Anonymous
07/18/2016 16:56
Subject: Dont't you just hate when people speak in "meters" & "kilometers."
OP where are you from? When I was a kid (and I'm 60!) we had to learn meters in school. The US was on the verge of switching to meters but stuck with miles. It's really not that hard to learn both...it's like learning multiple languages). Many Americans are bad at that too.
Anonymous
07/18/2016 14:21
Subject: Dont't you just hate when people speak in "meters" & "kilometers."
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
One thing I still can't get over after 15 years in the U.S. is Farenheit. Not getting it. Have to convert to Celsius if I want to know what to wear.
Fahrenheit is one of the strenghts of the imperial system over metric.
0F=damn cold, 100F = damn hot
Then ever ten degrees makes it easy to figure out the weather.
30's = winter jacket + gloves
40s' = winter jacket
50's = light jacket
60= lighter jacket
70= t-shirt
etc
Basically every ten tells you a different wardrobe change. Not like 22 vs 25c.
It's all relative. In the Middle East (Gulf countries), people wear parkas and mufflers when it's 60* out.
You wear a jacket when it's 60 degrees out?
Right, and in the DC metro people don't.
I live in DC (and have for 30 years) - I wear a jacket when it's 60 degrees out. You don't speak for the entire metro area.
Anonymous
07/18/2016 14:12
Subject: Re:Dont't you just hate when people speak in "meters" & "kilometers."
Wow! So this bother OP so much that you had to come on here to create a post about it. Wow!
Anonymous
07/18/2016 13:40
Subject: Dont't you just hate when people speak in "meters" & "kilometers."
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They have done a bunch of studies and found that while the metric system is overall an easier system to use, people (even those who live metric) find that the English system works better in two instances. Weather/temperature and personal weight. In those cases, people found that they could describe their experience much better using the English system. For example, it is easier to describe a comfort zone as "the 70s" as opposed to "anywhere from 20 to 24.3".
I guess that's why the UK still uses both . . .
Add cooking to this list.
The US system is better for temperature, body measuring (height AND weight) and cooking.
Daily life stuff.
Baking is easier in metric. A cup of flour is always inaccurate. Cooks agree that it is better to measure it in grams.
You're comparing volume measurement to weight. Weighing is better in cooking, whether you use metric or imperial units.
Anonymous
07/18/2016 13:30
Subject: Dont't you just hate when people speak in "meters" & "kilometers."
first world problem. just go back to reading your fashion magazine while sitting next to the 25 metre pool at the country club.