I'm Canadian but I still just can't wrap my head around being 188 centimeters tall and 111 kilograms!
Sorry: I'm 6' tall and 245 pounds!
Imperial or Metric
by 5thGeneration 11 Replies latest jw friends
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SirNose586
I'm split. America will never go the way of the meter (THANK YOU REPUBLIC OF JESUSLAND ), even though scientifically you have to go with the metric standard.
I want the meter, I really do, but what can I do?
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ColdRedRain
My rule of thumb is if I can measure something in more than 3 of a unit, measuring it according to that unit is useful. A figurine is smaller than 3 inches, but I can easily measure it in centimeters.
As for temprature, I'd rather use F than C for weather and cooking and C for everything else.
Fluid measurements. How many cups make a pint? How many pints make a quart? How many quarts make a gallon? I think it's 4. However, how many Milliliters make a liter? 1000. How many deciliters make a liter? 10. Metric wins hands down. That's why you don't see bottles of soda pop in the US sold in 1 and 2 quart bottles, but rather, 1 and 2 liter bottles.
Both systems are useful because they're both good for measuring different things. Household objects are much better to measure using imperial because imperial measurements are based on household objects. An inch can be compared to a man's top thumbbone. A foot can be compared to a man's foot. Most things in the household are designed around the human body so household items should be measured in imperial because it's based on familiar household objects.
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Hope4Others
America will never go the way of the meter
If you remember way back Canada & the US were suppose to go metric by the same time period. It cost us Zillions!!!!! And it still sucks. I still use the gal, inches & feet.
Hope4Others
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LouBelle
We're metric, using pounds, inches, feet, F, ounce - no thanks - too confusing.
What is an ounce measurement???
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Tired of the Hypocrisy
My 8th grade math teacher told us it was not important in day to day life which system we use....A sack of taters is still a sackl of taters. Buy a big sack or buy a big sack? Just eyeball it! LOL
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5go
I hope the US gets around to using the metric system eventually, though I hope not to soon.
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Mr. Majestic
I have used both systems. Being a precision engineer, and old school at that, I had to get used to the old imperial system. I was taught metric at school and so I don’t find it too difficult to go between the two.
But I must say that the one that makes most sense is the metric. Fractions are much easier to calculate when you are dealing with divisions of 10. When you have divisions of 12 or 14 or 16, when you come to work out percentages of them you will need to sit down and work them out, if you are not familiar with those division systems. For example, if you want to work out 62.561% of 12 (as in feet and inches) you have to go and get your calculator, or at least I do. A meter is easy because it is also a division of 10 as is a percentage, the same as decimals.
Also working out decimals of fractions, like 27/64 of an inch, that is not as easy as the metric system.
I just hate that it was a French guy that invented it.
I thought that you in the USA did convert at one point and then quickly went back again….???
I’m sure I read that somewhere.
Just re-read the above. What kind of a nerd do I sound like…??? I’ve got to get out more. Too much time on JWD…
