Metric System

[eyeboy]

was it....

Canoe?

[ryandalling]

As the girl in the office next to me would put it.... "See you next Tuesday."

It was in a bar... with no kids around... waitress didn't like it much though.

[eyeboy]

As the girl in the office next to me would put it.... "See you next Tuesday."

It was in a bar... with no kids around... waitress didn't like it much though.

they never do. some girls i worked with gave me the canoe... if you think about the shape you get the picture. far safer in mixed company to throw that out.

[somegirl]

I found it amusing to leave 30-degree weather in Australia in December, and arrive in Chicago for 30-degree weather.

[SacDuc]

I just realized that my penis is bigger in centimeters. GO METRIC SYSTEM!!

sac






/sorry

[squidwood]

American Currency is Metric, you understand that right? Its easy to use, learn and do math with.
Example what is 10 plus 10 ?         answer 20
What is 13/64's plus 2 and 3/16th's     answer?        Screw the answer, I 'm off for a beer!

[He Man]

Then wtf was up with the $2.00 bill?

[x136]

Then wtf was up with the $2.00 bill?

$10 ÷ $5 = $2

Duh.

[He Man]

DOH.

[Super T.I.B]

I found it amusing to leave 30-degree weather in Australia in December, and arrive in Chicago for 30-degree weather.

-30 you mean. 

[Big Troubled Bear]

Nice wintersday here, lovely 23 degrees celsuis

[ducatiz]

Having to use both metric and traditional system makes you smarter.

All that conversion in your head -- makes you better at maths.

Seriously. 

Its not reflected in the math scores though because it only will affect a relatively small number of folks, such as people who do home construction (or projects) and work on their metric car/bike/etc.

A huge problem is that tools are inch.  Period.  You won't find a rotary saw blade with a metric width, or a hole saw with a metric diameter.  Just doesn't happen.

I was in Germany and went into a tool shop. Sure enough, the tools were in metric.  Then I looked closely and saw...

horrors.

they were all conversions from inch.  The hole saw was 50mm but in small print it said ("Tatsachliches Breite 50.8mm")

TWO INCH!

[MendoDave]

Fractions are more accurate than decimals, and are much friendlier to use. If you cut a piece of metal thats 1/3 an inch, it would be much better than writing .33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 etc.

I think you write it like this.
.33_
Only the underscore goes under the last Number that repeats itself. The keyboard wont let me do it. Damm SAE keyboards! 

[He Man]

yes thats how you write it, but you cant input that into a calculator. you have to put 1/3.

[MendoDave]

Or round it at some reasonable place, such as 4 places after that it mostly meaningless. But Fractions are easier to deal with in algebra. funny how that works. well I'm off to Land Survey where Ill be dealing with Feet convinently  divided up into Tenths, Hundredths, and Thousandths.