[USMA:27082] RE: Drivers Licence

[Bill Potts]

For a growing horse, accuracy is not essential. One could agree that a hand is 4 inches or 10 centimeters.   However, there's some very good stuff on the subject at http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/livestock/horses/facts/info_hands.htm. Note that it's a Canadian web site.   Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of john mercer Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 17:55 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:27081] Drivers Licence Hello I don't know why the provinces of Man. And Sask. use imperial for their drivers licences.  In British Columbia if you go in to the motor vehicle branch and give your weight and height in imperial their computer system converts it to metric.  I know this because last year when Doreen my wife re newed her licence she gave her weight in imperial, and on her drivers licence it is metric.  I feel it would be easy for Man. and Sask. to do this as well sceen that the software is already out there.  I have a question.  In metric countryshow do they measure the height of horses?  I don't even know how many inches there are in a hand I believe it's 4.  I wonder how many peoples hands you would have to measure before you got 2 with the same size hand.  .