Measurements

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

I would agree with all of this.  When I was at school I was taught 
metric rather than imperial, but for some reason I still find it 
easier to measure everything (distance, weights etc) in imperial.  I 
don't know why - it probably stems from the influence of my parents.  
I loved the old style monetary system (although I was born just too 
late to use it myself) - endearingly eccentric.

BTW: someone was moaning about English money and how difficult it was 
to get used to, and asked if any Brits on the list had a 
corresponding problem with American money.  The answer is a 
resounding Yes!  The main problem, besides getting used to the coins 
and remembering how much a dime is worth etc, is the fact that all 
the notes look practically the same.  There has been more than one 
occassion when I have handed out a $10 note instead of $1, and even 
once, a $100 instead of a $10 - I didn't realise, until several hours 
later when I found myself short, that I had made a cabdriver very 
happy...

Catherine

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., lizscford at a... wrote:
> looks guilty...
> I'm only sixteen but when I look at something I find it easier to 
> think...'oh, that's about 6 inches' than thinking 'oh, that's about 
15 
> centimetres.…
> Also, when i'm doing Home ceonomics at school and we do cooking, 
our teacher 
> has refused point blank to use matric so we learn everyhting in 
imperial.
> To some extents I agree with her...I you're making a sponge cake 
it's easier 
> to remeber 4oz sugar, flour and fat and two eggs that whatever the 
equivilent 
> in grams and Kg is.  Science is the only place I use Kg and g...and 
KM to 
> think about it.  seriously, you can visualise a mile with 
ease...you know 
> exactly how long it would take to walk, drive cycle one mile. but 
who can do 
> the same with Kilomatres?
> the only use i see for the Metric system is it make equations 
easier in 
> Science.
> Overall i probably use a mixture of both Metric and imperial 
> wieghts/distances etc
> hmmm...this was a kinda babble-y message...but I'm sure people can 
find 
> something to lead on from it...