[USMA:33114] Re: Use of millimetres

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In a message dated 2005-06-05 14:24:07 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can anyone cite cases, for example, where body weights in pounds are so bothersome when they exceed 100 lbs. that people have used or invented bigger units for weighing themselves so that the numbers are smaller? (By the way, I CAN cite one example but why should I make the argument against my own position; let the opponents find it.) I weigh 14 stone, must less messy than saying 196 lbs :-)   Actually here in the US I don't see how people could think it bothersome to use larger numbers.  We seem to have a tendency to user larger numbers than we have to already.  We prefer to go from feet to miles and skip yards in many applications and we don't make use of the stone, we simply use pounds.  Larger numbers would be no issue for people, just something to get used to.  The only reason a 46 inch waist sounds large is because we're used to what a 46 inch waist means; it wouldn't take long to learn what a 1000 mm or 100 cm waist is.  We get a 'feel' for units by using them.