> [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,
[Karl Heinz] 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. [TomB] Well, a lot of our measures are drawn from common things of olden ages... Road widths somewhat tie to horse/wagon widths, a pound is a useful unit for food measurement because it has some correspondence with what you might use making a meal (or a half pound would). A foot is somewhat like a foot. A yard is somewhat like the distance of a long stride or fingertip to armpit for some. A quart is about what you'd carry in a canteen. Using stones as weight might make some sense. Etc. -- "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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