On 5/4/2010 10:28 AM, Brian Christiansen wrote:
> My, my...quite a bit of ado made over a statement that was made in jest.
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> Brian Christiansen
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I ain't worrying about it much. Folks aren't inclined to change their
ways unless there's a practical reason for change. I've used cm & mm
while working as a paste-up artist cause I couldn't figure out any easy
way to divide an inch measurement like 8.5" by 3 or 4 or 5. I'm used to
working on cars that use metric fasteners and can recognize 10, 12, 13,
14, 15, 17mm bolt heads by sight most of the time. As far as cooking is
concerned, I know is that a cup is about equal to 200 ml and that's
about all because I've never had the need to know. I don't anticipate
having to know in the future either.

The key is to indoctrinate the kids of this country to be able to think
in metric and we'll slide on over to that system nice and smooth - just
as soon as us old farts drop dead and make some room for them to take over!