SaintsFanInLA Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I know that I am used to looking at things in terms of miles, inches, gallons, ounces, feet, yards, etc... but it just seems to make so much sense to have everything in base 10 format. milli-, centi-, kilo-, it seems like it would be easier.What do YOU think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe horn Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Murrica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcrook Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Then I'd have to say Servo has a 76.2mm weewee. It doesn't have the same effect. Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperAINTSfan Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Ill passWorking on some jobs that are going to Vietnam, we had to do everything in metric.Talk about a bith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
End zone Jones Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 **** NO!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc-man™® Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I smoke too much for all that garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb 3.0 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I know that I am used to looking at things in terms of miles, inches, gallons, ounces, feet, yards, etc... but it just seems to make so much sense to have everything in base 10 format. milli-, centi-, kilo-, it seems like it would be easier.What do YOU think?ONLY if they legalize marijuana across the board. Much rather sell/buy kilos than pounds or grams than ounces. Back in the 60's & early 70's we bought it by the kilo, not the pound, then split into ounces. It also wasn't nearly as good as what we find today.What I do now requires us to sell and quote everything by the square ft or linear ft, so it'd be a real pain in the arse, but if they legalize the good stuff, nobody'd really care how long it took to learn how to convert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezy0236 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 The only thing I can think about when I read this thread is the conversation between Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction.Vincent: And you know what they call a... a... a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?Jules: They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with cheese?Vincent: No man, they got the metric system. They wouldn't know what the **** a Quarter Pounder is.Jules: Then what do they call it?Vincent: They call it a Royale with cheese.Jules: A Royale with cheese. What do they call a Big Mac?Vincent: Well, a Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it le Big-Mac.Jules: Le Big-Mac. Ha ha ha ha. What do they call a Whopper?Vincent: I dunno, I didn't go into Burger King.173 of 175 found this interesting | Share this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Man™ Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 No opposition here. I spent 6 weeks in Oakville Canada training for work and it opened my eyes to the much more user friendly metric system.Great thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nola90 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Medicine in metrics make vastly more sense. It's more precise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperAINTSfan Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Medicine in metrics make vastly more sense. It's more precise.Stay in imperial and just round up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O-Ther Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Pay more taxes with metric. Square footage factor for property taxes. Convert to square meters (1 sq. ft. = 929.03 sq. cent.) and there's more square meters than square feet in same area. Same with gallons. Gas has local, state, and national environmental impact taxes built into the price per gallon. 1 gallon = 3.785 liters. That extra 10 or 15 cents that gets added to the gas price isn't going to be lowered. Government will not lower tax rates without a revolt, but they'll be happy to bring in more tax revenue with different measurements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb 3.0 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Pay more taxes with metric. Square footage factor for property taxes. Convert to square meters (1 sq. ft. = 929.03 sq. cent.) and there's more square meters than square feet in same area. Same with gallons. Gas has local, state, and national environmental impact taxes built into the price per gallon. 1 gallon = 3.785 liters. That extra 10 or 15 cents that gets added to the gas price isn't going to be lowered. Government will not lower tax rates without a revolt, but they'll be happy to bring in more tax revenue with different measurements.Good Points... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NawlinsLady Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 If you can't think in metrics,you probably wouldn't learn metrics. Much of it is abstract, something you pick up by living. How long is a mile? Don't give me numbers or try to break it apart in its components and rebuild it. Go outside without any help, just shoes, shirt & pants and no signage. Now walk a mile. I bet you get awfully close to that mile. Now, if you are not familiar with metrics, try doing the same, walk a klick. Until you think in it rather than trying to do conversions it won't work, at least imo. I think that us why it didn't work 50 years ago in school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRay Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Don't like metrics because I'm All American like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyCo Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 AW FUDDY DUDDY. METRICS SHMETRICS! THats THE PROBLEM WITH AMERICA TODAY. ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE THINGS EASIER. AMERICA IS GREAT BECAUSE1. it's god's favorite2. measuring **** with your feet. whats next? huhuh? want to square tires?? it's no coincidence a foot is twelve inches..ever hear of the 12 commandments? yea you go ahead and start measuring your **** by fking clicks and milmuthafkinwhatthehellevers... ill be looking for the how many MILES to heaven sign, suckers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NawlinsLady Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 2/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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