Metric System/Del

[Carl Teplitski]

I'm Canadian, and quite some time ago we went metric, yelling and screaming,
because it was  forced on us. I still don't know how warm 20 Celsius is. (68 F
).
I think that for some things like temperature, Fahrenheight is better.Seems to
be
a finer graduation. As for other things, 10 millimetres =   1 centimetre, like
10
pennies make a dime, 10 dimes a dollar, etc. That makes sense. BUTTTT, all of
north america (Canada for sure )  is divided into square miles, and  a
Kilometre
is .625ths of a mile.   Howinell,  are we going to come to terms with that ???
Before we're accused of using this medium for the wrong subject , please note.
Key dip is measured in mms., 10 or 11mm depending on instrument. ( 3/8" ).
We could use a 1/16", or an 1/8" for same , could we not ?? I don't think it
really
matters as long as we all use the same.      ( A440 concert pitch for instance
).
I can't imagine, or don't want to, hear someone say , Tiger Woods hit that
drive
280 metres, ( 308 yards ).  I definitely lose something there. Hope I didn't
turn
some of those figures around, but that's my point. Many of us Canadians have
accepted
our fate here, but some of us still don't like it. ( 23 years ?? )    Good
luck,   ya' l l.

Carl / Winnipeg











Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: December 15, 2003 9:23 AM
> Subject: Metric System/Del
>
> > Further, there are many, on this list, from Canada and
> > Europe who intersperse Imperial with Metric in a single post. What the
> hell
> > is that? If we, (collectively), are going to be true believers of the
> Metric
> > System, then we ALL need to quit using the Imperial completely. I believe
> > you too have been guilty of this faux pas.
>
> It depends on the context, I suppose. In most of my writing I try to
> remember to include both. I do the conversion so you don't have to.
>
> Del
>
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