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[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
>> Yes.  1 metre is approx 3 1/3 feet.  It's amazing people are still using
>> those ancient measurements in the modern world.  You can blame Reagan
>> for that one.
>>
>>
>>     
> Thats meter in modern English.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre

>   As to metric system its wholly
> inadequate for construction where there is a fudge factor appropriate to
> an imprecise world where the earth itself is imperfect as is the
> settling of individual structures.  Try baking a cake by metrics you
> will go nuts when it comes time to use eggs which are of various sizes.
> Best to use the older system and good chefs judgement.
>
>   
?????

What rubbish!  Precision is precision, no matter what system you use. 
How does it make a difference whether or not you use the metric system? 
I guess the rest of the world can't build houses or bake a cake.  I
don't recall ever seeing a metric or imperial chicken.  Try telling the
French they don't know how to cook.  (Try telling them anything for that
matter.  <g>)

One huge advantage to the metric system is the abandonment of hoary,
arbitrary units in favour of a consistent and logical system.

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