Metric - was The answer from Yamaha

[John Ross]

We are kind of metric up here.
Kilometers instead of miles. The speedometers on the cars have both.
Weights are now metric.
They started the kids in school years ago, on the metric. So it is just the
older generation that is not familiar with it.
Our gas is sold by the litre.
A 2x4 is still a 2x4, actually the 1 3/4" by wahtever as previously stated.
I don't really have a problem with the metric. Ok piano wire sizes, yes.

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 9:33 PM
Subject: RE: Metric - was The answer from Yamaha


> They "tried" the metric system at the gas pumps (at least here in Calif.)
> many years back, and it TANKED! No pun intended.
>
> Terry Peterson
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: &quot;Joe Garrett&quot; &lt;joegarrett@earthlink.net&gt;
> Reply-To: Pianotech &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;
> To: &quot;pianotech&quot; &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;
> Subject: Metric - was The answer from Yamaha
> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:24:18 -0700
>
> Bernhard said: &quot;And that´s why it would be better to use world
standard
> in the future of a
> global market, also in the US.&quot;
>
> regards,
>
> Bernhard,
> Even tho, I have spoken out against Metric, many times, I agree with you.
> However, until olde farts, like me, that were only taught &quot;English
> Measure&quot; and &quot;Machinist's Measure&quot;, (which is a decimal
> equivalent of English Measure), pass on to the great Concert Hall in the
> sky, there will be this controversy. Most schools, in the US, are now
> teaching Metric and soon the problem will be solved. Many consumer goods,
in
> the US are in Metric. Not all, tho, so the problem still exists. I truly
> wish my brain could wrap around the Metric concept, but it doesn't.
Believe
> me, I try, on a daily basis, to use Metric. It's an uphill battle! :-( The
> one area that brings great amusement is the lumber industry. I don't think
> there will ever be anything other than a 2x4, etc.&lt;G&gt;
>
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I
>
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