Well one or the other is OK and preferable to where we are in UK.
We have been converting for years and are presently stuck in the middle. So
we use miles, feet /mm, pounds grams, and celsius/centigrade/fahrenhet,
pints and litres as we see fit. Example; I bought 5 x 6 feet lengths of 50mm
x 25mm wood this weekend. Luckily all science and technology is strictly
metric.
What you find is that young people who were taught only metric still think
in vague Imperial as you say, but they don't know the crazy parts like how
many ounces in a pound, or how many pounds in a ton.
How long before we completely change? Last time I went to a French veggie
market they understood un livre de..... sil vous plait. [a pound of
......please] quite well. And they have been at it since about 1780
something. Or maybe they made special condescension for Ancient Brit.
Regards
Mike
Ps: pleasestay Imperial till I get my old car finished. All my nuts ,bolts
spanners etc come originally from US suppliers
-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of bob wettermann
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [TN] European Union Council Directive 80/181/EEC (Metric
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Has anyone asked someone currently in grade school how much they weigh? How
tall thy are? How far away something is? The answers are always in english
units. Any time the school system works on teaching our kids how to convert
units there a giant waste of precious teaching time!!!! Until this changes
american companies will have a workforce that is behind the rest of the
world that speaks metric! This is a barrier for the technical trades, social
issues (try to order a pint of beer in Italy) and for international trade
(it is an artificl trade barrier for goods coming into the US).
Bob Wettermann
PH 847-767-5745
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From: "Stadem, Richard D." <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 7:01:03 AM
Subject: Re: [TN] European Union Council Directive 80/181/EEC (Metric
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I'll plead the fifth.
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Burke
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 5:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [TN] European Union Council Directive 80/181/EEC (Metric
Directive)
Er..........the engineers have taken to drinking liters instead of pints
to
fall in line with it ............a very wavy line at that......
John Burke
(408) 515 4992
-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil Nutting
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 12:20 PM
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Subject: [TN] European Union Council Directive 80/181/EEC (Metric
Directive)
Have any of your companies started to convert to meet this EU Directive?
Phil Nutting
John Burke
(408) 515 4992
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