Hi,
Living in a cold climate, surely 0C makes more sense than 0F - at 0C water freezes! Regards Martin Vlietstra United Kingdom From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D Gmail Sent: 28 November 2012 17:01 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52016] Cooking Poundcake - Wall Street Journal Article I read with interest Mr. Scheck's recent article, particularly the internal angst that occurs in those that feel they must compromise their metric identity to prosper. As a South Coast resident, South Coast of Lake Superior that is, I often enjoy listening to Canadian radio where the vast majority of weather reports come in Celsius, which you would expect. However as a custom or courtesy, the announcers provide the last current temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit, presumably for their South of the border listeners. My brain will never wrap itself around the conversion, probably because I have no interest in challenging my mental inertia. That said and with tongue in cheek, I proffer a likely non-original opinion, that regarding the mundane human observation of temperature, "Fahrenheit is more metric than Celsius".being 0 degrees F is real cold and 100 degrees F is real hot, and nothing much matters beyond that unless I plan to conduct a scientific process of sorts, like smelting copper. To the dismay of my wife and family, I have tried to use this point as dinner guest conversation.need I say more..shut up you old fool is the kindest thing they can express. The broader point is that scales as well as other tools such as language developed in academia , but not adopted for daily use tend to self-limit.take Esperanto for example. While logic indicates all things metric would enhance our understanding as well as intra-cultural efficiency, my practical exposure doesn't always support. Living in Europe for over 10 years, I was amazed to find plumbing sizes in inches in Germany.is it custom, or simply more efficient? I'd be interested in others thoughts.. Dave
