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To: Reno89519
I find the latter easier to this day for science and engineering.

No argument there. The issue is one of communicating values of measure to a nation of 320 million people who think and speak in Imperial measures.

You may as well be speaking in Greek or Latin.

101 posted on 04/01/2018 6:15:45 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

I still get confused by my metric wrenches. My Jeep is part metric and part Imperial measurements. Hard to change the oil.


106 posted on 04/01/2018 6:21:19 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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