On Saturday 28 October 2006 03:36, Tim wrote: > Dotan Cohen: > >> Snails have one foot. People have two. Dogs have > >> four. I've _never_ heard of anything with three feet! > > I don't think that's the basis. When I look at ye olde measurements, > there's one thing that I do notice, the unit sizes are convenient sizes > to measure things in. The inch is not too big, not too small, quite a > good base unit for measuring something in. Likewise, with the foot, and > being reasonably good at estimating the size of things bigger than a > foot. A yard, as the next size up, is a convenient length to measure > certain things with. > I totally agree. Mathematically, metric is good. Practically, you can't beat Imperial. Anne
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