Pat:
There are LOTS of ways for human thinking to jump the rails:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
The astounding thing is that some of us get it right as often as we do ;-)
Cheers,
Ezra
- Original Message -
From: "Pat Naughtin"
To: "U.S. Metric Assoc
Dear All,
This person is confused. Rationally he prefers the metric system, but
emotionally he likes to say he dislikes it when he writes:
(Don't even get me started on the big metric system push. Is it
kilommitters or killo-meeters? I still don't know. I use it when I
build furniture bec
When I was in germany (Cologne) I was very surprised to get measured for
trousers using an inches tape
From: pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com
To: usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:47405] Bespoke tailoring
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 15:44:38 +1000
Dear All,
It is interesting how an apprentice bes
Good luck, mate.
From: carlet...@comcast.net
To: usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:47407] Using metric at the doctor
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 19:37:01 -0400
The
past few weeks, I’ve been seeing doctors more often than normal, as my
urologist discovered some prostate cells that don’t
Dear All,
Oh how our minds we do pervert
When first we practice to convert
This item is from 'The Times of India':
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Metric-Fail-Measure-for-measure-US-comes-up-short/articleshow/5962106.cms
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leader
Best of luck, Carleton! Hope all turns out well for you ...
Ezra
- Original Message -
From: "Carleton MacDonald"
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 4:37:01 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: [USMA:47407] Using metric at the doctor
The past few wee
On 2010/05/23, at 00:29 , Tom Wade wrote:
It is interesting how an apprentice bespoke tailor simply dismisses
all of the old pre-metric measures when he writes:
You can see this in context at:
http://rbakkerkleermaker.blogspot.com/2010/05/patterns-cloth-marking-pattern-drafting.html
Inter
The past few weeks, I've been seeing doctors more often than normal, as my
urologist discovered some prostate cells that don't belong there and wants
to take the whole thing out. There's been a lot of pre-surgical work done
by my regular doctor and a cardiologist as well.
Invariably, they ask
It is interesting how an apprentice bespoke tailor simply dismisses all
of the old pre-metric measures when he writes:
You can see this in context
at: http://rbakkerkleermaker.blogspot.com/2010/05/patterns-cloth-marking-pattern-drafting.html
Interesting article. Even more interesting is
