[ RadSafe ] For the Sake of SCIENCE!

[JPreisig at aol.com]

Radsafe,
 
     I hear you, Brennan.  I like SI units, in  general.
 
     I like millirems, Curies, etc.  I know what  they are.  I can see 
mrem/hour on my rem-meter.  I could teach the  Sievert, etc. units, but 
certainly am not used to them yet.
 
     Enjoy a liter of CocaCola today.  Way back  when, at the real 
Hofbrauhaus (Munich) a liter of beer cost one Mark.  And  you could buy hard rolls 
and cold cuts to go with it.  And the lady  bringing the beer was dressed in 
a Dirndl kleid.
 
    YUM!!!!   Have a good week.     Joe Preisig
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/23/2015 12:42:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV writes:

I can  still touch my disbelief and anger when I was introduced to the 
metric system  in grade school, and told the rest of the world used it, but we 
were stuck  with our system because of the whining of the spiritual ancestors 
of the  anti-vaccers.  "It will cost too much".  I can't imagine the cost 
of  decades of every US manufacture who wants to sell outside the borders 
having  to have two sets of tools and parts.  The most amazing argument was 
that  God Himself ordained the system we have, and the proof could be found in 
the  ratios of the dimensions of the Pyramids in Egypt.   



-----Original Message-----
From:  radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu  
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of KARAM,  PHILIP
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:23 AM
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ]  For the Sake of SCIENCE!

Considering that the first recommendation to  move the US from our current 
system of units to something more rational was  introduced by Thomas 
Jefferson, I'm not expecting to see much progress in my  lifetime.

https://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/usmetric.html

http://metricationmatters.com/docs/USAMetricSystemHistory.pdf  

But can't hurt to try!


-----Original Message-----
From:  radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu  
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Brennan, Mike  (DOH)
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 12:15 PM
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] For  the Sake of SCIENCE!

I have been agitating for years for the rad  community to move from the 
bastardized units to a pure SI system, to no  effect.  Maybe if the US moved to 
SI we could get some movement in our  community.  Here is a petition 
requesting the White House take action to  have us join the rest of the world.  If 
you (a) are citizen of the United  States and (b) would rather figure out 
how many meters are in a kilometer than  inches in a mile, consider signing 
this petition.  Feel free to share it  by email or social media.  Thank you.  
  
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/change-metric-system-there-are-only-2-other-countries-do-not-use-metric-system-myanmar-and-liberia

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