Funny thing, you mention metric and imperial measurement. Here in The Great White North (Canada), we were imperial until late 60's or early 70's, when by government fiat we one day became a metric nation. I was around 12 or 13, and by then, imperial was ingrained in my psyche.
I've still never fully made the conversion. I think that I've done it most successfully in temperature. I'll usually think celsius first, but fahrenheit is still easy for me to relate to.
Distance, weight, volume: I still think imperial first. With things like miles/kilometres, I don't have to "convert" in my head, I can do both. But, centimetres to inches I still have to think "let's see, that's 2.5 cm per inch...". I still think inches, feet and miles, pounds and ounces.
Volume is a different story. Milk comes in litres, so does gas. Soft drinks come in millilitres. Wine comes in 750 ml or 1 litre bottles. Liquor still comes in 26 or 40 ouncers (despite the fact that they're labelled in ml). And, most important, beer still comes in pints or quarts, no matter what the label says!
cheers, frank
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From: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: This is cold. Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 10:44:49 -0800
That's -27� F! Yup. That's cold! I once hit -33� F overnight in Iowa, and my engine wouldn't start! That was a brand new Volvo! You woulda thought. . .
keith (who can only think in degrees F.)
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