On Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:32 AM [GMT+1=CET], Ian Cardinal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do have some sympathy for Dorothy on some aspects of metric > systems. When I was in Lincolnshire I remember having an argument > with a farmer who was trying to tell me that 10 was an imperfect > number: you could put a dozen eggs in a box, divided by 3 etc. I > pointed out that we have 10 digits (most of us) on our hands and > feet: that we count in a system of base 10 etc. he was speechless Arithmetic would have been a much more convenient thing if the Lord had provided us with twelve digits instead of ten so that mankind whoud have developed a number notation based on twelve rather than ten. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk No man is an island. So is Man.
