On 16/02/2021 17:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:51:11 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 16/02/2021 17:16, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:59:11 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 16/02/2021 15:28, Jethro_uk wrote:
The problem is, rightly or wrongly, almost every other country in the
world uses decimal money.

Almost. I am sure there is a minor Asian country that uses duodecimal

So reason enough to dump this decimal delusion and return to the Good
Old Days, eh ?

duodecimal works great if that is also your number base.
Its the number of finger joints on one hand, too

The will of the people seems otherwise though. Idiots, eh ?

I don't remember the people ever being asked actually.

Before you display more bigotry why not ask why duodecimal number
systems ever came into being if it wasn't the 'will of the people'

It was the will of the people that an inch was the length of a thumb
knuckle joint, a foot was the length of a - foot, and a yard was how
long an arrow had to be at dull draw - so a full arm and chest, just as
a cubit had been the length of a forearm . And a mile was about a
thousand steps, that turned into about 1700 yards, and then a pole was
about man height and so that became two yards, and thongs like furlongs
and acres were related to use of horses in ploughing

Only much later did they try and define exact integral relationships
between them

So imperial measurements evolved naturally from what people did.

The metric system was designed by intellectuals and imposed on post
revolutionary France. Nothing to do with the people



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