The way I would boil it down is this: use millimeters in industry to avoid decimal fractions that many folks steeped in Imperial seem to be very uncomfortable with and then let everyday usage determine what to use in conversation about height, lengths of lumber, room or carpet measurements, etc.
That makes me wonder something. Pat, can you tell us what units doctors' offices and hospitals use in Australia to measure a person's height? Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 5:49 AM Subject: [USMA:32975] RE: cm and mm > Or as 0.95 m which for most people is just above waist height. > > Phil Hall > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:33 PM > Subject: [USMA:32974] RE: cm and mm > > > >>>For me, I can visualize 95 little units stacked up. But 950 really > > tiny units--that's more difficult. But if it works Down Under or for > > other folks, that's OK with me. > >>> > > > > But that's not how you do it. You imagine 9.5 hand-width units (100 mm > > each) stacked up like modules. Then it becomes easy. > > > > Nat > > > > > >
