Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> I must say, having spent another couple weeks in Europe, metric 
> measurements for food and drink no longer seem awkward to me. :-)

  I'm sure you also can't deny that when having to perform operations
(eg. additions etc.) with amounts it's much easier with the metric system,
as almost everything can be done in multiples of 10.

  I suppose with the imperial system you get used to perform those
calculations on your head too, but it's much harder to learn and requires
a lot more experience.

  "410 cm is 4.1 meters, ie. a bit over 4 meters."
  "410 inches is... uh, how many feet?"

  "7500 meters is 7 and a half kilometers."
  "7500 feet is... uh, how many miles?"

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