Metric System vs. America

[jeffbert]

How many?

I know of inche to centimeters (2.54), kilogram to pounds (2.2), miles to kilometers (around 1.6) and I really have to take a few minutes to memorize forever Farenheit to Celsius because it would be really useful in my everyday life!

I think it is:
C -->F: ((9/5)*C)+32

[fafner]

I think it is:
C -->F: ((9/5)*C)+32

Got it right.

[Astro Forever]

Thanks. Now I have to remember it!

[stoogefreaky]

I just have to bring this up for some reason!

Like on the Chap Stick, it says that it is made in the USA and USA people use the standard measure system, right. Well, it has the Celsius first and the Fahrenheit in brackets! Should it be the other way around, I think so!!!

[Astro Forever]

What's the Chap Stick?

[stoogefreaky]

This is the exact Chap Stick I have: http://www.walgreens.com/dbimagecache/253637.jpg

[Astro Forever]

I just have to bring this up for some reason!

Like on the Chap Stick, it says that it is made in the USA and USA people use the standard measure system, right. Well, it has the Celsius first and the Fahrenheit in brackets! Should it be the other way around, I think so!!!

Well the standard mesure system, to me and most people around the world, is the metric system. Makes it logical to put Celsius first... But yes, that's odd because as far as I know, people in the US use mostly the imperial system. Maybe there's an effort to try to switch to the metric system though?

BTW, are you getting used to the metric system?

[stoogefreaky]

No

[Tilas]

LOL Oh I know how you feel! Despite being Canadian I was raised using the imperial system. My father is a contractor, so everything he does is in standard measurments. Math homework was always extremly hard cause everything was in metric and all dad taught me was standard! It lead to a lot of fights with him VS the math teacher, because TECHNICALLY I'd have the right answer in imperial, but the text book wants a metric answer!

I think the metric system is great for anything under an inch. I think saying millimeter is easier then fractions like 1/4. Anything over that though.. it bugs me. Someones says they're 5'6", that makes sence. Tell me you're 1.74 meters or something and I'm thinking your tiny! And try and build anything with the metric system? Yikes! :d oh: Tell me you want a 2X6X12 and I know excatly what your talking about. Tell me that in metric and I'll look at you blindly. No hardware store anywhere that I know of is in metric (and I've worked at a few), all building material is still imperial!

[stoogefreaky]

To Tilas: So do you like the standard better than metric?