Well, this is another example of a train off the tracks question and answer. But I don't want anyone to go to sleep tonight wondering about the answer, so here it is:
I like to skirt on the fringes of society, sanity and structure and spread chaos liberally.
You did well with this one. Carry on... but tread carefully... the room is filled with gullibles and most of them have no sense of humor. You could cause more than chaos among them, and we'd have to find a way to put out those flames again.
I have a ruler that’s a foot. I have little rulers that are 6 to 8 inches that have metric on them. And I have a meter stick. None of my 25 feet tape measures have metric on them. Carpenter’s rule, nope no metric.
M-16 basic training focuses on hitting targets, not on measuring how far down range they are. Staying alive isn't taught in terms of metric or yards. You achieve that level in an actual battle, under live fire, in the first minute of combat; metric be damned when it comes to staying live. My $0.02.
Well you better hope the guy calling in artillery strikes figured out metric distances.
Me too! Just a wordy vocab note. They are called rules. Rulers are people. We often use 'ruler' for tape measures and similar tools, to the point where no one is aware of the distinction. I think I learned that tidbit in my sixties.
That's a different skill set, AIT level, and lesson in survival.
Our training there definitely depended upon knowing those calibrations. If you didn't, you became a cook.
Robin, the concept of changing the system isn't difficult. The U.S. has a history of engaging with the metric system, including being an original signatory to the Treaty of the Meter in 1875, a few years before I was born so most of us have forgotten we have a lengthy connection with metrics. It's been legal to use the system for a long time but was refreshed somewhere along 1988. Congress created the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act and declared the metric system the preferred system for trade and commerce. Now, it may not seem like it, but it's mandated for use by federal agencies where feasible. And no one jumped up and down over it or even celebrated the refresh of our experiences with metric!What’s so hard about getting used to the metric system? It’s simple decimal arithmetic: multiply or divide by ten, or powers of ten.
One hundred centimeters make a meter. A thousand meters make a kilometer. A thousand grams make a kilogram, and a thousand kilograms make a ton.
Zero is freezing, 100 is boiling -- basic.
Meanwhile... 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard... and 1,760 yards in a mile.
*Humor implied for those who think I might be a stereotyping nut.*
Ducky wannabe. You are a humorless prick. Just needed saying.Me too! Just a wordy vocab note. They are called rules. Rulers are people. We often use 'ruler' for tape measures and similar tools, to the point where no one is aware of the distinction. I think I learned that tidbit in my sixties.
When I was much younger, all my measuring devices were Craftsman. Later replacements had both, but it was clearly a lost cause since not many people I worked with used that system. Plywood thickness today, oddly, is metric, while the LxW is standard. That change caused issues with router bits over that, unless you special-ordered mm router bits.
Once I set out to convert my woodworking to metric. I tried to do the mental gymnastics of converting those in my head. Even bought metric-specific rules, etc. Followed the Englishman, Peter Parfitt, and his designs and tools. At just the point where I had some grip of the conversions, life issues rose, and I've not been back into the workshop since. Spiders and rust have settled in partnership without me.
The metric system is not hard. Nor is 10th of a mile.What’s so hard about getting used to the metric system? It’s simple decimal arithmetic: multiply or divide by ten, or powers of ten.
One hundred centimeters make a meter. A thousand meters make a kilometer. A thousand grams make a kilogram, and a thousand kilograms make a ton.
Zero is freezing, 100 is boiling -- basic.
Meanwhile... 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard... and 1,760 yards in a mile.
Aloud? To vent about some bad thing that happened in your day? Not sure what the 'ducky wannabe' relates to, Bubba. You sound a bit fuzzy. Meds?
Not sure I ever needed to know how many tsp in a TB, but 3. Because there are 48 in a cup. 16TB in a cup.
