At 04:53 PM 4/30/99 -0600, you wrote: >Dave Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (I believe tongue in cheek):
>As long as some want to dismiss the English system as having a silly >basis, may I propose we consider the hour, minute, and second. These >are ridiculous units for the same reasons. > Try replacing a blood pressure measurment (in mmHg) by kilopascals - the healthcare people will burn you at the stake! The attempt to introduce blood gas measurment in SI units has been to my mind only partially succesful and only in Europe. Here in Canada and US it is still mmHg. Mike Koblic, Quesnel BC
