> Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 14:26:53 +0100
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: [USMA:47443] Re: Bespoke tailoring
> To: [email protected]
>
>
>
> > --- I actually agree with a lot of what you said there but I still
> > cringe at quotes like 'the inch is our enemy'. Far too emotional.
>
> I think you are probably reading more emotion in to it than was intended. My
> point is that the
> focus of this group is to promote the increased use of the metric system, and
> in that the inch is
> definitely an 'enemy' (though not, of course, the people who use it) that we
> should be working to
> consign to the history books, along with the league, the grain, the gill and
> the chain, and that
> diverting energy and resources to trying to stamp out the centimeter is not
> only futile and
> decisive, but renders the metric system that little bit less flexible.
- I did make the point of saying that I knew you didn't mean it emotionally
(and made an observation of how a certain few might read it).
>
> > Obviously none
> > of these would work on me because I'm a staunch user of both systems
> > (!) Unlike UK politics I support a coalition of measures :-)
>
> So you would therefore be supportive of allowing metric measures to be used
> on UK road signs, or
> does your coalition of measures only apply to areas in which metric has a
> preponderance ?
>
- I've been asked that on this sort of forum before - and I'm quite consistent
in my response :-)
Where safety is involved I prefer one measure - but only where there is that
element.I always cite two examples for this: Road signs, which I would prefer
stay imperial only because 1. I like it that way (that's the selfish POV) and
2. Having dual would clutter things and lead to error. The other of my two
examples is medicine. And guess what? the responses are the same - ie 1. I
like it that way and 2. Having dual would clutter and lead to error. Error on
both these could be quite catastrophic. I understand people might have
answers to both these that might go against me (from either 'camp') but that is
my opinion and apart from the status quo it looks like the authorities (who I
don't naturally support) agree.
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