Wizard of Oz asked in USMA 17458: >guys, how did you get to the metrication stuff? > >what was for you the reason to say " stop, I dont want to be bothered by >imperial anymore!"? > > >bye > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >----- > >ICQ# 101182044 > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> ><META content="MSHTML 5.50.4912.300" name=GENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> ><DIV>guys, how did you get to the metrication stuff?</DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV>what was for you the reason to say " stop, I dont want to be bothered by >imperial anymore!"?</DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV>bye</DIV> ><DIV><BR> ><HR width="33%"> ><B> ><CENTER>ICQ# 101182044</CENTER></B></DIV></BODY></HTML>
There are two reasons to go metric: 1) If we want to do business with 95 % of the world we should use a measurement language that they understand; 2) It will save us a lot of confusion and unnecessary arithmetic. Stephen Davis asked in 17460: >Nobody mourned the passing of the gallon or the bushel and peck, so why >all the artificial fuss over the pound and ounce?? Most motorists don't ask for gallons. They buy their gasoline (petrol) from a self-service pump or the tell the attendant "Fill 'er up!". The bushel and peck are farmers' language. But when one wants to buy loose produce from a green grocer, one must state the wanted quantity. One is embarrassed if one hasn't the faintest idea of how many grams or kilograms one wants. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
