Re: misc.metric-system

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Martin Trump wrote:
|I've taken a look at imperial units... Tons, hundredweights, pounds and
|ounces. Miles, Furlongs, Chains. No thanks.
|
|Does your pocket calculator allow you to work in those units? I doubt
|it.
|
|Being ancient I had to also learn of rods, poles and perches and others
|when young. I'm so glad they've been dumped.
|
|Drachms? Scruples? Pennyweights? Temperatures in degrees F? Arrrgh.
|
|SI units really are your friend.

If they were my friend, they'd denote multiples of 16.