Posted by PJH on December 19, 2008 at 18:43:45 from (71.171.243.85):
In Reply to: The Metric System posted by John B. on December 19, 2008 at 17:45:15:
The State of Illinois switched to metric measurements on their road construction plans a few years ago. (Some politician probably got rich somehow from it)
Us old guys had a devil of a time with the new measurements, but we learned it and did OK with only a few expensive goofs.
Then they switched back to "english" measure. (Some politician probably got rich somehow from it)
I like the "english" better, partly because it's easier to communicate with the labor force.
By the way, we had several new metric measuring tapes that had an extra meter in them. I think around 38 meters, there were two 38's. That cost me an extra day's work re-doing a few kilometers of stationing.
Also, why are there still 360 degrees in a circle on the metric system? Looks like there'd be 100 degrees. And 60 minutes in a degree? And 60 seconds in a minute? Why not 100? 24 hours in a day? I'm gettin' a headache. . .
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