On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:16:11 GMT, "Wayne Lundberg"
wrote:


"Marvin W. Klotz" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:43:12 GMT, "Wayne Lundberg"

wrote:

Can you give us an example of one of your "unlimited horizons not possible
with
metrics"?

Also, I'd love to hear how the Imperial system prevents "the confusion of
zero
placements", whatever that is.

Marv

Sure. Something over 60% of our GDP is intellectual property in this
country. Since Benjamin and other founding fathers determined that
innovation would be our salvation, creativity has taken a leading edge in
what we are. When I learned that one HP was equivalent to lifting 550 pounds
one foot in one second I could visualize that effort. I could see myself
pulling on a rope with a dozen pulleys and living those ten anvils off the
ground and realized just how much power there is in 750 Watts. Because of
this link between human bite sizes of energy, physics and measurements I
have had the pleasure of inventing and putting to work over 300 tools or
gadgets that have made work much easier for factory workers in my zone of
influence. It is because I can apply horespower and intelligence to
processes that my customers are now enjoying billion dollar a year pforits
which would not have been possible if I could not invent and apply
technology. I tried this with metrics because that is what I had learned in
school in Mexico. But I lost it, I could not think in terms of one cc equals
one gram and that a zillion grams make up an erg... I simple could not
visualize it. Metrication is great in the lab, but now when putting up a 4
by 8 piece of plywood with 2 by 4s and spaced at logical stud distances.


Sounds to me like the fault lies in your visualization capabilities and not in
the measurement system.

Are you going to answer the second question about how Imperial measurement
prevents one from making mistakes?

Marv