On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:54:35 -0700, Tony Hwang
wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
Nate Nagel wrote:

That said, the metric system is not always easier. When measuring
distance, for instance, it's a lot easier to use inches than mm. reason
being fractions of an inch are expressed just that way, as fractions,
while fractions of a mm are expressed decimally.

Hard to argue with that much illogic! Working with decimals is ten times
(!) as easy as working with fractions, which is exactly the OP's point.
Hi,
Maybe he has 12 fingers or toes?

For the feet & inches, for the yards & feet he'd need 3, for the
gallons and quarts he'd need 4, and for the pounds and ounces he'd
need 16. We won't get into miles. ;-)

No, the 12 is more like his IQ.