On 08/10/2015 5:56 AM, Gary wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> No, you're not. I'd love to see the U.S. abandon the old system,
>> even if it were just a soft conversion.
>>
>> Isn't plywood thickness actually sized in mm now?
>
> Not in my area. Still see 1/4", 1/2", 3/4" plywood. I agree that the
> metric is more efficient but it would take several generations to
> change to that in the US.
>
It would be less than that. If kids are taught it in school without
converting into footric at the same time, they will only think in metric.
When I moved to Australia almost 45 years ago, the met office announced
that "as of Monday, all temperatures will be given in Celsius." One soon
got used to it by being forced to associate the weather with a
particular number - which is all it is.
Distances and sizes are more difficult to accommodate if one has been
raised in the old system.
In cooking it's a bind because my oven is graduated in Foreignheit,
whereas many of my baking books use Celsius.
Graham