[Hang'emAll]

Temperature under the metric system is just great if you are a scientist.

75 degrees F is 23.888888888888914 degrees C

And

80 degrees F is 26.666666666666686 degrees C

Metric is just so handy

[PreciousLiberty]

“Temperature under the metric system is just great if you are a scientist.

75 degrees F is 23.888888888888914 degrees C

And

80 degrees F is 26.666666666666686 degrees C

Metric is just so handy”

Of course, I seriously doubt you could tell the difference between 23.9 C and 24 C, or 26.7 C and 27 C. Somehow the entire rest of the world manages to muddle by with those units...

But, by all means cling to your silliness. :-)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I can see someone going into a lumber yard and saying...I need a 2x4 and getting an answer of “We only carry Metric lumber anymore!”

Nothing will fit his house!

Shucks! I’ve never figured out Rods or Knots, and an electrician will play hell trying to figure out the electrical load in Joules.

[PapaBear3625]

Temperature under the metric system is just great if you are a scientist. 75 degrees F is 23.888888888888914 degrees C And 80 degrees F is 26.666666666666686 degrees C Metric is just so handy

And human body temp is 37C instead of 98.6F (it was originally expressed in C, and in converting to F got an extra decimal place tacked on, leading generations of moms to panic if the kid's temperature is 98.7).

[NCLaw441]

The measures in metric are easy, AS LONG AS YOU DON’T HAVE TO CONVERT from one to the other.

It wouldn’t take long to figure out when it hot outside in metric. Same thing for speed limits and distances. Fortunately, a liter is about the same as a quart.

I’d be reluctant at my age to change over, but I was willing back in the 70s, if it had caught on.