>Hmmm, US does not understand metric??? > >Watch ski jumping (which is SOOO COOOL) and you see nothing but metric >measurements. NO CONVERSIONS found here whatsoever!! > >When shown in relation to what others are jumping, meters make sense, as >its just an arbitrary number anyway....
True enough. If you are satisfied merely to have the American viewing public know who is leading, then meters are just fine. However if you want them to also have a sense of how far the leader (or the distantly trailing Americans) actually jumped, you better tell them in feet. (And the Swiss champ's exuberance aside, I didn't find the event all that cool. It seems quite repetitive to me. With no Eddie the Eagle in there, it was just one nearly identical jump after another - for hours.) Kurt Bray _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
