Like Paul my house and car are in Celsius. I attached a picture of a thermometer that I printed business size cards and I distribute around me.
John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. Education is values first, then knowledge. https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjohnaltounji.weebly.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C26661a40ea4c4f37f66908d7cea8eb0a%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C1%7C637205097202093492&sdata=oPhA7mA84xbOreWQu%2F%2FyqQa4t8kZhIE3OWDlxvsfpCY%3D&reserved=0 -----Original Message----- From: USMA <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 2:24 PM To: Martin Morrison <[email protected]> Cc: USMA List <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA 1327] U.S. metrication is eminently doable! I personally went Celsius in 2003. True, America did not,but my cell phone and my car always talk to me in Celsius only. The result is that I can talk to anyone in Celsius only. During my 2013 visit to England, I noticed that my English friend set the thermostat in his car to 17 on a chilly day. I usually set mine to 21. The temperature in my apartment is 20 to 21. I have dropped the “C” from my discourse. Metrication SHALL work! I totally agree with Martin. We made the change with carbonated beverages (1 L, 2 L, 3 L). We CAN do it with milk. We can do it with anything! > On Mar 22, 2020, at 12:23, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Al Lawrence's point is well taken in my opinion: arithemetical conversions > just turn people off. The best way to go metric is just to use it in daily > life - no conversions. Set your digital thermometer to degrees Celsius; set > your digital scale to kilograms - it's simple. Pretty soon you'll have to > think hard to interpret Fahrenheit and pounds! > > Kaimbridge's point is valid to a certain extent, e.g., with quarts and > liters, but nobody uses cmHg, as far as I know. > > Martin Morrison > > ============ >> On Sun, 22 Mar 2020, Al Lawrence wrote: >> >> Most people hate math and will avoid it at all costs. Most people don't >> even bother trying to figure out if buying two quarts of ice cream is >> cheaper than buying a half gallon, and many couldn't do it if they tried. >> They buy by visual size and assume the bigger size is cheaper per unit. >> They buy two liter bottles of soda, half liter bottles of water and other >> metric packaging without hesitation, simply by visually looking at the size >> without even looking at the net contents. ANY and ALL conversion tables >> (that look like math) or any other attempts to educate them, will turn >> people off and are counterproductive. >> Al Lawrence > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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