Date:         Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:59:32 +0000
Reply-To:     Robert Rountree <syncro87@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Robert Rountree <syncro87@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Metric this, metric that
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Re: Metric this, metric that

VLVC

>>>Hands up how many carpenters on the list?  How many prefer metric?<<

I designed and built my own home & most of the fine furniture in it.  I like
building things, it's also a interesting part of the film and animation
business, backgrounds and sets. I think, I know which end of a tape measure
to pull.  What guy would admit different? It's like asking a Canadian if
they love to canoe (they wouldn't admit if they didn't).... Most of my tape
measures are dual scale, .. I'm a kind of hybrid type guy... ... if ya look
in Lee Valley's catalogue  www.leevalley.com  or walk into any Canadian tire
or Home Depot, you'll still see lots of inches and feet around..... I've
gotten real use to kilometres per hour and my other car gets 5.3 litres per
100km (or 55 mpg) on 130hp (I don't have a clue what that HP would convert
to, or care.. KiloPonies?).... I just wish I could put that reliable
drive-train in my Syncro.... temperatures?...Kodak uses 68F for B/W and 75F
for Colour (because F seems better in more critical measurements?)...
me...well I use C for outside temps and F for inside the house, I heat with
wood and get a lot of solar gain. I don't like swimming if the water is less
than 20c and when the outside temp goes below 0c you're gonna start needing
gloves & below -20c you're gonna need new ears if ya don't wear a toque.
Plus your nose hairs curl and your foot steps start to squeak.

another measurement I've never figured out... the US is the only country in
the world that uses mg/dl instead of mmol/l for measuring blood
sugar..what's that about?...... all our Dr.'s and hospitals use C for body
temps..

I'm going to raise my C, in
Fla. next week and will have to invert my temp scale.
I'm sure I won't even notice the difference.
warm is warm
hot is hot
and cold is not.
ciao
RR