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19th January 07, 09:25 PM
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Metric, Yes!
Lived in the USA for my first 40 years and mostly in Germany for the last 20.
Once I became accustomed to using metric, I find it much easier. All my projects around the house are measured in millimeters, centimeters, and meters. (How do you divide 13 5/8th inches into three parts?). Cooking takes some practice, however.
It helps I'm an engineer by profession and I know the conversion factors for most things. But I could easily live without English units of measure.
Just my two cents.
Tom
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20th January 07, 01:21 AM
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When I'm hiking I do all sorts of weird conversions. My hiking partner asked me once how far away something was. I replied, "Two miles and five minutes." She knew exactly what I meant (we hike at a fairly steady, standard pace). Our water bottles were almost always one-litre soda bottles, but then if we ever got a one-quart bottle we'd still call it a litre.
Andrew.
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20th January 07, 07:29 AM
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shouldn't that be Tuppence? or in Germany zwei pfennig?
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20th January 07, 07:36 AM
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Metric Schmetric...whatever...everything is interchangeable...why worry,
....now I have to get back to my job at NASA.
oooops!
Best
AA
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20th January 07, 08:09 AM
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25th January 07, 08:05 PM
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 Originally Posted by Beuth Sim
shouldn't that be Tuppence? or in Germany zwei pfennig? 
Ah, it's all in freakin' EUROS now. No more needin' a pfennig in your wallet for luck.
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