On Saturday 24 December 2005 09:07, Paul Trusten, R.Ph. wrote:
> Now, we are getting down to the nitty-gritty of measurement and emotion
> (grin).  Like U.S. football and song lyrics, there are places where metric
> won't be visiting in the immediate future in the U.S.

This isn't your average Murkin who uses whatever units he/she grew up with or 
everyone around is using. These are scientists and people interested in 
science, and while there are some sciences (such as linguistics) that don't 
measure masses or lengths much, I'd expect that someone who weighs bears in 
kilograms, or studies medicines dosed in milligrams per kilogram, would weigh 
herself in kilograms.

> Recently, I was chatting with a friend who is a former police officer,
> saying how I'd like to have my height on my driver's license to be stated
> as 1.73 m. He said the cops would think I was pretty short.

Sometime ago I asked about metric robber gauges. Has anyone tried metricating 
the police department?

phma

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