I don't care what they use as long as they get rid of the comma and use a decimal point to denote tenths of a centimeter. I also noticed today that all of my dress belts for my pants are marked in inches and centimeters which is a first for me. I don't believe I've ever seen anything clothing related marked in metric anything :).
Mike On 2/13/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm wondering if our Australian folks can tell us what people Down Under prefer to use when talking about the height cleared by a high jumper or the length of skis. Ezra -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Harry Wyeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I cast my vote for continued use of cm. mm is useful, of course, depending on > the size involved. It's easy to say that a sliver in your finger is 3 mm long, > but much more convenient to say your skis are 180 cm in length or that the down > tube on your bike is 46 cm or that the high jumper cleared 195 cm. My height is > 176 cm, or "one seventy six". People understand the differences between mm and > cm, and I don't really think there is danger of confusion. Using cm a lot will > not delay whatever progress we may make in metrication in this country. > > HARRY WYETH ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Harry Wyeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:06:17 +0000 Subject: [USMA:37956] mm vs. cm I cast my vote for continued use of cm. mm is useful, of course, depending on the size involved. It's easy to say that a sliver in your finger is 3 mm long, but much more convenient to say your skis are 180 cm in length or that the down tube on your bike is 46 cm or that the high jumper cleared 195 cm. My height is 176 cm, or "one seventy six". People understand the differences between mm and cm, and I don't really think there is danger of confusion. Using cm a lot will not delay whatever progress we may make in metrication in this country. HARRY WYETH
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