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Re: metric versus SAE (archive)
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Posted by Bert Smith on September 10, 2000 at 23:44:41:

In Reply to: metric versus SAE posted by for sale : Lez on September 10, 2000 at 15:05:38:


I constantly have a problem with the 2. I'm from europe and therefore I used a meter/kg/etc. and living in a US for 5 years still confused.
In europe everything is divided by 10/100/1000 so you can convert while here is all different.
how many fl.oz is 1 gallon ?
how many feet is 1 mile ?
how many square feet is 1 acre ?
or better yet how many square m (m2) is 1 acre ??
how many oz is 1 lbs ? Why is the pound is lbs ??? why not pd like KiloGramm is KG, KiloMeter is KM, etc
those questions are always makes me wonder why is the 2 different system ? Like PAL and SECAM, NTSC, 5 different region for DVD, right hand driving, etc. Makes our lives harder ?
I still think the EURO system makes more sense and easier to use for an average person. But I still have to learn the US system. I use my calculator (has a fast conversion in it) every day.

Go to Google search engine and enter weights and measures.


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