You folks in the US have done a lot with your English system, no argueing. But you would have done a hell of a lot more if you had used metrics all the way.So I take my hats off to you (no kidding..) not only for all you have accomplished but also because you did it despite the system you use.I am a brazilian who grew up with metrics, then I got my Master's degree in engineering in the States and ended up working with both systems most of my prefessional life (I am 60 and retired now but still have to deal with both systems in my daily life).This passionate defense of the English system reminds me of the saying: if something complicated works why the hell make it simple?
Cheers Damião Lycarião > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aggie lewanda" <agat...@yahoo.com> > To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 1:21 PM > Subject: RE: KR>Metric system [ NON_KR SUBJECT] > > > > > > --- Fraser McGregor <fa.mcgre...@qut.edu.au> wrote: > > > What? Thinking in a different base system? If God had meant us to think > in > > > 12's, we would have 12 digits. The only numbers in the imperial system > > > that stimulates a better understanding of math are 36-26-36 :-) Now > back > > > to planes------ > > > > > > > Fraser, > > > > For the last century the United States of America has been the > > absolute leader of the free world. The Kaiser, Hitler, Saddam > > Hussein and the Soviets are long gone and the world is a better > > place for it. > > > > Our business, industry and capital markets are the backbone of the > > world. "Sound as a dollar" has passed into the lexicon of the > > entire world. > > > > EVERYONE else either wants to come here, or to be like us. > > President Ronald Reagan said once "It is time for us to stop > > worrying what the rest of the world thinks about us and let the > > rest of the world worry about what we think of them." > > > > Americans, and our borrowed English measuring system have > > given the rest of the world it's standard of living. Without > > Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Tom Edison, Donald Trump, Bill > > Gates and MILLIONS like them, the rest of the world would > > be savages freezing in the dark! Even foreigners like Tesla, > > Einstein and Oppenheimer had to come to America and live under our > > system for their genius to flourish. > > > > Now, sorry if I offend anyone but it seems just plain NUTS to > > me that after all of the above, and much more, we are supposed to > > kiss the asses of our intellectual, mental, moral and military > > inferiors and adopt THEIR way of doing anything! > > > > At age 52 I have no plans to change. Many years ago in college > > my sociology professor taught us about societies being "ethnocentristic". > > The difference between myself and the cute little socialist sociology > > professor was that she saw an "ethnocenric" society as a terrible > > thing; while I on the other hand (once I learned what the word meant) > > was damn proud of it! > > > > Warmest Personal Regards, > > > > Dean Allen > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html >
