around. :-) --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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Wrote in message: Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. Yabut I just can't envision saying, "Give him 2.54 cm and he'll take 1.60934 km". --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:37:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: Wrote in message: Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. Yabut I just can't envision saying, "Give him 2.54 cm and he'll take 1.60934 km". === Followed by 28.35 grams of prevention is worth .45 kilos of cure. But a stitch in time saves nine still holds together. Over time this would all get sorted out and new cliches would emerge after a generation or two. Maybe the Canadians could lend us some in the meanwhile, ehh? Here's a few suggestions for starters: Give him a centimeter and he'll take a kilometer. A gram of prevention is worth a kilo of cure. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:37:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: Wrote in message: Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. Yabut I just can't envision saying, "Give him 2.54 cm and he'll take 1.60934 km". I bet the Brits still stop at a pub for a pint too. I doubt it will be "Mate I will have a 568.261 25 milliliter" |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:36:02 -0500,
wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:37:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Wrote in message: Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. Yabut I just can't envision saying, "Give him 2.54 cm and he'll take 1.60934 km". === Followed by 28.35 grams of prevention is worth .45 kilos of cure. But a stitch in time saves nine still holds together. Over time this would all get sorted out and new cliches would emerge after a generation or two. Maybe the Canadians could lend us some in the meanwhile, ehh? Here's a few suggestions for starters: Give him a centimeter and he'll take a kilometer. A gram of prevention is worth a kilo of cure. Somehow that just doesn't sound like it is going to catch on. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:37:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
Wrote in message: Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. Yabut I just can't envision saying, "Give him 2.54 cm and he'll take 1.60934 km". --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com It's give him a meter and he'll take a klick. |
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John H. wrote:
On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:56:59 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind. Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March. Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland. Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays. The airport in Iceland is a wonderful place to spend an hour or two. He'll enjoy it. As long as the bar is open, eh? |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:43:08 -0500, Alex wrote:
John H. wrote: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:56:59 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind. Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March. Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland. Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays. The airport in Iceland is a wonderful place to spend an hour or two. He'll enjoy it. As long as the bar is open, eh? Could be worse. It could be Greenland. |
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wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:43:08 -0500, Alex wrote: John H. wrote: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:56:59 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind. Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March. Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland. Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays. The airport in Iceland is a wonderful place to spend an hour or two. He'll enjoy it. As long as the bar is open, eh? Could be worse. It could be Greenland. I worked with an Icelander in the Silicon Valley. He said cold as hell, and the booze was expensive as hell. Big taxes. |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:15:00 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:36:02 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:37:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Wrote in message: Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe. Yabut I just can't envision saying, "Give him 2.54 cm and he'll take 1.60934 km". === Followed by 28.35 grams of prevention is worth .45 kilos of cure. But a stitch in time saves nine still holds together. Over time this would all get sorted out and new cliches would emerge after a generation or two. Maybe the Canadians could lend us some in the meanwhile, ehh? Here's a few suggestions for starters: Give him a centimeter and he'll take a kilometer. A gram of prevention is worth a kilo of cure. Somehow that just doesn't sound like it is going to catch on. === Just trying to get the ball rolling. Feel free to chip in. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 04:26:10 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:43:08 -0500, Alex wrote: John H. wrote: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:56:59 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind. Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March. Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland. Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays. The airport in Iceland is a wonderful place to spend an hour or two. He'll enjoy it. As long as the bar is open, eh? Could be worse. It could be Greenland. I worked with an Icelander in the Silicon Valley. He said cold as hell, and the booze was expensive as hell. Big taxes. === We were in both Greenland and Iceland last summer but not long enough to do a detailed cost of living analysis. Off hand though I'd guess that Greenland is more expensive because of its remoteness. Of course you could always go native and learn to eat raw seal meet. :-) We spent an afternoon in a colorful little town in south western Greenland called Qaqortoq. With a population of 3,089 it is the fourth largest city and has no roads in or out, just a heliport and a decent harbor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaqortoq https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1067&bih=667&e i=qWh3XJv3OsHI_Qbkko-ACg&q=Qaqortoq&oq=Qaqortoq --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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