Measurement and standards? It's a serious business you know, but this section contains clear proof that there is a lighter side ! We begin with some culture....

Poetry

The Metrologist's Lament After all those years of training And work of vast import I find my patience slowly draining With each request for a weather report ! [With acknowledgement to RD Brewster of Collins Radio]

Also in this Section

• The History of Standards
• Honesty is the Best Policy
• Understanding the Metric System
• Are You a Manager or an Engineer?
• Managers versus Metrologists
• Military Standards Forever
• Why is Marketing Better Paid than Metrology?
• Standardizing our Language
• The Importance of the Test Procedure
• World Standards Day?
• Stranger than Fiction
• Measuring Language
• Elegant Mathematics
• Re-drafting the First Standard