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] Date Posted: 13:24:42 11/14/04 Sun In reply to: Ed Harris (London) 's message, "All right..." on 12:20:50 11/14/04 Sun Australia, New Zealand and Canada all use the metric system. We all accepted a long time ago that it is a much better system. It is time that everyone in Britain does the same. It is a much better system for science and industry and is also far easier for children to learn at school. Try not to associate the metric system with the EU. We adopted it before Britain was a member of the EEC. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:38:13 11/14/04 Sun As much as I am troubled by using weight measurements invented by Napoleon, I do feel that the metric system is far superior. We should preserve all that is good about our heritage, but sometimes we have to acknowledge that sentimentality cannot stand in the way of progress. I would certainly never like to re-introduce the non-decimal currency system for example. Decimalisation of our weights and measures makes sense from a mathematical and logical point of view. I’m afraid I’m also one of those computer-programmer types, although I think writing metric poetry is absurd. Having said that, no-one should ever try and sell me a half-litre of beer, or a 113.4 gramer with cheese. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (London) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:58:13 11/14/04 Sun To be completely honest (something which causes me some spasms), my real problem with the metric/imperial situation in Britain is that we try to use both simultaneously. For example, all cars are quoted as performing to a certain number of miles per gallon when we buy them; so, we pay our money, and take them off the the petrol station to fill them up, and can only buy petrol in litres. So, we have to do the most absurd mental arithmetic whilst standing at the pumps... e.g., I have to go 100 miles and my car does 35 miles per gallon, so how many litres do I need? You need a calculator and a conversion table for that! Another example... whenever we buy a pair of bathroom scales they it measures stones and pounds and ounces; and when we buy any clothes we have to know our height, chest, inside leg etc. in inches; but then when we register with a doctor we have to fill out a form with our physical details with grammes for weight and metres for height, which of course we don't know off the top of our heads because we never use the 'new' system, so we have to (a) work it out by dividing six by 2.234723897, or (b) getting re-measured by the doctor, which wastes time. I would be truly happy if we just chose one or the other bloody system. I would prefer the imperial simply because it comes naturally to me, but even the metric, I acknowledge, would be better than our idiotic and self-defeating attempt to try to use two completely incompatible systems at once. Just decide, people! and let me know which you've all chosen! [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Roberdin [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:57:07 11/14/04 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 19:10:16 11/14/04 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |