On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 16:52, Andrew McNabb wrote: > I'll put in my plug for the metric system. Whenever I go buy stuff I > have to do kilogram=>pound calculations in my head because I know kilos > a lot better. I've spent a lot of time on open-air markets and butcher > shops in Europe. > > The only reason we still use the British System is that stupid American > rednecks complain anytime people try to improve stuff. Even the Brits > don't use the British System anymore.
Britain is almost as backwards as we. Not only do they drive on the wrong side of the road, but they still use english measurements a lot. For example, while the rest of europe use metric road signs, Britain's are all in miles (as are they speedometers). They also continue to use the "pint" and other archaic measurements. Michael > > > On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 04:39:35PM -0600, Harshwardhan Nagaonkar wrote: > > Kirk Coombs wrote: > > > > >>My biggest pet peave as well. I also carry around a default >template to > > >>keep my margins and fonts set to the defaults I >want. > > > > > > > > >Maybe we should just all convert over to the metric system. :-> > > > > > >Kirk > > Hahahaha!! I was just going to mail the list about this, but I didn't > > send the message... thought it might lead to a loooooong thread about > > why the metric system is bad etc.... :) Well, thanks Kirk! :) > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
