Have you ever heard such a comment from anyone outside of either the US or UK? It seems the only time such nonsense is uttered it is from the dinosaurs in the empire that has already fallen and or the empire on the brink of collapse. No citizen of a progressive country or a country that is developing has such feelings.
Dan ----- Original Message ---- From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 2:29:34 AM Subject: [USMA:38165] One Dear All, >From time to time we all hear comments that the metric system is not built to >a human scale. On thinking about this, I came up with these ideas: 1 degree Celsius is about our sensitivity to temperature change. 1 litre is the capacity of an average human stomach. 1 litre of water has a mass of 1 kilogram. 1 long pace is about a metre. 1 metre is the height of a door handle. 1 metre per second is the speed of a slow walk. 1 millimetre of rain falling on 1 square metre of your roof will provide 1 litre of water in your rainwater tank. 100 metres per minute is the speed of a brisk walk. Can you help me with any more? Cheers and thanks, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216 Geelong, Australia 61 3 5241 2008 Pat Naughtin is manager of http://www.metricationmatters.com an internet website that focuses on the many issues, methods and processes that individuals, groups, companies, and nations use when upgrading to the metric system. Contact Pat Naughtin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367
