[USMA:24164] Jason's post

[Harry Wyeth]

I liked what I read in Jason's post. It is nice to see a person who is not a scientist of some sort being a part of this forum, and most of his observations make a lot of sense. There is a great deal of discussion here about esoteric theories and ideas of converting time to "metric time" and all that--which if fine for philosophical discussion purposes but has very little to do with converting this we-do-it-our-way-here-in-the-good-'ole-USA country to what I still like to call "the metric system".

But I like the word millibar over hectopascal. The latter is overly long and odd-sounding. "Bar" sounds of barometric, which everyone knows has to do with air pressure. Most people know that "milli" means 1/1000 or something small like that. But "pascal"? And "hecto"? Hey, Bub, watch your language!

HARRY WYETH