cest levy!
On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:52:04 -0400 fawcett@uism.bu.edu writes:
>Give me thumbs, oops I mean inches, or give me death! What in the
>world is so
>wrong about basing measurements on body parts?! It has a certain, je
>ne ces
>qua about it. :-)
>T.
>P.S. My french sucks too, so don't bother pointing that out if I
>messed it up!
>;-)
>
>
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>Subject: Metrics - Was: Re: DML: fishing rod holder-brent
>Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
>Date: 7/18/99 9:33 AM
>
>
>OK, I'll probably get flamed for this, but........
>
>The Metric system is much more logical (and simpler) than the standard
>
>system. I (along with most other U.S. citizens) was taught the
>standard
>system (pounds, feet, etc.), and have a little trouble converting to
>Metric,
>mainly because few people in this country use it.
>
>The fact of the matter is, if we were all taught Metric to begin with,
>we
>would all be much better off when it comes to measuring things, and we
>
>wouldn't be pissed off about having to convert from one set to the
>other
>(Metric is the world standard, and for good reason). Having said
>that,
>there is a lot of people really pissed off about Metrics because they
>have
>been taught the standard system ever since they were old enough to
>learn.
>
>Ah, old traditions die hard (regardless of their illogical-ness).....
>
>--
>'92 Dak CC 2wd 318 3.55
>'84 GoldWing Interstate
>
>
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