> [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,
Depends on the type of food, I guess, and on the quantity you buy. In Germany, "Pfund" (pound) is still used colloquially when buying some food (e.g.meat), though nowadays it is generally understood to be half a kilo instead of whatever odd number of Gramms it was in the Kaiser's days. Greetings Karl Heinz _______________________________________________ Gzg-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu:1337/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gzg-l --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
