SC - A weird conversion.....Now OT

[Decker, Terry D.]

- -Poster: Elysant <Snowfire at mail.snet.net>

I'd have to agree with this one too.  I was raised in Britain and was taught inches, 
feet, yards, miles, pounds, ounces, etc. But, I did have the advantage of having to 
learn and use metric measurements in my nurse training over there. 

Outside of the medical context, I still remain confused about the application of 
metric measurements to everyday things.   

This little rhyme,

"two and a quarter pounds of jam weigh about a kilogram" 

was on a British Cooking show some time ago in an attempt to help people with
such conversions. Also cookery books over there often times have both sets of 
measurements listed for each ingredient.

I think the problem is that Brits haven't yet made the mind shift to the metric 
system, and are functioning largely in the old system while, as stated in earlier posts, 
the "official" measurement is now Metric.  It's odd.  We did so much better 
with the switch from the old (Pounds, shillings, and pence) to the new (decimal)
currency in the '70s!
 
Elysant 
BTW Now I'm in the US, and I have to deal with yet other measurement system (cups, 
teaspoons, etc)...  <sigh>  ;-)
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