Yes, like this: "I am from the BWMA and from now on we will use our splendid Imperial units of measurements. For a time I will give metric equivalents, but I will show how Imperial is vastly superior to and much more convenient than this metric trash. The temperature will be 50 degrees Fahrenheit today, that is 10.15 degrees Celsius."
Just like this nonsense from the Footrule site: "What knife edge stuff the Ladies Curling at the Winter Olympics was, having never seen a game before I could not believe it would have me sitting on the edge of my seat. A well deserved Gold medal to those modest, superbly skilled ladies. I was very intrigued by a piece of information from one commentator, who said that the circles on the ice were still measured in imperial at 4, 8 and 12 feet wide. But don't worry, once the Metric Thought Police have caught up with this one, it will be so much easier to remember it in the metric equivalent of 1219mm, 2438mm and 3657mm.... won't it? I'm also told that the Curling Stones weigh 44lb each, I'll leave it to you to convert that one into the usual incomprehensible kilos. Jos� O'Ware" Let's find out the BWMA way what 44 lbs is: ..... 19.976 kg. Oh, these damned incomprehensible kilos (sic)! Long live the BWMA, our deliverers from metric evil! Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-03-06 05:26 Subject: [USMA:18556] Re: Centigrade-Celsius Differences 2002-03-05 I think for practical purposes, they would drop the 0.15 and just call it 273 K. Unless you are a weather spokesman for the BWMA, then you would do it, just to make SI look silly. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duncan Bath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-03-05 21:20 Subject: [USMA:18555] Re: Centigrade-Celsius Differences For everyday use, the celsius scale certainly has an intuitive factor going for it. For example, I would not relish weather maps with the isothermal line separating ice and snow from water and rain labelled 273.15 K D. <snip>
