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Post by iamjumbo on Mar 13, 2013 1:15:03 GMT -8
if it had any merit, it would have been here long before feet and pounds ---------------- ?? That doesn't even make sense, much like your meat and monkey argument.Or your gases and solids argugument. It couldn't have "been here" long before feet and pounds because the more logical and practical system hadn't been invented yet. wrong hon. it is exactly like your relative morality. people are doing things right, and some imbecile comes along and convinces those of lesser intellect to be deviants
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Post by iamjumbo on Mar 13, 2013 1:16:14 GMT -8
I learned both too. Wasn't difficult. Prefer metric, I guess... imperial seemed archaic. And that's where I stand on the metric vs imperial debate. The next big debate - scrunch or fold? Who scrunches? I want to know. my ol' lady
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Post by iamjumbo on Mar 13, 2013 1:20:35 GMT -8
. Of course it's archaic. The Foot As the name implies, scholars think that the foot was actually based on the length of the human foot. The Romans had a unit of measure called a pes that was made up of twelve smaller units called unciae. The Roman pes was a smidge shorter than our foot—it came in at around 11.6 inches—and similar Old English units based on the length of people's feet were also a bit shorter than our 12-inch foot. The 12-inch foot didn't become a common unit of measurement until the reign of Henry I of England during the early 12th century, which has led some scholars to believe it was standardized to correspond to the 12-inch foot of the king. Read the full text here: mentalfloss.com/article/25108/why-are-there-5280-feet-mile-making-sense-measurements#ixzz2NMaF1EPt --brought to you by mental_floss! Jumbo seems to think that a standard of measurement based on the size of an English monarch's foot makes more sense. it obviously makes more sense than going by some number picked out of a hat. if the chap would have decided to base metric on 6, you would think it was better. what is the metric equivalent of a furlong?
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Post by iamjumbo on Mar 13, 2013 1:22:57 GMT -8
only for those who have to have their fingers and toes to count. besides, what if someone is born with nine fingers, or eleven?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2013 20:21:50 GMT -8
I'm firmly stuck in the middle, a casualty of mid stream conversion. I still measure height in inches and feet but speed in kms. Liquids in metric, weight in pounds.
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Post by iamjumbo on Mar 20, 2013 23:55:18 GMT -8
I'm firmly stuck in the middle, a casualty of mid stream conversion. I still measure height in inches and feet but speed in kms. Liquids in metric, weight in pounds. THAT would be confusing
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 7:33:33 GMT -8
I'm firmly stuck in the middle, a casualty of mid stream conversion. I still measure height in inches and feet but speed in kms. Liquids in metric, weight in pounds. THAT would be confusing Ya, my mom of course does everything in imperial and my kids are metric so I guess I am bilingual. lol!
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Post by ♬ pkbucko ♬ on Mar 21, 2013 7:37:21 GMT -8
Ya, my mom of course does everything in imperial and my kids are metric so I guess I am bilingual. lol! LMAO They have taught my son the metric system at school. But I suspect that most of the students will lose their grasp on it because everything is done via the old standard method. Thus they have no real world use for it. Same thing happened to me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 7:43:27 GMT -8
Ya, my mom of course does everything in imperial and my kids are metric so I guess I am bilingual. lol! LMAO They have taught my son the metric system at school. But I suspect that most of the students will lose their grasp on it because everything is done via the old standard method. Thus they have no real world use for it. Same thing happened to me. I should think PK that if your son was to be interested in a career in medicine or science he would learn metric pretty quick, it is quite logical and easy to learn. Imperial is full of nonsensical terms and numbers.
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Post by ♬ pkbucko ♬ on Mar 21, 2013 7:49:28 GMT -8
LMAO They have taught my son the metric system at school. But I suspect that most of the students will lose their grasp on it because everything is done via the old standard method. Thus they have no real world use for it. Same thing happened to me. I should think PK that if your son was to be interested in a career in medicine or science he would learn metric pretty quick, it is quite logical and easy to learn. Imperial is full of nonsensical terms and numbers. They learned it. But if he doesn't go into one of those fields for example, I'm almost sure he'll lose his grasp on it as he'll never use it. I don't view the Metric system as complicated either, but if you don't use it, you lose it. That's all I'm saying. Distance measurement is the perfect example. Mile vs. killometer - I'd be lost to give you an approximation of a killometer vs. a mile. "Joe Shmoe's house is about 15 miles from here". In kilometers, I'd be screwed. LOL
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 7:56:14 GMT -8
I should think PK that if your son was to be interested in a career in medicine or science he would learn metric pretty quick, it is quite logical and easy to learn. Imperial is full of nonsensical terms and numbers. They learned it. But if he doesn't go into one of those fields for example, I'm almost sure he'll lose his grasp on it as he'll never use it. I don't view the Metric system as complicated either, but if you don't use it, you lose it. That's all I'm saying. Distance measurement is the perfect example. Mile vs. killometer - I'd be lost to give you an approximation of a killometer vs. a mile. "Joe Shmoe's house is about 15 miles from here". In kilometers, I'd be screwed. LOL I do distance in kilometers. Miles doesn't compute. 1 kilometer = .6 miles. I have to do the conversion.
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Post by ♬ pkbucko ♬ on Mar 21, 2013 7:59:15 GMT -8
They learned it. But if he doesn't go into one of those fields for example, I'm almost sure he'll lose his grasp on it as he'll never use it. I don't view the Metric system as complicated either, but if you don't use it, you lose it. That's all I'm saying. Distance measurement is the perfect example. Mile vs. killometer - I'd be lost to give you an approximation of a killometer vs. a mile. "Joe Shmoe's house is about 15 miles from here". In kilometers, I'd be screwed. LOL I do distance in kilometers. Miles doesn't compute. 1 kilometer = .6 miles. I have to do the conversion. I'm right there with you but just the opposite!
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Post by iamjumbo on Apr 1, 2013 12:52:49 GMT -8
Ya, my mom of course does everything in imperial and my kids are metric so I guess I am bilingual. lol! LMAO They have taught my son the metric system at school. But I suspect that most of the students will lose their grasp on it because everything is done via the old standard method. Thus they have no real world use for it. Same thing happened to me. exactly. we don't use it in the real world, so have no use for it. it's a bitch though, when you're looking for a wrench to do anything on a car
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Post by domic on Apr 8, 2013 13:15:47 GMT -8
Metric system would totally mess up construction. Everything from plumbing fittings to shingles would be different. Can't imagine building a metric house.
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