Metric vs fractional

[drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca (drew)]

Give me SI anyday - at least I can convert units as required without
needing to know how many feet in a mile/inches in a yard/drams in a pint.

Speaking of pints... It's not spring yet, at least not from the looks of
the wet snow outside the window.  Guiness is calling me.

PS Why the hell is a US gallon so damnned small anywas, while we're on
the subject?



On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, L F wrote:

> Well....who ever came up with the meter?????
> Give me the English system.
> (and I, also, have wondered why the metric world uses 13", 14", 15", etc
> wheels/tires....I mean c'mon; 195mm wide tires by 15"???)
> Larry
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
> To: "John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>; "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>;
> "John Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>; "The List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 4:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Metric vs fractional
> 
> 
> > --- John Van Vuren <veedublu@prod.net> wrote:
> > > The real question - we went to metric tire sizing (195mm wide,
> > > etc)...  how
> > > come wheels are still measured in inches??   With metric offset
> > > measurments???    :)
> >
> > Yeah...and how come you buy fuel in gallons in England but count
> > distance in miles?
> >
> > And how come Levi's are sold all over the world in inches?
> >
> > And who ever came up with the dumb old inch anyway?  What a silly
> > system of measurement we have here.
> >
> > =====
> > Cheapass Ron
> 
> 
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Drew MacPherson - '84 Wolfsburg Edition Scirocco TurboDiesel