Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:25:07 -0600
Reply-To: Jeff Palmer <icecoldvw@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Jeff Palmer <icecoldvw@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Metric this, metric that
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Non-intuitive? Water freezes at 0, boils at 100. How is that not
intuitive??
Also, Metric is a really great band from Toronto.
Jeff in Winnipeg
>From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Metric this, metric that
>Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:05:44 -0800
>
>Worse than that Kim, they use kilopascals, and I'll send you one if you
>really want one! I still don't know whether the barometric pressure is
>fair
>or foul!
>If you think the metric system is cool, try living with the stuff. It is
>completely non-intuitive and indeed was designed by the French to be that
>way! A 4 x 8 sheet of plywood is theoretically 2440 x 4880 mm. No way. If
>you ask someone to show you with their hands what 2 feet looks like, most
>people get pretty close - ask them to show you 60 centimeters and they're
>stumped. With feet and inches I can divide a foot by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.
>With metric, you can only use 1, 2, 5 and 10, making it much more difficult
>to use in construction. The CBC, because it is funded by the Canadian
>Government, had to convert all its scenery to metric! Cost a lot for zero
>gain.
>
>I'm surprised that I am still so pissed off that we went Metric, but
>really, there is no good reason to use it in your daily life. I already
>have
>tons of wrenches in Imperial and Metric, and that's where it should have
>stopped.
>
>Sorry for the tirade. I feel calmer now.
>
>Feet and inches, chains and rods, gallons and miles forever!
>
>On 1/30/06, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > Okay, for all you folk that are so high on converting to the metric
> > system....what's the pressure in your tires? Uh, huh. What's that PSI
> > thing again?
> >
> > So, let's see would that be 2.75 bar in my tires...or 3.3 when fully
> > loaded. Bah, let's use hectopascals instead. 2750 or 3300 (roughly).
> >
> > Hmm, I wonder where I can get a tire gauge that measures in
> > hectopascals.
> >
>
>
>
>--
>Jake
>1984 Vanagon GL
>1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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