Re: Objectionable Material for Children

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 16:33 22-01-01 -0800, Joshua wrote:
>"Charlie Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>Explain again why it's wrong? Aren't metres and grams just as arbitrary as
>>inches and ounces?
>
>In retrospect, though, the switch from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals 
>(inaccurate term, but y'know what I mean - positional decimal) was pretty 
>handy.
>
>On that note, though, we should also have switched to base 12 (and grown 
>two extra fingers) since it's much more handy than base 10 (divisible by 
>2, 3 and 4). Maybe we should revive sexagesimal. Then our clocks would 
>make sense, and the yearly hoax email about "metric time" would be a non-issue.
>
>...
>
>Tangentially, I recently bought some latex(ish) rubber for making a mold; 
>it comes with a hardening agent you have to mix in. Both are liquids, but 
>you're supposed to combine them in a 10:1 ratio by *weight*. Ugh.


Whassamatter?  You don't have an analytical balance in your kitchen?  I 
thought everyone did . . .
-- Ronn!  :)