True. But in the sensitive world of women's clothing, the number has a psychological impact.
Size 4. "I'm in great shape!" Waist size 24 in. "Still pretty good." Waist size 61 cm. "That seems a bit bigger to me." Waist size 610 mm. "I'm a HOUSE!! HELP!!" Same mentality that causes Canadian produce sellers to price things by the pound, because a pound is smaller than a kilogram so the price appears lower. Same mentality that causes cars to be advertised in horsepower rather than kW, because a horsepower is smaller, so there are more of them, and the car seems more powerful. Carleton > Yet they still can talk about salaries in $1000's, elevations in 1000's > (ft), commerical building space in 1000's (ft^2), etc. > > It's just a matter of grouping things in multiples of a thousand, or in > the case of 900 millimeters, multiples of a hundred. Width of your > hand. > > Nat > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Carleton MacDonald > Sent: Monday, 2004 May 24 21:14 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:29964] Re: Metric skybus diagram (Suspended monorail in > India) > > > Probably because people feel more comfortable with smaller numbers: 90 > instead of 900. Also, in this case, use of mm could imply a level of > precision that is not there. Physical objects, measured in mm even > though large, are EXACTLY that size. But a 90 cm shirt size, for > example, would have some degree of slop in the fit. > > Carleton > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of G. Stanley Doore > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 21:08 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:29944] Re: Metric skybus diagram (Suspended monorail in > India) > > > If millimeters can be used for monorail vehicles which are 3150 mm wide > and the girders which measure 8378 mm wide, why doesn't the clothing > industry use millimeters since clothing measurements are much smaller > than the monorail vehicles and tracks? It doesn't make sense to use > centimeters for clothing.. > > Stan Doore > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: MightyChimp > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 8:46 PM > Subject: [USMA:29941] Re: Metric skybus diagram (Suspended monorail in > India) > > > Sky Bus is the solution which is presented by the Konkan Railway > Corporation India for world community which does not demand precious > urban space but actually adds, can carry both commuters ( 30000 to > 160000 per hour capacity)and containers(720 per hour) very economically > at high speeds of 100 to 160 kmph. > > This caught my eye. Is kmph a new version of kph? I'm just wondering > why it is so hard to get people to use the solidus instead of the "p". > > Even though the speeds are metric, and FFU-ist will see hidden FFU. 100 > km/h would be 60 mi/h or 1 mi/min and 160 km/h is just 100 mi/h. > > The largesse of the corporate giants has helped the KRC to save at least > Rs. 4 crores, said the KRC managing director, B. Rajaram. > > I had no idea what a crore was until I looked it up and it means 10 > million. Thus Rs 4 crores means 40 million. Wouldn't it be better to > say 40 MRUP? At least those of us outside of India would know what was > meant. > > Euric > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G. Stanley Doore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 2004-05-23 16:21 > Subject: [USMA:29937] Metric skybus diagram (Suspended monorail in > India) > > > > The following diagram is provided to show that specifications are > given in > > millimeters rather then in some other multiple for a large > transportation > > facility. If someone needs to know the dimensions in English units, > one can > > divided the numbers by 25.4 to get inches and then divide that result > by 12 > > to get dimensions in decimal feet. > > > > This is a practical example of why millimeters should be used instead > of > > centimeters or meters. > > > > No big deal. > > > > Stan Doore > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "MagNews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:20 AM > > Subject: [UrbanMaglev] "Sky bus: corporate giants extend support to > KRC" > > Hindu 5/24 (India suspended mono) > > > > > > > > > > ".. The KRC hopes all the components of the sky bus will arrive at > the > > Madgoan site by the second week of June. It has also been scheduled to > > conduct the first trial run of the sky bus during the last week of > > June. .." Attached illustration from: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sky_bus_metro/ > > > > http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/23/stories/2004052311980300.htm > > > > Kerala - Kochi > > > > Sky bus: corporate giants extend support to KRC > > > > >
