On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:22:13 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:27:32 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote:




The point is to just stop using US units. A liter = quart and a yard
= meter. 1 mile = 1.5 kilometers

Anyone in school doing math will love you for it. Kids will love you
for it.

Forget conversions. Forget US units.


It is a mind set. People are afraid of change and some ferociously
resist it. . When I found that I'd have to use metrics some years
ago, the thought was a bit intimidating. After a few days, it was
just another set of numbers that was easy to understand. Forget silly
wrench sizes like 23/64.

So when you needed to, you figured it out. Lots of us have never
needed to.


If you can use dimes and dollars, you can use metric.

That's how we were taught math. The teacher tossed the book that
was adding up apples 'Because who *likes* apples, anyway. Let's talk
about money.'

Jim