5 Mar
2001
5 Mar
'01
2:08 a.m.
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Geoff Roberts wrote:
Well, paranoid is a bit strong, however they do seem
to show a tendency
to regard anything that has
A) Originated elsewhere
or
B) Not been in use in the US for 100 years or more
As "unAmerican".
Apart from it's local 'mods', like the US mile, US ton, US gallon - we
used the slightly larger, Genuine, Unadulterated Imperial measures,
5,280 ft or 1,760 yards to the mile, and 2,240 pounds to the ton - the
US system is what the British left them in the first place.
If you think all that's bad, I still haven't figured out the measurements
for cooking...like how many tablespoons in a cup, and how many cups in a
quart and all that nonsense. Who came up with this crap anyway?
If I had my druthers, I'd gladly switch to metric for everything.
American units are stupid, archaic and illogical.
Call me a Communist.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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