Yes, I am sick and tired of dealing with this horrible non-decimal measurement system the US has for time: the number of units per other unit vary all across the board: 60..61 : 1, 60 : 1, 24 : 1, 28..31 : 1, 12 : 1, 365..366 : 1 -- awful. At least with inches, feet, and miles, the number of feet per mile don't vary depending on which mile one is talking about!
I'll be so glad to shift to a metric system for time, as they use in Europe, so we won't have to deal with this stuff any more. How could anyone prefer this to a metric system? Mark __________________________________ http://www.macchiato.com ► “Eppur si muove” ◄ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Everson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:15 Subject: Re: [Way OT] Beer measurements (was: Re: Handwritten EURO sign) > Michael Everson scripsit: > > > >Michael. Look up "yard" in that OED of yours. Then tell me again just > > >how much you wish to have it "abolished". > > > > It will be a great day when the US finally accepts and implements the > > metric system. > > I agree entirely. > > -- > One Word to write them all, John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > One Access to find them, http://www.reutershealth.com > One Excel to count them all, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan > And thus to Windows bind them. --Mike Champion > >
