On 4/3/2017 4:28 PM, Folderol wrote:
> 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* ?

Exactly!

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