I've been reading these posts re. metric for a while and the one item no one has touched on , is the way USA and Canada measure our roads. In Canada, at least, most of the country is divided in square miles. If we go completely metric, I will be living exactly 1.375 Klm. from our local mall. ( so how far is that ? ) Of course , how far exactly, is a mile ?? Now, when we get out on the highway, it's a different story, isn't it ?? For instance, when I get directions from a client on how to find his house in the country, where there are no numbers to guide me, I 'm told that I should drive thru 2 or 3 cross roads and his house is 2nd on the right. Hopefully, he won't tell me to turn at the corner ," where the church used to be." It's happened.!! The other place where metric doesn't seem to do it for me is in temperature. We've been doing this since, I think, 1980 and I still don't know how warm +25C is, but I know it's about 75 or so F. ( by the way , +28C is exactly 82F. ) I know that at 32F water frezzes, so it gives me something to feel. I think metric is OK for some things, but not for others. I agree,that 100 pennies to a dollar makes sense, as opposed to a measurement that comes from using 20 or 30 hands to tell us how big a horse is.( how big are your hands ? ) In the final analysis, everything is relative, except maybe in science, where specific measurements are absolutely necessary. ( I think ? ) Carl / Winnipeg
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