From: Len Cole (leonard.cole_at_verizon.net)
Date: Sat May 01 2004 - 14:05:05 PDT
For all the metric system's regularity, precise definition of units and ease of conversion between units of the same measurement, isn't it odd that time has not successfully been "metricized" !?
I wonder why? Who says there has to be 60 minutes in one hour, twenty four hours in one day, seven days in one week, or twelve months in a year. Our calendar is far from precise yet attempts to turn it into a decimal system have not been met with a lot of enthusiasm.
Why not ram a decimal time system down everyone's throat, too? There's absolutely no reason metric measure MUST be used in daily living other than the fact that it's being demanded of us.
Cooking in metric is a laughable joke. Go to your flour canister and grab me 250 grams of flower! Now grab me a quarter cup of flour. The same can be said for any dry or liquid volume of an ingredient used in cooking.
How much does an egg weigh? Is that with or without the shell. (Believe it or not, New York State Department of Agriculture, for one, has values for the weights of the various sizes of eggs.) One of the selling points of the metric system has been its accuracy. Like the hens are listening!
For me, I'll be content to know that I can convert gross measurements on the fly. I guess it's the Yankee in me, but keep your f***ing metric nose out of my house. Meanwhile, I'm going to go grab me half a litre of water! :-) This diatribe has made me thirsty.
On May 01 2004, David Neale <david.neale_at_pandora.be> wrote:
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