> Do we really want to stick with a system of units that few of us understand, > with the > same name denoting different quantities depending on context?
I agree with Shmuel. As a Canadian I was always mildly amused that the Americans had different quarts and gallons from us. They were wrong of course, but in a naïve way. Their quart was 32 ounces and ours was 40, their gallon was four quarts and so was ours. However I remember my shock when I discovered the ounce is different as well. A US fluid ounce is 1.040843 of our fluid ounces. That just seems so *wrong*. 😊 G. Tom Russell “Stay calm. Be brave. Wait for the signs” — Jasper FriendlyBear “… and remember to leave good news alone.” — Gracie HeavyHand ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
