Message Forum: Re: The EVIL Metric system not quite taking away my HERITAGE

Re: The EVIL Metric system not quite taking away my HERITAGE

Posted By: gabby, on host 206.231.74.145
Date: Friday, July 6, 2001, at 18:24:35
In Reply To: The EVIL Metric system taking away my HERITAGE posted by eric sleator on Tuesday, April 4, 2000, at 03:27:28:

According to the U.S. General Accounting Office, roughly two-thirds of global industrial output remains based on customary specifications. The article that contained this figure also claimed that significant other industries are only pseudo-metric: film companies relabeled 1-3/8" film as 35mm film without actually changing the size, in order to make it sound "more accurate."

gab"We should convert to using cubits, ephahs, and shekels"by

Replies To This Message

Re: EVIL Metric system not quite taking away my HERITAGE - Wolfspirit - Thu, 7/12/2001, 21:29:45
- Re: 5Metric/(9Customary-32) - gabby - Fri, 7/13/2001, 22:17:50
  - Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - Wolfspirit - Sat, 7/14/2001, 14:38:44
    - Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - gabby - Sat, 7/14/2001, 22:24:08
      - Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - Eric Sleator - Sun, 7/15/2001, 15:37:04
      - Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - gremlinn - Sun, 7/15/2001, 13:29:01
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - gabby - Sun, 7/15/2001, 23:17:15
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - gremlinn - Mon, 7/16/2001, 02:24:01
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - julian - Mon, 7/16/2001, 03:15:06
      - Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - Wes - Sun, 7/15/2001, 12:07:37
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - wintermute - Mon, 7/16/2001, 02:54:11
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - Nyperold - Mon, 7/16/2001, 15:36:59
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - wintermute - Tue, 7/17/2001, 01:20:22
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - Nyperold - Tue, 7/17/2001, 09:56:19
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - wintermute - Mon, 7/16/2001, 01:16:14
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - julian - Mon, 7/16/2001, 03:03:39
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - wintermute - Mon, 7/16/2001, 03:42:15
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - julian - Mon, 7/16/2001, 04:46:33
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - wintermute - Mon, 7/16/2001, 06:45:32
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - JULIAN - Mon, 7/16/2001, 08:13:51
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - wintermute - Mon, 7/16/2001, 08:45:42
        
        Re: Freedom to be stupid - gabby - Mon, 7/16/2001, 00:30:09
        
        Re: Freedom to read labels - Wolfspirit - Wed, 7/18/2001, 09:18:23
        
        Re: Freedom to read labels - Melanie - Wed, 7/18/2001, 10:11:58
        
        Re: Freedom to read labels - gabby - Wed, 7/18/2001, 14:20:30
        
        Re: Freedom to read labels - wintermute - Thu, 7/19/2001, 01:07:43
        
        Re: Freedom to be stupid - Wes - Mon, 7/16/2001, 09:13:12
        
        Re: Freedom to be stupid - wintermute - Mon, 7/16/2001, 09:25:06
        
        Re: Freedom to be stupid - Sam - Mon, 7/16/2001, 05:01:16
      - Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - julian - Sun, 7/15/2001, 06:04:04
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - gabby - Sun, 7/15/2001, 23:23:10
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - Ellmyruh - Mon, 7/16/2001, 08:18:48
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - Eric Sleator - Tue, 7/17/2001, 07:15:17
        
        Re: Metric=5/[9(Customary-32)] - julian - Mon, 7/16/2001, 00:00:43
    - Re: Angle Measurements - gremlinn - Sat, 7/14/2001, 21:16:42
      - Re: Angle Measurements & A Question for Road-Worker RinkyDinks - gabby - Sat, 7/14/2001, 23:27:12
        
        Re: Angle Measurements & A Question for Road-Worker RinkyDinks - gremlinn - Sun, 7/15/2001, 13:50:17
        
        Re: Angle Measurements & A Question for Road-Worker RinkyDinks - gremlinn - Sun, 7/15/2001, 14:39:34
        
        Re: Angle Measurements & A Question for Road-Worker RinkyDinks - julian - Sun, 7/15/2001, 05:33:46
  - Re: 5Metric/(9Customary-32) - julian - Sat, 7/14/2001, 14:03:16
  - Re: 9Metric/(5(Customary-32)) - gremlinn - Sat, 7/14/2001, 03:18:03
Re: The EVIL Metric system not quite taking away my HERITAGE - julian - Mon, 7/9/2001, 23:43:13
- Re: The EVIL Metric system not quite taking away my HERITAGE - wintermute - Tue, 7/10/2001, 01:30:36
  - Re: Voting - julian - Tue, 7/10/2001, 04:13:56
    - Re: Voting - wintermute - Tue, 7/10/2001, 05:04:25
      - Re: Voting - julian - Tue, 7/10/2001, 05:34:34
        
        Re: Voting - wintermute - Tue, 7/10/2001, 06:27:22
        
        Re: Voting - wintermute - Fri, 7/13/2001, 02:14:52
        
        Re: Voting - julian - Fri, 7/13/2001, 02:50:03
        
        Re: Voting - wintermute - Fri, 7/13/2001, 03:52:20
        
        Re: Voting - julian - Thu, 7/12/2001, 00:23:14
        
        Re: Voting - Faux Pas - Thu, 7/12/2001, 06:20:05
        
        Re: Voting - wintermute - Thu, 7/12/2001, 01:46:16
        
        Re: Voting - julian - Thu, 7/12/2001, 06:12:37
        
        Re: Voting - wintermute - Thu, 7/12/2001, 07:35:24
        
        Re: Euro Or Not Euro - gabby - Wed, 7/11/2001, 20:37:21
        
        Re: Euro Or Not Euro - wintermute - Thu, 7/12/2001, 02:03:27
        
        Re: Euro Or Not Euro - a reminder - Bourne - Thu, 7/12/2001, 02:17:02