Jacques ) writes:

Use metric once and you'll never go back.

the government tried to force metric on the people of Canada but it didn't
stick. The British Empire gave us nice neat whole fractions. The French
Empire gave us confusing non-terminating decimals.

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William Watt says:

The French
Empire gave us confusing non-terminating decimals.

Just ignore the decimals, William, and stick to whole millimetres - you'll
still be more accurate than those who work to the nearest 1/16"

;-P

Steve

Try living with a research chemist for 30 years !!

Most people {Americans, anyway} *think* in US and convert to Metric - she
*thinks* in Metric and has to convert to US measurements !!

I've learned to let her be ACCURATE and I do the converting when I have to.

Regards & Good Luck,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
{PS - don't you wonder where those 'odd-ball' thickness dimensions come
from when you are getting sheet goods at your local yard ?}


"Stephen Baker" wrote in message
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SNIP

Just ignore the decimals, William, and stick to whole millimetres - you'll
still be more accurate than those who work to the nearest 1/16"

;-P

Steve

On 10 Mar 2004 15:21:15 GMT, (William R.
Watt) wrote:

Jacques ) writes:

Use metric once and you'll never go back.

the government tried to force metric on the people of Canada but it didn't
stick. The British Empire gave us nice neat whole fractions. The French
Empire gave us confusing non-terminating decimals.

My generation of Canadians is somewhere in between. We think of
distances and weights in metric, except when it comes to the height
and weight of people. This is because our parents, being
Imperial-thinking, always spoke of our height in feet and inches.

If you asked me how tall I am in centimeters, I wouldn't know. But if
you ask me how far it is to Montreal in miles, I wouldn't know,
either.

Metric really is superior, imho. At the mill, we saw to Imperial
standards, because that's how the market works, but we use centimeters
internally to keep track of the cut.

-m

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SO how many of you, laid end to end, would it take to reach Montreal?
G
If you asked me how tall I am in centimeters, I wouldn't know. But if
you ask me how far it is to Montreal in miles, I wouldn't know,
either.

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