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**Casyimipist** · 05-11-2007, 08:35 AM

One of the other advantages of imperial over metric is that it is based somewhat on human proportions. So while you may scoff at a foot being the length of some old king's actual foot, the scale is human. The metric stuff fits a little wrong. A metre is too long to talk about height. A kilogram is too heavy for cooking, a litre too big.

feet are too big for size: you got to use the inch, and how many inches are there in a feet? twelve. Great!
Same remark with the ounce and pound for cooking. But it's sixteen ounces in a pound! Who is used to make calculs in hexadecimal?

For cooking, instead of using the litre people use the decilitre. For cooking, people use units of 100g, which may (but is never) be called an hectogram. For the size, the combination of metre and centimetre fits quite well.

The BIGGEST advantage (IMO) of metric system over your differents (see the gallon) american and english imperial units is the use of the base 10.

I don't have the smallest idea about what is the weight of a stone.

telling them they've got to throw the lot out for metric is a waste of money.

I think that it is mainly for custom and tax problems. There is a big difference between a litre and a gallon of whisky.

BTW the french "demi de bière" is a quarter of litre of beer.

If you see two glasses, what is the total?

h2o, what is YYYY-MM-DD ?

Finally, I think that the main problem of the International System is that it has a french origin. (1793, mainly from Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier)

05-11-2007, 08:35 AM	#18
Casyimipist Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	One of the other advantages of imperial over metric is that it is based somewhat on human proportions. So while you may scoff at a foot being the length of some old king's actual foot, the scale is human. The metric stuff fits a little wrong. A metre is too long to talk about height. A kilogram is too heavy for cooking, a litre too big. feet are too big for size: you got to use the inch, and how many inches are there in a feet? twelve. Great! Same remark with the ounce and pound for cooking. But it's sixteen ounces in a pound! Who is used to make calculs in hexadecimal? For cooking, instead of using the litre people use the decilitre. For cooking, people use units of 100g, which may (but is never) be called an hectogram. For the size, the combination of metre and centimetre fits quite well. The BIGGEST advantage (IMO) of metric system over your differents (see the gallon) american and english imperial units is the use of the base 10. I don't have the smallest idea about what is the weight of a stone. telling them they've got to throw the lot out for metric is a waste of money. I think that it is mainly for custom and tax problems. There is a big difference between a litre and a gallon of whisky. BTW the french "demi de bière" is a quarter of litre of beer. If you see two glasses, what is the total? h2o, what is YYYY-MM-DD ? Finally, I think that the main problem of the International System is that it has a french origin. (1793, mainly from Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier)
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