> > >Feet. . . right. Feet. Excuse me while I go flagellate myself. I'm > >used to thinking in meters so much that my eye glossed right over the > >little '. I just assumed that a European would be using meters. > > TomB is a fellow USian I believe.
[TomB] Although flattering, and although I do have an affinity for the large number of my friends down there, I am Canadian. I do lean a bit right for our country, but that still makes me pretty middle of the road by USAian standards. Mr: Kochte: Actually, I do believe he is most assuredly Canadian. ;-) Still NAC, though. :-D [TomB] Or the dreaded splinter group "Scottish-Canadian". [TomB] Mr. McCarthy is right, I grew up mostly in metric, but my Dad had a sign in the garage that read "English spoken here. Feet and not meters. Gallons and not litres. Pounds and not kilograms." and he called the Maple Leaf 'Pearson's Liberal Banner'. The only Canadian flag he'd acknowledge is the Red Ensign. [TomB] From the top of my head: 1" = 25.4mm, 1m = roughly 39", 1 quart = 946 mL (at least as they sell motor oil), 1 US gallon = 4 liters (UK gallon = 4.5, Canadian Gallon = 4.55). 1 Canadian Dollar = an inexplicable 0.82 USD. 1 km = 0.62 miles, 1 metric ton = 2200 lbs, 1 Stone = 14 pounds, 1 chain = 6 feet, 500mL = 1 guiness, 12 dogs = 1 sled, and 1 Mountain Dew = 0 caffeine. [TomB] Metric makes sense for any form of engineering math. But for describing people's height and weight, Imperial seems more intuitive. Same with shopping for food in pounds, although liters make sense for liquids. Speeds in mph or km/hr are fine. Sailboats are measured in feet and anyone who tells me I'm 1.62m tall leaves me with a blank expression. [TomB] 2 + 2 = 5 if you are using a metric 2. -- "Now, I go to spread happiness to the rest of the station. It is a terrible responsibility but I have learned to live with it." Londo, A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." -- Thomas Paine Thomas Paine --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ground Zero Games" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gzg-group?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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