<snip> > After I took the trouble to learn about inches, fractions of inches, > feet, yards, miles, acres, sections, tons, pounds and ounces that > *other* funny system was introduced! Oy vay! Talk about a funny > system...what about those fluid ounces and the weight kind? Were they > smoking something funny in their old pipes? > > All of my measuring tapes (the ones I use for antenna wires and > carpentry (okay - wood butchering) are in feet and inches. I just > looked to make sure. Until now I had not considered myself to be > bilingual. What a delightful surprise to discover that I really am > (evil grin). > > 73, > > Bill KU8H
When I was in Nursing School we had to learn to administer liquid drug doses by the english measurements by drops, teaspoon, tablespoon & it was a PITA to keep things straight fast and simple. Dealing with millimeters & centimeters was cake. You want to measure 58 millimeters in a 100 ml syringe, no problem. Imagine breaking that down to how many drops that comes out to is a different matter. I use the english measurement because so much here is still in that system but give me things that are evenly divided by ten any day if I want it to be simple. Some people like a challenge, I like to reduce difficulties. Whatever works best for you is best. Gary KA1J _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com