The problem we face switching people
from measuring horses in cm vs "hands" is not only tradition, but the fact that
there is some convenience in the "hands" method. As a horse owner myself,
I can tell readers that the height of a horse is an important factor in deciding
whether to buy a
Does
"15.2" mean 15.2 hands, or 15 hands 2 inches?
This
is a similar concept to "stone" in the UK.
cm
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Harry
WyethSent: Monday, June 07, 2004 05:10To: U.S. Metric
AssociationSubject:
I see you spoke in tenths of hands, or to the nearest
centimetre. I'm not involved with horses, but in the times I've seen hands
used, it was always whole numbers. So, how do you measure a horse in
hands, with a decimal inch scale or with your hands as one mentioned earlier and
then just
Carleton MacDonald
(cm) wrote:
Does "15.2" mean 15.2 hands, or 15 hands 2
inches?
This donkey web page http://www.lovelongears.com/hands.htmlhas a description of the hand, its history, and how it is used
(plus the entire measuring procedure). The description of the hand reads
thusly:
Title: Message
Toronto Star article
on Canadian metrication.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1c=Articlecid=1086387008700call_pageid=968256290204col=968350116795
Nat
Well...the variation in hand sizes was (and may still be, in some areas)
used to deceptively market horses. An old saying was Buy short, sell
tall. Some unscrupulous horse dealers have been known to trim hooves
longer and even train horses to stand on tip-toes to add height (and thus
justify
This is an instance in which my third point of U.S. metrication---that
metrication be applied rationally, without interfering with certain customs that
have little to do with trade---should hold. No pun intended, but "hands
off" metricating hands.
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This is an instance in which my third point of U.S. metrication---that
metrication be applied rationally, without interfering with certain customs that
have little to do with trade---should hold.
Agreed. And the nice thing is "hands" are already metricated, for
all practical
Just saw a "first" for me: a NAFTA package (for a
fire ring we bought) in English/French/Spanish with only US Customary units. (In
all other cases I've seen NAFTA packages have used US Customary in the English
and SI in the other two languages.)
Is this legal in either Canada or Mexico?
To all Canadians on this list:
In your experience with immigrants, how much effort do they put into learning FFU?
A lot depends on where they came from, and the
extent to which FFU was ever used in their
country of origin, if at all.
Still, because certain items in Canada are mearsured
in
The response from the journalist who reported on this story:
Hmm.. so it looks like the students did in fact record their results in feet... *sigh*
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From: Pemberton-Butler, Lisa
Sent: Jun 7, 2004 1:58 PM
To: Jason Darfus [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Unreal, the strangeness of FFU.
Carleton
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of James
WentworthSent: Monday, June 07, 2004 08:03To: U.S.
Metric AssociationSubject: [USMA:30071] RE: Horses and
hands
Carleton MacDonald
(cm)
Here is the article:
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20040607/southsound/68121.shtml
Euric
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Sent: Monday, 2004-06-07 15:35
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Well, at least the measurements were taken in metres and the feet are just
translation. Which means it should be easy to see the hidden metric in the
numbers.
Euric
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