On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 06:27:22 GMT, Tony Hwang wrote:

PanHandler wrote:
"marson" wrote in message
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I also don't think people realize that there are actually advantages to
the english system. for example, what if you had to find the center of
a window opening that was 32 5/8" you can come up with 16 5/16 in a
flash. try it in metric without a calculator.


First of all, they would have specified that window opening as 84 cm not
83.625 cm, so halving it is pretty easy. The decimal system is a cinch to
work with. As far as precision is concerned, try microns or nanometers!


Hmmm,
Anyone has 8 fingers? 16 toes?. LOL!
Real logical numbering is binary.

You know the "Foot" began as exactly what it sounds like. Apparently
the guy that created the foot as a measurement had a 12 inch foot in
his shoes. This is true.

Now, lets guess that back then, the people were being attacked by wild
animals and had a lot of accidents with no medical care available.
That means that most people only had 8 fingers or toes. That must be
where they came up with the inch and divisions of 4. (just kiddin
about this part).