On Mon, 3 Apr 2017 15:42:12 -0400
rickman  wrote:

> On 4/3/2017 12:48 PM, Folderol wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 Apr 2017 10:56:41 -0400
> > rickman  wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> > There is, in a sharing community - maybe you're not familiar with those.
> >
> > Base 12 counting is perfect for divvying out portions - especially when you
> > don't have access to accurate measuring systems (like a picnic). The only
> > numbers that are awkward for a small group are 5 and 7.
>
> That must be why we divide cups 8 ways and gallons 128 ways... oh, wait!
>   They are only divisible by powers of 2.  Heck, bakers are very
> generous giving 13 items when only 12 are required.  But try dividing 13
> between any group that's not 1 or 13.
>

What have any of these got to do with *Base 12* ?

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