NK - Free Time

[marc-carlson at utulsa.edu]

Quoting \"Addington, Debbie, A\" 
<daaddington at saintfrancis.com>:

> the only subject in math, during my high school years, 
that i couldn\'t
> comprehend, the metric system.  I did learn that you 
get more fabric by the
> metric yard and more mead to the liter.  :)

I don\'t see why schools make it so hard.  It\'s not like 
the average person actually thinks in units larger than
feet and such anyway.  Most people seem to just 
estimate, and when they need precision they read it off 
a machine that measures it for them.  Just remember that 
there are about three feet to a meter, about a kilometer 
and a half to a mile, two and a half centimeters to an 
inch, two pounds to the kilogram, and so on. 0\'s 
freezing while 37 and above means you have a fever, or 
it\'s really hot out.  For anything more precise than 
that, use a ruler/scale/calculator.

The important thing to remember is a 9 mm is only about 
.35 caliber, but usually has a bigger punch to it.

As for how this relates to the Middle Ages, I doubt 
anyone wants to hear about that.  Just try thinking in 
English fingers (as opposed to American fingers), palms, 
hands, spans, and cubits...

Marc/Diarmaid