On 4/3/2017 8:30 AM, alister wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:05:23 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>
>> Not used here, except by scientists, until forced by the EEC. A vast
>> improvement over the geriatric FPS system, which should have died at
>> least a century before it did. $DEITY knows why the Yanks still persist
>> in using it.
>
> for the same reason that you still measure distances in miles & prefer to
> by your beer in pints
> (& I suspect you know you're height in Feet & Inches & your weight in
> stone)
> imperial measurements are based on natural body measurements & therefore
> more comfortable for some purposes. The scale is also more convenient
>
> 12 inches in much nicer than 0.3m or even 300mm (30cm is not to bad if
> you want to use a non iso subdivision)

Yes, inches are so much better...  Like 12 5/8 inches which is how many
feet?

There is nothing good about Imperial measures.

One thing that metric has not dealt with is the ton.  There is a metric
ton, but there are also many, many other types of tons which may or may
not be defined in metric, but vary from the defined 1000 kg.

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Rick C

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