I suggest for the Celsius Poem: 30 is hot, 20 is nice. 10 wear a coat, 0 is ice.
Here is a bonus on the speed of light (300,000 km/s): Five Zeros after Three, It's KIL-oh-met-ers, see? Each second, day or night, That is the speed of light. I wrote about 20 poems on the Metric System, still trying to figure out a good way to publish them. Mark On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the link. Here is what I just posted there: > > No one is a foreigner when you consider Earth your home Metric System > became International System in 1960. People who are mathematically literate > know the International System simply by SI which is its symbol. American > Scientists already use SI. Our United States Dollar is already decimalized, > so no change is necessary there. Nutrition Facts Labels are already in > grams. For decades, our Wine & Distilled Spirits have already been > exclusively measured in metric units (750 mL is the most common size) so do > you see confused, angry Americans go on perpetual mass riots to protest the > lack of ounces on the label? Of course not! The U.S. military uses metric > measurements extensively to ensure interoperability with allied forces, > particularly NATO Standardization Agreements. Ground forces measure > distances in klicks, slang for kilometers. Most military firearms are > measured in metric units, beginning with the M-14 which was introduced in > 1957. Heavy weapon caliber is measured in millimeters. We have been using > metric tools for many years. You probably have metric tools in your garage > right now. It is easy to adjust to degrees Celsius; just remember this > simple little rhyme: 30 is warm; 20 is nice; 10 is cold and 0 is ice. Our > prescriptions are already measured in metric units (mg, mL et cetera). A4 > is the most commonly used paper size in the world. Your computer printer > paper tray has an adjustment to accommodate A4 which is a little taller and > a little narrower than what you are used to. By 1975 so many countries were > using A4 that it was established as an ISO standard, as well as the > official United Nations document format. Basically, all we have to do is > measure our weight and height in kilograms and centimeters and change our > road signs and GPS setting to metric units. You probably already have > kilometers per hour on the speedometer of your vehicle right now. No one is > a foreigner when you consider Earth your home. Measuring is the Path to > Knowledge and Understanding. > > ----- Message from Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> --------- > Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 20:59:44 -0400 > From: Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:53833] Should the U.S. convert to the metric system? | > Debate.org > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > > http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-the-u-s-convert-to-the-metric-system > > > > > > > ----- End message from Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> ----- > > David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 >
