Being less than 40 means I went through the education system post-metric, and
metric was taught. What did not occur was any place outside the classroom to
use metric.
Personally I think in inches, gallons and miles. I know the conversion factors
and change units as necessary. I at one time tried to get myself to think
metric by converting my bicycle speedometer to km, but found I just converted
everything to miles instead.
I still think highway exits should be done in km and not miles. Too much cost
to change now, but it would have been an easy way to gain familiarity with what
a km is.
shawn kb1ckt
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> On Apr 24, 2016, at 1:16 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Wes,
>
> I'm sure I have at least as much grey hair as you do, and I haven't used
> kilocycles for half a century, except, perhaps, in the context of "kilocycle
> cops."
>
> As to other comments in this thread about units, the failure of our country
> to migrate to the metric system when first proposed 4-5 decades ago is a
> testament to our lousy education system.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>> On Sun,4/24/2016 10:05 AM, Wes Attaway (N5WA) wrote:
>> He's probably just an "older" guy, like me, who grew up using two systems.
>> He probably just makes all the necessary conversions in his head while he
>> types (or talks). You just have to get used to it.
>
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