Carleton, What do they do with the weather or price of gas/petrol? Metric had pretty much taken over in those areas last time I visited the UK. Nat
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carleton MacDonald Sent: Saturday, 2007 May 12 17:49 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38668] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph I get a daily news digest from the Telegraph. The only time they use metric in any story is if it is a direct quote. Carleton _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nat Hager III Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 09:13 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38660] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph This sounds like solving the Schrödinger wave equation to calculate electron orbitals! Are £123 6s 4d and £123 6s 8d separate spin states? Do they follow Fermi exclusion principle? I'll take good 'ol metric dollars and cents and day! <g> Nat _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Vlietstra Sent: Saturday, 2007 May 12 8:26 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38659] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph It is quite easy to calculate mentally how many times 6s 8d go into £123 9s 9d the answer is 370 times with a remainder of 3s 1d. However 6s 4d is not so easy after all 6s 8d is exactly one third of a £ while 6s 4d is not a sub-multiple of a £). I suspect that somebody had a dim memory of this short-cut from their school days, but the memory was so dim that they got confused between 3s 4d (one sixth of a £) and 6s 8d (one third of a £). _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Han Maenen Sent: 12 May 2007 09:52 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38658] Reaction to the Telegraph My reaction sent to the Telegraph on the article Stone me!...: A.C. Sherman: "Hurrah for Imperial Measures! Why is it that we always seem to have to adopt continental ideas and they never adopt ours?" Not true whatsoever. We have adopted English as the global language of communication; English is a mandatory examination subject in all post-primary schools in mainland Europe. It is even taught in primary schools here. The continentals never accepting anything British.. It's exactly the other way around! You mean of course, that the continent should adopt the English language AND the Imperial system! As for me, the second part, no way, never, ever. I am a proud user of the metric system. And I like to use metric units of British origine like the watt, the joule, the kelvin, the volt, etc. I honour and acknowledge the priceless contributions made to metric by UK and US scientists. Last but not least, someone should explain to me how it is possble to calculate mentally how often 6s 4d go into £123 9s 9d?
