Maybe I've talked to the wrong people, but having discussed the topic with a Canadian, an Australian, a New Zealander, and a former Londoner, I haven't heard anything negative about their respective countires going metric. They like the metric system, to them it makes much more sense, and it's easier to deal with. The Canadian even said that he'd never go back to the old measurements.

One common thing among them was the disdain for the Fahrenheit scale. All loved Celsius.

Hear! Hear! This is what I've been trying to tell you people. Metric is like sex. Once you've tried it and are over the initial anxiety about it, you begin to like it more and more, generally speaking. And of course the more you do it and use it the better, easier, and enjoyable it gets, again generally speaking. And eventually it just becomes part of the landscape of your world and then it can become routine and mechanical.

And another thing, the above Canadian is right. Many Australians, like myself who have been schooled to use both systems and if anything were more thoroughly schooled in imperial because we learnt it much younger and grew up with it in our most formative years, would never go back to using imperial measures again. Never use imperial again unless I was forced to by the government--and only if using imperial again was deemed to be conducive to the national interest, which of course it cannot be once you have metricated your universe. Metric isn't perfect, but then we exist in an imperfect world. Go metric or go to sleep.

Rip, you're starting to scare me!



I can use C or F temps - I prefer to use F in the summer and C in the winter.

I can't possibly see why the folk in the original post had issues with F. Unless they were made of 100% water 0 Ft above sea level..

Metric in the Commonwealth countries.
July 20 2005 at 4:39 AM TAlien

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Maybe I've talked to the wrong people, but having discussed the topic with a Canadian, an Australian, a New Zealander, and a former Londoner, I haven't heard anything negative about their respective countires going metric. They like the metric system, to them it makes much more sense, and it's easier to deal with. The Canadian even said that he'd never go back to the old measurements.

One common thing among them was the disdain for the Fahrenheit scale. All loved Celsius.

metre
Welcome on board Talien, hope you post more contributions in this vein.

And yet. I have to disappoint you. According to one poster on this forum every user and metrologist, who considers metric units simpler and therefore better is biased, because he thinks they are better. So we will never find out which system deserves that distinction. A real catch 22 situation.

Re: Metric in the Commonwealth countries. July 20 2005, 5:40 AM

Rip
Hear! Hear! This is what I've been trying to tell you people. Metric is like sex. Once you've tried it and are over the initial anxiety about it, you begin to like it more and more, generally speaking. And of course the more you do it and use it the better, easier, and enjoyable it gets, again generally speaking. And eventually it just becomes part of the landscape of your world and then it can become routine and mechanical.

metre
Nice work Rip! What a shame that Bud is celibate, he doesn't know what he is missing. But then again, he misses nothing, because you only think sex is so wonderful, a totally biased view.

He attacks one of the most mildest and polite contributors to these boards.

Ah yes, Bud's American, how could I forget?

(leopard/spots)

<<Hear! Hear! This is what I've been trying to tell you people. Metric is like sex. Once you've tried it and are over the initial anxiety about it, you begin to like it more and more, generally speaking. And of course the more you do it and use it the better, easier, and enjoyable it gets, again generally speaking. And eventually it just becomes part of the landscape of your world and then it can become routine and mechanical.>>

Brilliant! We shall use sex to lure the US into converting. Who needs the Congress, the committees, and the favorable public opinion. Metric is sex. Period. Um, no pun intended.

<<Welcome on board Talien, hope you post more contributions in this vein.>>

Thank you metre. This site is a blast, one measured in megatons.

Metric in sexual terms is like getting the horn at a funeral.

In Steve's world, if you are pro-metric, you are a fanatic. If you do anything to promote metric you are a fanatic. The only way we are to promote metric is to step back and allow imperial to be dominant. If we push for metric to replace imperial we are denying choice, even though imperial users never allow metric users the choice. We have to fight to be heard.

I think most people (on all 'sides') will agree to handing you the "Plank of the Week" award for that effort!

X-D