function fwLoadMenus() {
  if (window.fw_menu_0) return;
  

  window.fw_menu_0 = new Menu("root",350,17,"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",10,"#CCCCCC","#FFCCCC","#657E82","#990000");
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("scribbleheap","location='../../index.htm'");
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("The Newstand","location='../newsstand.htm'");
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("---------------------------------");
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("The Amazing Story of Measurment","location='meas 1.htm'"); 
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Early Man: His Body as Yardstich","location='meas 2.htm'"); 
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("The Pyramids: Cubit's Ruse","location='meas 3.htm'"); 
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Feets Don't Fail Me Now","location='meas 4.htm'"); 
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Getting Small: Inches and Barleycorns","location='meas 5.htm'"); 
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Foot & Yard","location='meas 6.htm'"); 
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Getting Even Smaller: Barleycorns to Poppyseeds","location='meas 7.htm'"); 
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Marseilles: Hotbed of Metric Resistance","location='meas 8.htm'"); 
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Metric's First Foisting","location='meas 9.htm'"); 
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("The Disease Spreads","location='meas 10.htm'"); 
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("America is Born and Headed Metric","location='meas 11.htm'");     
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("The Tide Turns Back","location='meas 12.htm'");     
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("The Birth of the Lufkin Company","location='meas 13.htm'");     
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Taking Measure of Civilization","location='meas 14.htm'");     
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Lufkin and the Future of Mankind","location='meas 15.htm'");     
   fw_menu_0.fontWeight="bold";
   fw_menu_0.hideOnMouseOut=true;
   fw_menu_0.childMenuIcon="arrows.gif";
  fw_menu_0.writeMenus();
} // fwLoadMenus()