On 2015-10-07 8:33 PM, Embudo wrote:

>> Am I the only North American who actually likes the metric system and
>> sees it has being so much easier to understand and to use?
>>
>
> No, but your temperatures are coarsely represented and your speedometers
> read insanely high.

The temperature scale is the best part of it. Most people can actually
detect change of 1 degree C, and the freezing point involves a dynamic
change. It makes a lot of sense to have that as a base because water
freezes and lower temperatures are below freezing