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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:38708] Re: Is U.S. metrication still considered "extreme?"
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 16:30:08 +0000
Even the vast majority who can't tell you how many feet in a mile, how many
ounces in a gallon, etc., know a few things.
1. How much I "weigh". (from the scale)
2. How tall I am. (from the device in the doctor's office)
3. How far it is to the corner, to the store, to work.
4. How big I was when I was born, how big my kids were, how big my
friends' kids were, etc. (The hospital dumbed down the measurements and
gave them to me that way because that's all I understand.)
Messing with that gets them really upset.
I wonder how many babies in Australia, 30 years and more on, still get
discussed in terms of pounds, ounces and inches, because the grandmothers
want to make comparisons.
Carleton
The "grandmother" argument has been going on for decades. I think they'll
all have passed away by now.
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